Less is understood, however, about the avant-garde pioneer modernist groups like MADI and the Taller Torres-Garciá that brought abstraction to Latin America.  Fine examples by these artists and art movements are included in Latin American Art from the Collection of Pearl and Stanley Goodman, an exhibition of seventy-four paintings, works on paper, and sculpture that has been organized by the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale.

 

 

As collectors, Pearl and Stanley Goodman became intrigued with the burgeoning Latin American art market in the early 1990s and began assembling a significant collection of works by Rivera, Orózco, Botero, and Kahlo, as well as impressive paintings by Wifredo Lam, Matta, Joaquín Torres-García, Leonora Carrington, and others.

 

 

This exhibition provides an opportunity to study major works by historical and contemporary Latin American masters as well as to consider a broad spectrum of ideas regarding the art of the region in terms of issues related to time and place.  A fully-illustrated catalogue with essays by Carol Damian and Edward J. Sullivan accompanies the exhibition and is available for $45 in the Museum Store.  The exhibition and publication are both generously supported by AutoNation.