Author: Gramcko, ElsaThis publication frames Gramcko’s contribution to global modernism outside the doctrinal limitations of the avant-garde, offering a comprehensive survey of her artistic practice from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s – from her paintings of graphic, biomorphic shapes to her groundbreaking assemblages made of conglomerate techniques that morphed the use of found wooden boards and planks. It includes essays and writings from contemporary artists as well as original letters.Elsa Gramcko never identified her practice with a formal artistic movement but freely explored geometric abstraction, Surrealism and Informalism through painting, assemblage and sculpture. She is often associated with prominent Venezuelan women artists such as Gego (Gertrude Goldschmidt), Tecla Tofano and Mercedes Pardo, who also began to expand the limits of art in the 1960s.ISBN 9781532378850. Sicardi/Ayers/Bacino/James Cohan. hb. 160 pages. 73 colour, 8 b/w ills. 27.9 x 22.2 cm.available
