Gego: Origin and Encounter, Mastering the Space October 10, 2012

Americas Society co-presents an exhibition with Sala Mendoza and Fundacion Gego, Caracas to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of acclaimed artist Gertrud Goldschmidt. Widely known as "Gego," the Venezuelan artist is considered one of the most important Latin American modernists of the twentieth century. This exhibition features a significant group of works on paper, preparatory drawings, photographs, manuscripts, sketches, and three-dimensional works that attest to the artist's journey from colorful landscapes and street scenes through to abstraction. The exhibition focuses on the early stages of her artistic investigation beginning in the 1950s. The exhibition focuses on the process for making the environmental piece 'Reticularea' in 1969 and features a comprehensive selection of initial gouache and crayon compositions through to more complex drawings and graphic works. A special section is dedicated to preparatory sketches which were tested by Gego to weave the wire and mesh structures of the various 'Reticulareas' made in Caracas, New York, and Frankfurt.