Bauhaus Latin America
- Explores the relationship between the Bauhaus and Latin American art from both directions, challenging conventional narratives of influence
- Considers how ideas associated with the Bauhaus resonate with much older Latin American artistic and philosophical traditions
- Brings together art history, architecture, design and cultural history within a single publication
- Offers a broader, more interconnected understanding of twentieth-century modernism
- Presents new research into the relationship between the Bauhaus and Latin American modernism
- Re-examines the origins and legacy of one of the twentieth century's most influential artistic movements
- Brings together leading international scholarship on Bauhaus, Concrete Art and Neo-Concrete Art
- Contributes to the growing reassessment of global modernism
- Places Latin America within the wider history of twentieth-century art and design
Bauhaus Latin America explores the often-overlooked relationship between the Bauhaus and Latin America, offering a fresh perspective on the movement’s place within the broader history of modern art. Rather than presenting influence as a one-way journey from Europe to the Americas, the book traces a more nuanced exchange of ideas, examining how Latin American artists travelling through Europe contributed to the intellectual climate of the early twentieth century, and how Bauhaus principles were later reinterpreted through the Concrete and Neo-Concrete movements.
Looking beyond conventional art historical narratives, the publication also considers how many of the values associated with the Bauhaus—geometry, abstraction, craftsmanship and the integration of art into everyday life—echo ideas found within much older Latin American cultures. In doing so, it suggests that artistic innovation rarely belongs to a single place or moment, but emerges through recurring patterns of thought that resurface across different cultures and periods of history. Bringing together new research and richly illustrated examples, Bauhaus Latin America contributes a thoughtful new perspective to the study of modernism, revealing the enduring dialogue between Europe and Latin America and encouraging a more interconnected understanding of art history.
- Publisher
- Beam Editions
- ISBN
- 9781916275935
- Publish date
- 1st Feb 2027
- Binding
- Paperback / softback
- Territory
- World
- Size
- 246 mm x 171 mm
- Pages
- 84 Pages
- Illustrations
- 25 colour
- Name of series
- Creative Academic
Distributed by ACC Art Books
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