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Structure. (Estructura), 1966. Wood and paint on canvas. 46.8 x 75.6 x 78 in. Madera y pintura sobre tela. 120 x 194 x 200 cm Courtesy / Cortesía: Galería Ruth Benzacar

For several years now, the work of Argentinean artist Alejandro Puente (Buenos Aires, 1933) has been strongly revalued by different sectors within the field of the visual arts.

By Pablo Accinelli
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Alejandro Puente

By Pablo Accinelli

For several years now, the work of Argentinean artist Alejandro Puente (Buenos Aires, 1933) has been strongly revalued by different sectors within the field of the visual arts.

May 24, 2010
Spare the rod and spoil the child, 2008. Fluorescent light bulbs, bowling balls. Tubos de neón, bolas de boliche. Courtesy/Cortesía: Magnan Projects, New York

In the 1960s sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick coined the term “kipple” to explain the astonishing ability of household objects to accumulate in piles of unwanted clutter.

By Eva Díaz
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Alejandro Almanza Pereda

By Eva Díaz

In the 1960s sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick coined the term “kipple” to explain the astonishing ability of household objects to accumulate in piles of unwanted clutter.

May 21, 2010
Primitive wild, 2007. Acrylic on chipboard. 95.16 x 190.32 in. Primitivo agreste, 2007 Acrílico sobre aglomerado. 244 x 488 cm. Courtesy/Cortesía: Galeria Alberto Sendrós.

The name Matías Duville (Buenos Aires, 1974) started to appear shyly in the Argentine circuit at the beginning of the present decade.

By Eva Grinstein
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Matías Duville

By Eva Grinstein

The name Matías Duville (Buenos Aires, 1974) started to appear shyly in the Argentine circuit at the beginning of the present decade.

May 21, 2010
Letter on the Blind, For the Use of Those Who See, 2008. Film still. Carta sobre los ciegos, para uso de los que ven, 2008. Fotograma.

Javier Téllez inscribed his name in the history of contemporary art in Venezuela when he transplanted the sinister atmosphere of a psychiatric institution to the spaces of the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas.

By Carolina Ledesma
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Javier Téllez

By Carolina Ledesma

Javier Téllez inscribed his name in the history of contemporary art in Venezuela when he transplanted the sinister atmosphere of a psychiatric institution to the spaces of the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas.

May 21, 2010
“Untitled” (Para un hombre en uniforme), 1991. Individually wrapped lollypops in red, white and blue paper (unlimited supply). Dimensions variable depending on installation. Ideal weight 221 pounds. “Sin título” (Para un hombre en uniforme). Chupetines envueltos individualmente en papeles de color rojo, blanco y azul (abastecimiento ilimitado) Dimensiones variables según la instalación. Peso ideal: 100 kg. Collection/Colección: Marieluise Hessel, Hessel Museum of Art, Center of Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York ©The Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation, Courtesy/Cortesía de Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York

In the exhibition of works by Félix González Torres currently on display at the Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires, art merges with life.

By Ana Martínez Quijano
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Félix González-Torres

By Ana Martínez Quijano

In the exhibition of works by Félix González Torres currently on display at the Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires, art merges with life.

May 21, 2010
Die Welt, 2008. Series of 145 drawings. Ink on paper. Variable dimensions. Serie de 145 dibujos. Tinta sobre papel. Dimensiones variables. Courtesy/Cortesía: Galerie Barbara Thumm.

Historical truth, for him, is not what has happened; it is what we judge to have happened. Jorge Luis Borges, “Pierre Menard: Author of the Quijote”

By Miriam Basilio **
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Fernando Bryce

By Miriam Basilio **

Historical truth, for him, is not what has happened; it is what we judge to have happened. Jorge Luis Borges, “Pierre Menard: Author of the Quijote”

May 21, 2010
Turbulence II. 2008. Wood and automotive paint. 85.8 x 31.2 in. Turbulencia II. 2008. Madera y pintura automotriz. 220 x 80 cm Courtesy/cortesía: Josée Bienvenu Gallery, New York

In May 2008, Josée Bienvenu Gallery presented artist Darío Escobar ́s exhibition, ́Play Offs ́. In his first solo show in this New York gallery, the artist featured a series of works reviewing the sculptural operations which have been emblematic in his trajectory over the past ten years.

By Rosina Cazali
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Darío Escobar

By Rosina Cazali

In May 2008, Josée Bienvenu Gallery presented artist Darío Escobar ́s exhibition, ́Play Offs ́. In his first solo show in this New York gallery, the artist featured a series of works reviewing the sculptural operations which have been emblematic in his trajectory over the past ten years.

May 21, 2010
Carlos Rojas: Una visita a sus mundos. 2008. View of the exhbition. Vista de la exposición. Sala de Exposiciones Gas Natural Photography / Fotografía: Carlos Gustavo Suárez Cruz. Courtesy / Cortesía: Museo Nacional de Colombia

At last, eleven years after his passing away, Colombia ́s National Museum dedicated a well-deserved tribute to Carlos Rojas.

By María A Iovino
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Carlos Rojas

By María A Iovino

At last, eleven years after his passing away, Colombia ́s National Museum dedicated a well-deserved tribute to Carlos Rojas.

May 21, 2010
Painting of blood, 2008. 58 x 58 in. 147.32 x 147.32 cm. Courtesy/Cortesía: Galería Y, Nueva York.

Under the title Operativo/Raid, Teresa Margolles presented her first solo show in New York, structured as two consecutive exhibitions at Y Gallery, and curated by Cecilia Jurado.

By Blanca de la Torre
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Teresa Margolles

By Blanca de la Torre

Under the title Operativo/Raid, Teresa Margolles presented her first solo show in New York, structured as two consecutive exhibitions at Y Gallery, and curated by Cecilia Jurado.

May 21, 2010
View of *The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, *on exhibit at the Blanton Museum of Art, February 20 - April 22, 2007. Photographer: Rick Hall Vista de la exposición "La geometría de la esperanza: abstracción geométrica latinoamericana de la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", febrero 20 - abril 22, 2007. Fotografía: Rick Hall.

Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, the new director of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, CPPC, has the merit of breaking the paradigms that inadvertently configure the imaginaries of culture.

By Adriana Herrera
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Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro

By Adriana Herrera

Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, the new director of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, CPPC, has the merit of breaking the paradigms that inadvertently configure the imaginaries of culture.

May 21, 2010
Variant, 1973. Acrylic on canvas. 46.41 x 37.05 in. Variante, 1973. Acrílico sobre tela. 119 x 95 cm

A fundamental artificer of the birth of geometric abstract art in Uruguay, painter and sculptor Maria Freire (1917) continues to be one of its select representatives.

By Alicia Haber
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María Freire

By Alicia Haber

A fundamental artificer of the birth of geometric abstract art in Uruguay, painter and sculptor Maria Freire (1917) continues to be one of its select representatives.

May 18, 2010
Discontinuity XII, 2007. Oil and mixed media on canvas. 31.2 x 31.2 in Courtesy: Jorge Mara-La Ruche Gallery, Buenos Aires. Discontinuidad XII, 2007. Óleo y técnica mixta sobre tela. 80 x 80 cm. Cortesía: Galería Jorge Mara-La Ruche, Buenos Aires.

Next to nothing. As we enter the Jorge Mara-La Ruche gallery, the white canvases, reinforced by the white walls of the very elegant and extended exhibition room, project an impression of emptiness.

By Alina Tortosa
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César Paternosto

By Alina Tortosa

Next to nothing. As we enter the Jorge Mara-La Ruche gallery, the white canvases, reinforced by the white walls of the very elegant and extended exhibition room, project an impression of emptiness.

May 16, 2010
Ellipses, 2002. Wood. 117 x 67.86 x 13.65 in. (detail) Elipses, 2002 (detalle) Madera. 300 x 174 x 35 cm

Minimum Landscapes, The exhibition by Sao Paulo artist Artur Lescher, at Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, is the first solo show by the artist in the USA.

By Cecilia Fajardo-Hill
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Artur Lescher

By Cecilia Fajardo-Hill

Minimum Landscapes, The exhibition by Sao Paulo artist Artur Lescher, at Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, is the first solo show by the artist in the USA.

May 16, 2010
Process: de’ Fence, 2006. Drawing. Proceso: de’ Fence, 2006. Dibujo.

Arnaldo Roche Rabell often resorts to several types of models: models considered to define trends and/or essences –internal, Caribbean, European– that establish an intercultural dialogue.

By Michèle Dalmace
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Arnaldo Roche-Rabell

By Michèle Dalmace

Arnaldo Roche Rabell often resorts to several types of models: models considered to define trends and/or essences –internal, Caribbean, European– that establish an intercultural dialogue.

May 10, 2010
Camper, 2007. Mixed media on canvas, 35.4 x 70.8 in. Técnica mixta sobre tela, 90 x 180 cm.

Jorge Cabieses ́s oeuvre is one of the most transcendent within the generation that attempts to revamp the ways of seeing and making art in Peru.

By Luis Lama
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Jorge Cabieses

By Luis Lama

Jorge Cabieses ́s oeuvre is one of the most transcendent within the generation that attempts to revamp the ways of seeing and making art in Peru.

May 10, 2010
Blue Phase (Klee), 1995. Banknotes, buckram. 20 x 20 in. Courtesy the artist. Fase azul (Klee), 1995. Billetes, tela Buckram, 51 x 51 cm. Cortesía de la artista.

Besides, even when the subject is different, people always paint the same painting. - Andy Warhol. THE Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)

By Daniela Castro
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Jac Leirner

By Daniela Castro

Besides, even when the subject is different, people always paint the same painting. - Andy Warhol. THE Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again)

May 04, 2010
Flower Ornament Grove, 2007. From the series Buddy Tree. Periférico Caracas /Arte Contemporáneo. Glenda Carvallo Collection. Photo courtesy of the artist. De la serie Buddy Tree. Periférico Caracas /Arte Contemporáneo. Colección Glenda Carvallo. Foto cortesía del artista.

Inscribed within the conceptualist trends on account of his reflexive lineage, geographically and culturally anchored in the contradictions of a Catholic Caribbean America, Héctor Fuenmayor is a Venezuelan artist whose oeuvre is difficult to situate both within local and foreign historiographical frameworks.

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Héctor Fuenmayor

Inscribed within the conceptualist trends on account of his reflexive lineage, geographically and culturally anchored in the contradictions of a Catholic Caribbean America, Héctor Fuenmayor is a Venezuelan artist whose oeuvre is difficult to situate both within local and foreign historiographical frameworks.

May 04, 2010
In collaboration with Carter Ratcliff, Portrait of the Poet Carter Ratcliff, solid paint head with projection of the video The Anatomy Lesson explaining the work’s interior, acrylic paint and video, 26 x 26 x 26 in., 1998-2005. Courtesy Alejandra Von Hartz, Miami, and Henrique Faría Fine Art, New York En colaboración con Carter Ratcliff, Retrato del poeta Carter Ratcliff, cabeza de pintura maciza con proyección del video La lección de anatomía que explica el interior de la obra, acrílico y video, 66 x 66 x 66 cm., 1998-2005. Cortesía Alejandra Von Hartz, Miami, y Henrique Faría Fine Art, Nueva York

John Perreault: “At the end of the 1960s, when we were part of a group which included Scott Burton and Vito Acconci, among others, it seemed that your forte was to invent a basic innovation and, based on it and on the “ism” it generated, begin to construct your work. ¿Do you still believe that is what must be done?”
EC: “Yes”(1)

By María José Herrera
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Eduardo Costa

By María José Herrera

John Perreault: “At the end of the 1960s, when we were part of a group which included Scott Burton and Vito Acconci, among others, it seemed that your forte was to invent a basic innovation and, based on it and on the “ism” it generated, begin to construct your work. ¿Do you still believe that is what must be done?”
EC: “Yes”(1)

May 04, 2010
Shibboleth, 2007. Installation, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London. Courtesy Tate Modern, London. Shibboleth, 2007. Instalación, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, Londres. Cortesía Tate Modern, Londres.

Aprofound humanist concern underlies the work of Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. Shibboleth, her most recent work exhibited at the Turbine Hall in London between October 2007 and April 2008, reiterates this concern. As the artist states, this work makes reference to the deep divisions that prevail in the present-day world.

By María Margarita Malagón-Kurka
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Doris Salcedo

By María Margarita Malagón-Kurka

Aprofound humanist concern underlies the work of Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. Shibboleth, her most recent work exhibited at the Turbine Hall in London between October 2007 and April 2008, reiterates this concern. As the artist states, this work makes reference to the deep divisions that prevail in the present-day world.

May 02, 2010
Biopus Sensible, 2007. Interactive installation, 4 ́11” x 7 ́10” x 3 ́11” / Instalación interactiva, 1,50 x 2,40 x 1,20 m. Courtesy/Cortesía Grupo Proyecto Biopus

The panorama of contemporary visual art, in full evolution, is forever presenting us with work that goes beyond the limits we know.

By Alina Tortosa
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Grupo Proyecto Biopus

By Alina Tortosa

The panorama of contemporary visual art, in full evolution, is forever presenting us with work that goes beyond the limits we know.

May 02, 2010
Dancer, 1999. Drill, metal and silver dancer, 13.8 x 7.8 x 3.9 in., approx. Tate Gallery Collection, London. Courtesy of the artist. Bailarina, 1999. Taladro, metal y bailarina de plata, 35 x 20 x 10 cm. aproximadamente. Colección Tate Gallery, Londres. Cortesía de la artista.
By Joaquín Rodríguez del Paso
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Priscilla Monge

By Joaquín Rodríguez del Paso
April 29, 2010
La visita / The Visit, 2007. Rug made from coca leaves, object, light and sound/ Manto de hojas de coca, objeto, luz y sonido.

Miguel Ángel Rojas invents ways of doing that go beyond “the academic”.

By Natalia Gutiérrez
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Miguel Ángel Rojas

By Natalia Gutiérrez

Miguel Ángel Rojas invents ways of doing that go beyond “the academic”.

April 29, 2010
Ars Combinatoria, 2005. Installation. Tapestry composed by multicolored domino bones. Sylvacane Abbey, Aix-en- Provence, France. Variable dimensions. Courtesy Nara Roesler Gallery, Sao Paulo. Tapete instalatorio elaborado con piezas de dominó multicolores, Abadía de Sylvacane, Aix-en- Provence, Francia. Medidas variables. Gentileza Galería Nara Roesler, San Pablo.

A post-culture situation like the one we are experiencing at present is the breeding ground that unveils and highlights particularities and singularities, questioning de facto hegemonies – including contemporary artistic practice itself.

By Claudia Laudanno
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José Patrício

By Claudia Laudanno

A post-culture situation like the one we are experiencing at present is the breeding ground that unveils and highlights particularities and singularities, questioning de facto hegemonies – including contemporary artistic practice itself.

April 29, 2010
# 39 BF5, from the series Boy and Dwarf / # 39 BF5, de la serie Niño y Enano, 2006. Collage, mixed media on paper. 98 1/2 x 48 1/2 in. Courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Collage, técnica mixta sobre papel, 250 x 123 cm. Cortesía de Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

Last year I proposed a reading of Arturo Herrera’s output that counters previous interpretations. That first text steps back from other writers’ psychoanalytic treatment of Herrera’s tendency to fragment the silhouettes of cartoon figures and reinscribe them in a both gestural and serialized mode of abstraction.

By Juan Ledezma
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Arturo Herrera

By Juan Ledezma

Last year I proposed a reading of Arturo Herrera’s output that counters previous interpretations. That first text steps back from other writers’ psychoanalytic treatment of Herrera’s tendency to fragment the silhouettes of cartoon figures and reinscribe them in a both gestural and serialized mode of abstraction.

April 29, 2010
Sagrada familia/ The Holy Family, 2007. Wood overlaid with plastic laminate/Madera revestida en fórmica. Photograph/Foto: Juanjo Velandia.

First space for socialization, the table is where children learn to share and adults make a cult of conversation.

By Victoria Verlichak
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Silvana Lacarra

By Victoria Verlichak

First space for socialization, the table is where children learn to share and adults make a cult of conversation.

April 29, 2010
As de Espadas, 2004. From the series “The Adventures of Guille and Belinda and the Enigmatic Meaning of their Dreams” / De la serie “Las aventuras de Guille y Belinda y el enigmático significado de sus sueños”. Courtesy/ Cortesía Yossi Milo Gallery, N.Y.

One of the characteristics which have defined photography as a medium has been its voyeuristic capacity...the act of observing, entering into, and poking one ́s nose in the lives of others as if they were one ́s own... The appropriation of the act of breaking up the space of intimacy that exists between private and public.

By Amalia Caputo
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Alessandra Sanguinetti

By Amalia Caputo

One of the characteristics which have defined photography as a medium has been its voyeuristic capacity...the act of observing, entering into, and poking one ́s nose in the lives of others as if they were one ́s own... The appropriation of the act of breaking up the space of intimacy that exists between private and public.

April 28, 2010
Mil y Un Días (A Thousand and One Days), 2007. Detail of the space intervention Fictions, Vale do Rio Doce Museum, Vitoria (Espirito Santo), Brazil. Projection, wood and paint, 100 sq.m. Production: Andre Costa (Olhar Periférico Filmes) Edition and videography: Matías Lancetti. Soundtrack: Rogerio Rochlitz. Courtesy of Brito Cimino Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Detalle de la intervención espacial Ficciones, Museu Vale do Rio Doce, Vitoria (Espirito Santo), Brasil. Proyección, madera y pintura, 100 m2 Producción: Andre Costa (Olhar Periférico Filmes) Edición y videografía: Matías Lancetti. Banda sonora: Rogerio Rochlitz Gentileza Galería Brito Cimino, Sao Paulo, Brasil.

In her current production, the Brazilian artist generates a true double eulogy of shadows and luminosity. Her most recent works are the territory hosting a critical, and at the same time nostalgic, exploration of a present that mixes the mentioned perceptive configurations, either through the fragmentation or the completion of the spatial enclaves she transforms.

By Claudia Laudanno
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Regina Silveira

By Claudia Laudanno

In her current production, the Brazilian artist generates a true double eulogy of shadows and luminosity. Her most recent works are the territory hosting a critical, and at the same time nostalgic, exploration of a present that mixes the mentioned perceptive configurations, either through the fragmentation or the completion of the spatial enclaves she transforms.

April 27, 2010
Dynamic Team / Equipo dinámico, 2007. Metal, polyester and monolayer paint. 51.1 x 39.3 x 27.6 in. Photo courtesy of the artist. Metal, poliéster y pintura monocapa. 130 x 100 x 70 cm. Fotografía cortesía del artista.

With Demuéstranos qué es la premura (Show us what haste is), a proposal that is being exhibited as of September 28 at the Estrany-De la Mota Gallery in Barcelona, Spain, José Antonio Hernández-Diez configures a systemics of gears and calibrations, but also of codes and functions

By Alejandro Rebolledo
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José Antonio Hernández-Diez

By Alejandro Rebolledo

With Demuéstranos qué es la premura (Show us what haste is), a proposal that is being exhibited as of September 28 at the Estrany-De la Mota Gallery in Barcelona, Spain, José Antonio Hernández-Diez configures a systemics of gears and calibrations, but also of codes and functions

April 27, 2010
Vesuvius, 2005. Mixed media on panel, 48 x 36 in. Técnica mixta sobre panel de madera, 122 x 91,4 cm. Courtesy Rubell Family Collection, Miami.

The following is a dialogue, via SMS, between Mark Coetzee and Mark Clintberg concerning the work of Hernan Bas.

By Mark Coetzee (Miami) y Mark Clintberg (Montreal)
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Hernán Bas

By Mark Coetzee (Miami) y Mark Clintberg (Montreal)

The following is a dialogue, via SMS, between Mark Coetzee and Mark Clintberg concerning the work of Hernan Bas.

April 27, 2010
Exhibition/Exposición Pablo Siquier, Beto de Volder y Lucio Dorr. Courtesy/Cortesía Galería del Paseo, Manantiales.

Founded in 1998 by Silvia Arrocés in Montevideo (Uruguay), Galería del Paseo inaugurated a new venue in Manantiales, Punta del Este, in 2004. Open year-round, it features a distinguished calendar of exhibitions including mainly Uruguayan and Argentinean artists.

By Victoria Verlichak
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Pablo Siquier, Beto de Volder and Lucio Dorr

By Victoria Verlichak

Founded in 1998 by Silvia Arrocés in Montevideo (Uruguay), Galería del Paseo inaugurated a new venue in Manantiales, Punta del Este, in 2004. Open year-round, it features a distinguished calendar of exhibitions including mainly Uruguayan and Argentinean artists.

April 16, 2010
Coplanal Blanc e blue, 1945. Oil on wood, 13.7 x 10. bin./Óleo sobre tabla, 35 x 27 cm. Courtesy/Cortesía Galeria de las Misiones, Uruguay

When he arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1935, Carmelo Arden Quin, born in Rivera in 1913, attended Joaquín Torres García’s famous lectures at the Theosophical Society in Uruguay and became fascinated with his teachings, which also allowed him to come into contact with the European constructivist trends.

By Laura Feinsilber
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Carmelo Arden Quin

By Laura Feinsilber

When he arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1935, Carmelo Arden Quin, born in Rivera in 1913, attended Joaquín Torres García’s famous lectures at the Theosophical Society in Uruguay and became fascinated with his teachings, which also allowed him to come into contact with the European constructivist trends.

April 16, 2010