Nelly Perazzo Libros

Monographic study of work of the marginal artist who, along with Juan del Prete and other figures, may be considered one of the initiators of abstract art in Argentina. Illustrated in color and b/w –Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Méndez Mosquera and Perazzo have selected 18 revealing articles (including a short interview) written by Maldonado before joining the Hochschule für Gestaltung de Ulm in West Germany in 1954 as a professor and vice dean. Maldonados eurocentric ideas influenced the new generation of Argentine artists, graphic designers, and architects between mid-1940s and mid-1950s. He became