Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s

The catalogue accompanies an exhibition of the same name organized by the Newark Museum that shows there from February to May 2010, then in Fort Worth, Texas from June to September 2010. Curators and art historians contribute essays on a lasting dialogue between Joaqu穩n Torres-Garc穩a and American art, native paradigms in American abstract art, light play in abstract art and film, identity and abstraction in the Americas, and the early S瓊o Paulo Bienais. The paintings are reproduced in 83 color plates. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)