IN the Reina Sofia Museum: Metonymy and the collection of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

BELPART recommended two wonderful exhibitions organized by the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid:

Exposure Metonymy by artist Cristina Iglesias donostiarra (1956) which will be open to the 13 May 2013.

The exhibition curated by Coke Lynee exposed through a 50 plays a major retrospective of Cristina Iglesias. His sculptures are intermingled with architecture even suggesting dreamlike spaces converted into pure scenery full of subtleties. The diversity of materials and the living water are essential element in the sample.

The particular invention is the exhibition organized by the Reina Sofia Museum and the Cisneros / Patricia Phelps Cisneros Foundation which will remain on display until 16 September 2013.

The commissioners the Director of the Colección Patricia Phelps and chefs Gabriel Perez- Barreiro and Reina Sofia Museum Director Manuel Borja- Villel get focus on the development of geometric abstraction in Latin America traveling a chronological period spanning the years 30 until the 70 the twentieth century. The geometric abstraction began in Europe but was quickly taken over by artists from some South American cities like Caracas, Sao Paulo, or Buenos Aires. Some artists are exposed: Joaquín Torres-García, Gego, Mira Schendel, Alejandro Otero, Jesus Soto, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Pape, Cildo Meireles, Alfredo Hlito, Milton Dacosta, Aluísio carvão, Alfredo Volpi, Tomás Maldonado, Willys de Castro, Judith Lauand, Jack Leirner, Antoinette Soto, César Paternosto, Rhod Rothfuss y Waltercio Caldas.

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