Questioning the Line: Gego in Context (International Center for the Arts of the Americas (Series), No. 2.) (English and Spanish Edition)

Gego,Papanikolas, Theresa,Ramirez, Mari Carmen

ISBN 10: 0890901198 / ISBN 13: 9780890901199

Published by Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Questioning the Line: Gego in Context (International Center for the Arts of the Americas (Series), No. 2.) (English and Spanish Edition)
• Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Houston
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890901198
• ISBN 13: 9780890901199
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

From the late 1950s until the 1980s, the German-born Venezuelan artist Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) made drawings, prints, three-dimensional works, hanging-net pieces (reticulareas), and wire constructions (drawings without paper) of extraordinary quality. Taken as a whole, these works illustrate the issue at the core of her production: the liberation of line from volume and form into space. Though little known outside Latin America, Gego's work enjoyed a dialogue with twentieth-century artists and movements active not only in Venezuela, but also worldwide. In a series of essays examining her art in relation to Modernism, Informalism, kinetic art, and other tendencies, this volume - the second in the MFAH International Center for the Arts of the Americas series - situates Gego in her international context.

Language Notes

Text: English, Spanish