Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres García has a thing about shapes – his paintings are full of geometric blocks of red, yellow, blue and brown, and all the colours in between. But take a closer look and you’ll notice people, objects and animals hidden within the shapes. Throughout his career García explored and experimented with the different styles within the Modern Art movement. See how his work changed and evolved at this solo exhibition of his work 'Joaquín Torres García: Geometria, Criação, Proporção' ('Joaquín Torres García: Geometry, Creation, Proportion') at the Pinacoteca.
All in all there are more than 150 drawings, paintings, watercolours, collages, personal objects, pictures, manuscripts and books on display. Curators Jimena Perera and Alejandro Diaz are García’s great-grandchildren and have carefully picked pieces that show different phases of the artist’s work, highlighting his constant quest for answers through his art and his belief that art is transcendental – it shouldn’t imitate life, but should use nature as it’s main inspiration.
Date 3 Dec 2011-26 Feb
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