Description

Catalogue of the exhibition Gyula Kosice. Intergalactic , presented at Malba between July 5 and November 4, 2024.

One hundred years after the birth of Gyula Kosice, Malba and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), with the support of the Kosice Foundation, celebrate him as one of the great creators of Latin American art: a key figure in the abstract avant-garde of the 1940s, co-founder of the Río de la Plata constructive art groups Arturo (1944) and Madi? (1946), and editor of the magazine Arthur and promoter of great innovations such as his hydro-sculptures or the remarkable Hydrospatial City , his utopian futuristic project. This ambitious catalogue accompanying the exhibition opens up new interpretive possibilities for his work.  

The texts included in the book comprise a broad vision of Kosice based on in-depth interdisciplinary research. Mari Carmen Ramírez analyzes the experimentation in his early works and his subsequent reinvention of the sculptural medium in light of the legacy of constructivism. María Amalia García addresses the construction of his self-myth through his photographs and media appearances, pointing to an erotic dimension in his work. In her essay, Charlotte Matter explores the relationship between the aesthetics of science fiction and the “age of plastic,” a material whose development in Argentina is also explored by Isabel Plante. Giovanna Bassi Cendra reconstructs the workings of The hydrospatial city through Kosice's models and texts, and Héctor Olea addresses it in its poetic dimension, in which the figure of Diyi Laañ becomes relevant. Finally, the chronology organized by Ayelén Pagnanelli and Max Pérez Fallik summarizes the results of extensive research on work dates, life events, and professional milestones.  

The images compiled in this volume offer a wealth of previously unpublished documentary material from the Diyi Laan Archive, Kosice Foundation, and reproductions of all the works included in the exhibition. This extensive photographic selection helps to illustrate the vast scope of the artist's work.  

“To bring into this experience an element that literally ‘slips through our fingers,’ yet possesses a blatant superiority, both from a biological point of view and as a physical component of the planet we live on… I mean, specifically, water.” — Gyula Kosice

Authors
María Amalia García
Mari Carmen Ramírez
Isabel Plante
Charlotte Matter
Hector Olea
Giovanna Bassi Cendra
Ayelen Pagnanelli
Max Pérez Fallik

Technical specifications
Published by: Malba
Year: 2024
Type: Exhibition catalog
Binding: Paperback
Dimensions: 30 x 23 cm
Weight: 1.6 kg
Spanish
Pages: 360
ISBN: 978-631-90681-0-8