{"product_id":"theories-of-the-nonobject-argentina-brazil-venezuela-1944-1969-9780520286627","title":"Theories of the Nonobject: Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, 1944-1969","description":"\u003ci\u003eTheories of the Nonobject\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the crisis of the sculptural and painterly object in the concrete, neoconcrete, and constructivist practices of artists in Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela. M nica Amor, a native of Venezuela, presents case studies of specific movements, artists, and critics, tracing their role in the significant reconceptualization of the artwork that Brazilian critic and poet Ferreira Gullar heralded in \"Theory of the Nonobject,\" a seminal essay published in 1959 in the \u003ci\u003eSuplemento Dominical do Jornal do Brasil\u003c\/i\u003e. Based on deep archival research, this distinctive book brings scholarly attention to a group of major art figures, including Lygia Clark, H lio Oiticica, and Gego, whose work proposed engaged forms of spectatorship that dismissed medium-based understandings of art. Exploring the philosophical, economic, and political underpinnings of geometric abstraction in post-World War II South America, Amor highlights the overlapping inquiries of artists and critics who, working on the periphery of European and US modernism, contributed to a sophisticated conversation about the nature of the art object.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMónica Amor \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has contributed to publications such as \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e ArtNexus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrey Room\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOctober\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Third Text\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e[TRANS-], \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eARTMargins\u003c\/i\u003e. Amor has also curated a number of exhibitions, including\u003ci\u003e Altering History\/Alternating Stories\u003c\/i\u003e for the Museo de Bellas Artes de Caracas (1996); \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Document\u003c\/i\u003e for the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2000); \u003ci\u003ere-drawing the line\u003c\/i\u003e for Art in General, New York (2000); \u003ci\u003eGego: Defying Structures\u003c\/i\u003e for the Serralves Foundation, Porto (2006); and \u003ci\u003eMexico: Expected\/Unexpected\u003c\/i\u003e for La Maison Rouge, Paris (2008).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50325023293714,"sku":"9780520286627","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ed4e692a-b261-464b-b837-e0bf34d061b5.jpg?v=1727678648","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/theories-of-the-nonobject-argentina-brazil-venezuela-1944-1969-9780520286627","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}