Other Primary Structures Paperback – April 8, 2014

"Other Primary Structures", at the Jewish Museum, probably is –for the genre appreciators like myself– one of the interesting exhibitions so far this year; (along with Carl Andre’s retrospective at DIA: Beacon). It takes its curatorial approach as a look into the past, more specifically to the "Primary Structures" show placed at the Jewish Museum in the mid-sixties, which exposed a series of UK and North-American artists working in an aesthetic that some years later was coined as Minimalism.Both Curator and Museum worked now in a way to complete and update the list of “main and original authors” that became intrinsically connected with the style’s foundation. Looking globally into artists contemporary to the ones originally presented at “Primary Structures”, the Curator selected similar approaches occurring back then elsewhere in the world, from Latin America to Africa and Asia, showing that Minimalism or geometric art wasn't a prerogative exclusively Anglo-Saxon, both in guidance and influence. Minimal pieces were, in fact, part of the Russian-French axis of European art production in the first half of the 20th Century.This new edition reproduces the original catalogue, [volume one], paired now with all the projects of the Other Primary Structures, [volume two].It’s not an art edition per se, with “beautiful” color shots of the pieces etc based in nowadays patterns – but it’s a great archive edition, absolutely recommendable. In other words, a great catalogue.

I am extremely pleased to have this exhibition catalogue - it is an important addition to my collection of books and research material