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January 22, 2008
Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, ed. The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection Exh. cat. Austin: Blanton Museum of Art, 2006. 344 pp.; 70 color ills.; 30 b/w ills. Paper $29.95 (9780977145362)

Exhibition schedule: Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, February 20–April 22, 2007; Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, September 12–December 8, 2007

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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2008.5

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Jesús Rafael Soto. Doble transparencia (Double Transparency) (1956). Industrial paint on Plexiglass mounted on wood. 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. Courtesy Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.

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Originating at the Blanton Museum of Art and organized by its Latin American curator, Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, The Geometry of Hope features over 125 works produced by artists from Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina between 1930 and 1970. A respected scholar in the field, specializing in Argentinian Madi art (one of the movements represented in the exhibition), Pérez-Barreiro has assembled the most comprehensive presentation to date of the alternative modernity that due to a wide array...