Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

This is a description of the Curso de Composição, the composition course for seven classes that the architect Jacob Ruchti taught at the IAC (Instituto de Arte Contemporânea) at the MASP (Museu de Arte de São Paulo). The professor explains that [...]

In this article in HABITAT magazine, the architect Jacob Ruchti introduces the industrial design course at the recently opened IAC (Instituto de Arte Contemporânea) at the MASP (Museu de Arte de São Paulo). The article discusses the professional [...]

In the view of Jacob Ruchti, the origin of Constructivism can be traced to the analytic investigation of Cubism. He believes that Constructivism implies “a new conceptual vision of things,” where colors, lines, and forms have an expressive power [...]