Exhibition on Latin American design

MoMA hosts an exhibition on post-war Latin American design

New York (USA), March 6 (EFE/EPA).- (Image: Sarah Yenesel) Between Picassos, Van Goghs and Warhols at...
New York (USA), March 6 (EFE/EPA).- (Image: Sarah Yenesel) Among Picassos, Van Goghs and Warhols, a Totonaca chair by the Mexican designer Clara Porset suddenly appears, or a ceramic tableware by the Argentine Colette Boccara: these are some of the objects that make up a new exhibition on Latin American design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), and which thus find a prominent place in modernity. The exhibition, 'Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940-1980', proposes a tour of six countries on the continent, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, which sought to adapt native materials and techniques to the most avant-garde currents. design. "Trying to bring together Latin America as a whole is complicated," Ana Elena Mallet, guest curator and person responsible for organizing the exhibition, confessed to EFE. RESOURCES FROM THE EXHIBITION ON LATIN AMERICAN DESIGN AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK (MOMA), UNITED STATES.