Joaquin Torres-Garcia
Alejandro Otero
Helio Oiticica
Lygia Clark
Lygia Pape
Carmen Herrera
Geraldo de Barros
Leo Matiz
Willys de Castro
Leon Ferrari
Gego
Gerd Leufert
Mira Schendel
Waltercio Caldas
Anna Maria Maiolino
Victor Grippo
Guillermo Kuitca
Arturo Herrera
Gabriel Orozco
Carlos Garaicoa
Santiago Cucullu
Estrellita Brodsky
Luis Perez-Oramas
This exhibition presents some two hundred works by Latin American artists that have been added to the collection over the past ten years. The works on view embrace several artistic mediums and comprises a variety of styles, from early modernism and geometric abstraction to informalism and conceptual art.
New Perspectives in Latin American Art surveys the wide range of these recent acquisitions and features both historical and contemporary Latin American artists, including Joaquín Torres-García, Alejandro Otero, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark, Lygia Pape, Carmen Herrera, Geraldo de Barros, Leo Matiz, Willys de Castro, León Ferrari, Gego, Gerd Leufert, Mira Schendel, Waltercio Caldas, Anna Maria Maiolino, Victor Grippo, Guillermo Kuitca, Arturo Herrera, Gabriel Orozco, Carlos Garaicoa, and Santiago Cucullu.
The exhibition is organized by Luis Pérez-Oramas, The Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art.
The exhibition is made possible by Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr., with additional support from the Friends of Contemporary Drawing of The Museum of Modern Art.
November 21, 2007–February 25, 2008
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMa
11 West 53 Street, New York