Newark Museum official - Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s

Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s, investigates the formative geometric abstract art movements of Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. On view from February 17 through May 23, 2010 at the Newark Museum, this exhibition is the first to explore the conceptual connections and exchanges that existed between artists in the Americas. Featured are more than 90 paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, drawings and films drawn from the collection of the Newark Museum, along with loans from public and private collections and galleries across both continents. Artists include Alexander Calder, Joaquín Torres-García, Jesús Rafael Soto, Gyula Kosice, Lygia Clark, Ellsworth Kelly, Geraldo de Barros and many others. Constructive Spirit is organized by Mary Kate OHare, Associate Curator of American Art at the Newark Museum.