Modern South: Journeys through Abstraction

This catalogue, published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), offers a broad and visually rich overview of the cultural transformations driven in South America by the Abstract and Concrete art movements between the mid-1940s and the late 1970s. It brings together works by key artists from Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Venezuela, such as Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Pape, Jesús Rafael Soto, Alejandro Otero, and Tomás Maldonado, who expanded the horizons of geometric abstraction to forge a modern vision of the region.

The catalog highlights a selection of works donated to MoMA by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros between 1993 and 2016. This collection—comprised of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper—allowed the museum to enrich its narrative on Latin American art, offering a more plural and in-depth look at its role in the development of modern art globally.