Abstract
This paper calls attention to a network of artists, dealers, and critics from Europe and South America thanks to whom, from the 1950s to the early 1970s, Paris and London welcomed and fostered a certain form of South American avant-garde art. Accordingly, it discusses the European reception given to five South American artists active in Paris and London —Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Sérgio Camargo, Jesús Rafael Soto and Julio Le Parc—whose artistic practices were sometimes related to kineticism. It highlights the impact they had on the European art scene, as well as the role of several cultural agents who were their interlocutors by retracing the micro and mass circulation of their works through an analysis of contemporary publications, particularly art magazines.
Recommended Citation
Morethy Couto, Maria de Fatima Dr. "Between Paris and London: contacts and exchanges of South American artists in Europe (1950-1970)." Artl@s Bulletin 5, no. 1 (2016): Article 7.
