How have American civilizations influenced modern culture?

With more than 600 works, the exhibition "Before America" discovers, at the March Foundation, the influence of the ancient civilizations of the American continent on modern and contemporary culture through paintings, sculptures, drawings, documents, photographs, design, architecture and all current artistic forms

From October 6 to March 10, the Juan March Foundation will host the exhibition «Before America. "Original sources in modern culture." The objective? Reconstruct a historical process that dates back to long before Europeans named an entire continent America.
"Before America" shows that long process of interpretations and reinterpretations in a visual journey that spans two continents from the 19th century to the present day. The exhibition brings together nearly three hundred modern and contemporary artists, such as Joaquín Torres García (Uruguay), César Paternosto (Argentina), Rufino Tamayo (Mexico), Cecilia Vicuña (Chile), Elena Izcue (Peru), Alejandro Puente (Argentina), Vicente do Rego Monteiro (Brazil), Anni and Josef Albers (Germany and USA), Barnett Newman (USA) or Henry Moore (United Kingdom).

The curatorial team of the exhibition is made up of Rodrigo Gutiérrez Viñuales (professor of Latin American Art at the University of Granada) as guest curator, Manuel Fontán del Junco, María Toledo Gutiérrez (Director of Museums and Exhibitions and Head of Exhibition Project at the Juan Foundation March, respectively), Liliana Montoya Orúe (curatorial assistant), along with Renata Ribeiro dos Santos (professor at the University of Oviedo).

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How have American civilizations influenced modern culture?