Lygia Clark
in ‘Sur Moderno: Journeys of Abstraction’, MoMA, New York
21 October 2019 – 1 March 2020
Photo: Heidi Bohnenkamp © 2020 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Lygia Clark represented by Alison Jacques
Photo: Heidi Bohnenkamp © 2020 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Photo: Heidi Bohnenkamp © 2020 The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Lygia Clark is included in ‘Sur moderno: Journeys of Abstraction―The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift’ at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, a major exhibition primarily drawn from the paintings, sculptures and works on paper donated to the Museum by the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros between 1997 and 2016.
On view from 21 October 2019, through March 2020, ‘Sur moderno’ celebrates the arrival of the most important collection of abstract and concrete art from Latin America by dedicating an entire suite of galleries on the Museum’s third floor to the display of artists from Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, and Uruguay. The exhibition highlights the work of Lygia Clark, Gego, Raúl Lozza, Hélio Oiticica, Jesús Rafael Soto, and Rhod Rothfuss, among others, focusing on the concept of transformation: a radical reinvention of the art object and a renewal of the social environment through art and design. The exhibition is also anchored by a selection of archival materials that situate the works within their local contexts.