Geraldo de Barros 1952: Movement Counter Movement & Golden Rectangle

Successive Golden Rectangles dividing a Golden Rectangle into squares (Barros: Movement Counter Movement)

Geraldo de Barros 1952: Movement Counter Movement
Movimento contra movimento (Movement Counter Movement), 1952 Enamel on Kelmite © Família Geraldo de Barros Private Collection, Miami, FL.

Geraldo de Barros (1923 -1998) used Gestalt theory to create works that draw upon the viewer's psychology to suggest that their paintings are in motion. Source: Newark Museum.

Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s
The first exhibition (Newark Museum) to bring together South American and US geometric abstraction.
Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s-50s features more than 90 works by 70 artists from Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Following its premiere at the Newark Museum, Constructive Spirit will travel to the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, where it will be on view June 26 through September 5, 2010.