León Ferrari. Planet

León Ferrari

Planet

1979

Stainless steel

Not on view

Medium Stainless steel
Dimensions 51" (129.5 cm) in diameter
Credit Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in honor of Mirriam Levenson through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Object number 288.2009
Department Painting & Sculpture

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León Ferrari

León Ferrari

Argentine, 1920–2013 229 works online

What is the political capacity of art? How should artists address injustice and violence? In 1965, the Argentine artist León Ferrari had a clear answer to these questions: “Art will be neither beauty nor novelty; art will be efficacy and agitation.

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The artist
2008, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas
2009, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.

Exhibition history

MoMA Exh. #2074: "Tangled Alphabets: Leon Ferrari and Mira Schendel", 6th Floor, The René d'Harnoncourt Exhibition Galleries, April 5 - June 15, 2009 and tour:
Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, November 24, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Porto Alegre, Fundação Iberê Camargo, April 8 - July 11, 2010

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