Exhibition

Memories of Underdevelopment

17 Sep 2017 – 7 Jan 2018

Event times

General admission $10
Seniors $5
Students 26 and over (with ID) $5
25 and under free (with ID)
Military and their families free (with ID)

Cost of entry

General admission $10
Seniors $5
Students 26 and over (with ID) $5
25 and under free (with ID)
Military and their families free (with ID)
The Museum is free on the third Thursday of every month from 5-8 PM.

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Exhibition examining the ways in which Latin American artists from the 1960s to the 1980s responded to the unraveling of the utopian promise of modernization after World War II, most notably in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela.

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In the immediate postwar period, artists had eagerly embraced the “transition to modernity,” creating a new abstract geometric language meant to capture its idealistic possibilities. As modernization failed, and political oppression and brutal military dictatorships followed, avant-garde artists increasingly abandoned abstraction and sought new ways to connect with the public, engaging directly with communities and often incorporating popular strategies from film, theater, and architecture into their work. Memories of Underdevelopment will be the first significant survey exhibition of these crucial decades and will highlight the work not only of well-known artists such as Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Pape but also lesser-known artists from Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Uruguay.

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