Sur moderno: Recorridos de la abstraccinDonacin Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (Spanish) – Hardcover

Edited by Ins Katzenstein and Mara Amalia Garca with Karen Grimson and Michala de Lacaze. With contributions by Ins Katzenstein, Mara Amalia Garca, Mnica Amor, Irene V. Small. Interview with Luis Prez-Oramas, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, and Glenn D. Lowry

Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction explores the abstract and Concrete art movements that flourished in South America from the mid-1940s to the late 1970s. Published in conjunction with a major exhibition, this richly illustrated volume features work by artists from across the region, including Lidy Prati, Toms Maldonado, Rhod Rothfuss, Lygia Clark, Hlio Oiticica, Jess Rafael Soto, and Alejandro Otero. Sur moderno highlights a selection of works gifted to MoMA by Patricia Phelps de Cisneros between 1997 and 2016a donation that has transformed the Museum’s holdings of Latin American art, enabling a more comprehensive representation of the region’s integral role in the development of modern art. 240 pp.; 175 illus.Available in English and Portuguese.