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Past Future Perfect: the Modern Art of South America at the RA
Past Future Perfect: the Modern Art of South America at the RA
What is the point of art?
This is a question beloved of artists and non-artists and people who know what they like and they don’t like (insert “shark”, “bed”, “light-bulb” or “poo”). For centuries the point of art seemed fairly straightforward; to memorialise, glamorise, pay homage to and simply to represent. Then, roughly 150 years ago, that began to be challenged. Let’s not be so simplistic as…
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Alejandro Otero - Estudio 3, 1952. Gouache, ink and graphite on paper.
Tomás Maldonado - Composición 208 [Composition 208], 1960. Oil on canvas.
Judith Lauand - Concreto 61 [Concrete 61], 1922. Synthetic paint on board.
Hélio Oiticica - Pintura 9 [Painting 9], 1959. Oil on canvas.
Juan Melé - Marco Recortado No. 2 [Irregular Frame No. 2], 1946. Oil on masonite.