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Moderno: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940–1978 OPENING NIGHT

Moderno: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940–1978 examines how design, one of the most innovative chapters in the history of Latin American modernism, transformed the domestic landscape in a period marked by major stylistic developments and social political changes. Sheltered from the overall destruction and disarray of World War II, many Latin American countries (specifically Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela) entered an expansive period of economic growth in the late 1940s through the 1950s, which resulted in the modernization of major cities.

The exhibition will bring together a representative group of objects that includes furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and printed material—many exhibited for the first time. Among the designers whose work will be featured are: Miguel Arroyo (1920-2004), Odilón Avalos, Genaro Álvarez, Lina Bo Bardi (1914-92), Geraldo de Barros (1923-98), Jose Carlos Bornancini (1923-2008), Jose Zanine Caldas (1918-2001), Los Castillo (f. 1934), Felipe Delfingher, José Feher (1902-88), Gego (Gertrude Goldschmidt, 1912-94), Klaus Heufer (1923-2013), Aldemir Martins (1922-2006), Roberto Burle Marx (1909-94), Cristina Merchán (1926-87), Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012), Rubén Núñez (1930-2012), Alejandro Otero (1921-1990), Arturo Pani (1915-1981), Miguel Piñeda (b. 1940), Clara Porset (1932-81), Nelson Ivan Petzold (b. 1931), Paulo Mendes da Rocha (b. 1928), Sérgio Rodrigues (1927-2014), Cynthia Sargent (1922-2006),  Mario Seguso (b. 1929), William Spratling (1900-67), Donald Shoemaker (1912-98), Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-92), Felix Tissot (1909-89), Tecla Tofano (1927-95), María Luisa Zuloaga de Tovar (1902-92), Pedro Ramirez Vásquez (1919-2013), Seka Severin de Tudja (1923-2007),  Michael van Beuren (1911-2004), Paulo Werneck (1907-1987), Cornelis Zitman (b. 1926), Jorge Zalszupin (b. 1922), and Godfried Zielke and Tekla Zielke (b. 1928/1929).

The exhibition will be accompanied by a 200-page hardcover catalogue that will include contemporary essays, as well as newly translated historical texts on design. In addition a one-day academic symposium will be held on February 12, 2015 with Jorge Rivas (Guest Curator), Luis Castañeda (Syracuse University), Patricio del Real (Museum of Modern Art), Gabriela Rangel (Americas Society), Zeuler Lima (St. Louis University), Ana Elena Mallet (Guest Curator), Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos (Guest Curator), Pat Kirkham (Bard Graduate Center), and Rodrigo Queiroz (Universidade de São Paulo).











When: Wed., Feb. 11, 2015 at 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Where: Americas Society
680 Park Ave. (at 68th Street)
212-628-3200
Price: Free
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Moderno: Design for Living in Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela, 1940–1978 examines how design, one of the most innovative chapters in the history of Latin American modernism, transformed the domestic landscape in a period marked by major stylistic developments and social political changes. Sheltered from the overall destruction and disarray of World War II, many Latin American countries (specifically Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela) entered an expansive period of economic growth in the late 1940s through the 1950s, which resulted in the modernization of major cities.

The exhibition will bring together a representative group of objects that includes furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and printed material—many exhibited for the first time. Among the designers whose work will be featured are: Miguel Arroyo (1920-2004), Odilón Avalos, Genaro Álvarez, Lina Bo Bardi (1914-92), Geraldo de Barros (1923-98), Jose Carlos Bornancini (1923-2008), Jose Zanine Caldas (1918-2001), Los Castillo (f. 1934), Felipe Delfingher, José Feher (1902-88), Gego (Gertrude Goldschmidt, 1912-94), Klaus Heufer (1923-2013), Aldemir Martins (1922-2006), Roberto Burle Marx (1909-94), Cristina Merchán (1926-87), Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012), Rubén Núñez (1930-2012), Alejandro Otero (1921-1990), Arturo Pani (1915-1981), Miguel Piñeda (b. 1940), Clara Porset (1932-81), Nelson Ivan Petzold (b. 1931), Paulo Mendes da Rocha (b. 1928), Sérgio Rodrigues (1927-2014), Cynthia Sargent (1922-2006),  Mario Seguso (b. 1929), William Spratling (1900-67), Donald Shoemaker (1912-98), Joaquim Tenreiro (1906-92), Felix Tissot (1909-89), Tecla Tofano (1927-95), María Luisa Zuloaga de Tovar (1902-92), Pedro Ramirez Vásquez (1919-2013), Seka Severin de Tudja (1923-2007),  Michael van Beuren (1911-2004), Paulo Werneck (1907-1987), Cornelis Zitman (b. 1926), Jorge Zalszupin (b. 1922), and Godfried Zielke and Tekla Zielke (b. 1928/1929).

The exhibition will be accompanied by a 200-page hardcover catalogue that will include contemporary essays, as well as newly translated historical texts on design. In addition a one-day academic symposium will be held on February 12, 2015 with Jorge Rivas (Guest Curator), Luis Castañeda (Syracuse University), Patricio del Real (Museum of Modern Art), Gabriela Rangel (Americas Society), Zeuler Lima (St. Louis University), Ana Elena Mallet (Guest Curator), Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos (Guest Curator), Pat Kirkham (Bard Graduate Center), and Rodrigo Queiroz (Universidade de São Paulo).

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