Inverting America, the Start of the School of the South
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To help you navigate his work, we invite you to answer the following questions as you go along:
Why do you think Latin American artists travelled to Europe and the US to study art?
Why do you think they felt the need to distance themselves from their European teachings and establish what it would be like to behave like a "Latin American" artist?
What is noucentisme, and how did it affect Torres Garcia's work?
Do you think that being modern always implies a total rejection of tradition?
What is vibracionism? Why do you think artists started to observe the motion and vibration of the world?
What is the orthogonal plane, and how did it serve to organise and structure the painting?
What was the relationship of Torres Garcia with Mondrian and Van Doesburg? What makes his work distinct?
Why do you think Torres Garcia found inspiration from the work produced by the Latin American indigenous populations?
What was the proposal of the School of the South?