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Exposición no. 2. Antonio Bonet: Arquitectura
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, 1960
Exposición no. 2. Antonio Bonet: Arquitectura. Exh cat. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona. Barcelona: 1960. Oblong, 18.5 cm, [12] pp.; b/w illus. throughout the architect’s projects in Latin America (primarily Argentina and Uruguay); stapled self-wrapper, lightly worn.
Catalogue of the second exhibit at the newly organized Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona (MACBA). Curated by art critic and co-founder of MACBA, Alexandre Cirici Pellicer, it features photo-illustrations of architect Antonio Bonet’s work in Latin America, and an essay, “La Nueva Ciudad Latina de Antonio Bonet” by Oriol Bohigas. Bonet (1913-1989) cofounded the architectural and design collective Grupo Astral in Buenos Aires (inspired by the GATEPAC, in Catalunya).
The catalogue itself is a scarce artifact of the short lived original MACBA program. The museum existed from 1960-1963 when it closed for political reasons during the Franco regime. A museum of contemporary art was proposed by provincial authorities again in 1985, the new MACBA opened to the public in 1995.
We are able to locate only one other copy in museum and library collections, at the Museu Nacional d’art de Catalunya.
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