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Indonesian Art
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Composicíon abstracta tubular (Abstract Tubular Composition)
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Joaquín Torres-García
Composicíon abstracta tubular (Abstract Tubular Composition)
1937
Tempera on board marouflé
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VEGAP, Madrid
2002.326
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Joaquín Torres-García (1874—1949) was interested in the abstract qualities of ancient Amerindian art for years, and by 1937, when he painted Composicíon abstracta tubular, he was actively promoting its study as the basis for original developments. By looking at the fundamental principles of structure, geometry, and the particular scale that define Incan architecture, Torres-García opened the way to new perspectives, which culminated in a local model of abstraction. These achievements were explored in depth after the artist concluded his quest on Pre-Colombian art for the massive mural-relief Monumento cósmico in Parque Rodó in Montevideo, Uruguay. During this crucial period, he painted only four large-format compositions of the type of Composicíon abstracta tubular, in which he masterly combines the structural legacy of Pre-Colombian architecture with the motionless automatism of Fernand Léger´s paintings.
Better known for his constructive paintings made of pictograms and totemic symbols from the 1920s that include masks, clocks, animals, geometric figures, temples, stars, and skulls, Torres-García is today considered one the most important artists and theoreticians of modern art.
MFAH purchase with funds provided by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
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