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Manifiesto invencionista
1947The Manifiesto Invencionista [Invention-ist Manifesto] was the brainchild of an Argentinean group that published a flyer in which they declared war to the death on figurative expression. In contrast to the “metaphysics of beauty,” they extolled [...]ICAA Record ID: 777253 -
[El observador ha debido conformarse, a menudo, con una noción negativa del arte concreto...]
1952In this essay, Alfredo Hlito reflects on the particular features of Concrete art. He discusses the viewer’s perception of the meaning of Concrete works of art, which involve neither a process of recognizing objects nor any form of association, but [...]ICAA Record ID: 757509 -
Notas para una estética materialista
1946This analytical review of the practice of art as seen from the perspective of dialectical materialism, states that the process of aesthetic invention leads to an expression of something new—an object with new properties [...]ICAA Record ID: 731423 -
El tema del espacio en la pintura actual
1955This article discusses the various ways in which the question of space has been addressed in sculpture, architecture, and painting over the course of time, and reflects simultaneously on how space is portrayed in abstract and concrete painting [...]ICAA Record ID: 730755 -
Situación del arte concreto
1955In this article, Alfredo Hlito reviews the journey from the very early movements to the current state of Concrete art. He acknowledges the advantage of being familiar with new forms, but also reminds us that these forms have been steadily drained of [...]ICAA Record ID: 730743 -
Significado y arte concreto
1953The text reflects on the new meanings proposed by Concrete art. Alfredo Hlito’s approach distances itself from emphatic discourse—that which only indicates the concepts unacceptable to Concrete art (representation, illusion, symbols, etc.)—in [...]ICAA Record ID: 730729 -
Espacio artístico y sociedad
1953In this analytical article, Alfredo Hlito takes a sweeping look at our culture and evaluates artistic activity as it relates to social function. He seeks to understand how proposals of a more general nature —the non-artistic context — are [...]ICAA Record ID: 730716 -
[El filisteísmo artístico, que se manifiesta hoy...]
1946This article challenges the arts teachings offered by Professor Cecilia Marcovich. In it, Hlito reproaches her not only for her reactionary revisionism but also for teaching that modern art ended with Cubism [...]ICAA Record ID: 730104 -
Representación e invención
1946In this analytical text Alfredo Hlito lists the differences between representative art and art of invention. He presents the latter as conceived by the Asociación Arte Concreto — Invención [Concrete Art and Invention Association]; that is, as [...]ICAA Record ID: 730087