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This exhibition was held simultaneously at several sites in NYC. Mira Schendel's concrete poetic works were shown at The Drawing Center. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a profusely illustrated catalogue that deals loosely with the theme of labyrinths. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This retrospective exhibition was organized by Sonia Salzstein. The catalogue includes seven in-depth essays including an interview with Haroldo de Campos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The loose sheet is a price list of the works being sold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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With the exception of Mira Schendel's work in this exibition that depicts typewriter poetry, the artworks are neo-concrete, a Brazilian take on constructivism. The essays provide a good review of the chronology of the movement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Internet: "Rubens Gerchman (10 janvier 1942, Rio de Janeiro - 29 janvier 2008, Sao Paulo) est un peintre et sculpteur bresilien influence par l'art concret et neoconcret. Rubens Gerchman (born January 10, 1942, Rio de Janeiro January 29, 2008) was a Brazilian painter and sculptor. He was heavily influenced by concrete and neoconcrete art. Many of Gerchmans works are paintings based on populist themes and his political beliefs, which followed those of neoconcrete artists. His sculptures with letters, stem from concrete poetry. Gerchman studied at the Rio de Janeiro School of Fine Arts. In the 1960s, his work focused on mass culture. He used faces clipped from news photos, but unlike Andy Warhol, who used infamous celebrity, he used images of anonymous individuals. These faces would be reproduced as multiple painted images in a comic-strip style. In the late 1960s, Gerchman devoted his interest to urban isolation and alienation. He produced boxes and containers destined to be opened...