Oito décadas de abstração informal, 1940-2010

About this book

Curated by Lauro Cavalcanti and Felipe Chaimovich, the exhibition brings together over 80 works from two of the most important collections of abstract art in Brazil, and marks the beginning of a partnership between the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo and the Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho in Rio de Janeiro: 36 works from the Instituto Casa Roberto Marinho and 47 from MAM. The works cover the period from the end of the 1940's up to the year 2012 and include famous precursors of the movement, such as Maria Martins, Antonio Bandeira, Iberê Camargo, Manabu Mabe, Tomie Ohtake, Vieira da Silva, and more recent representatives including Jorge Guinle, Fábio Miguez, Paulo Monteiro, Nuno Ramos, Angelo Venosa and Lucia Laguna, among the 38 names which comprise the show.