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Manifiesto invencionista
1947The Manifiesto Invencionista [Invention-ist Manifesto] was the brainchild of an Argentinean group that published a flyer in which they declared war to the death on figurative expression. In contrast to the “metaphysics of beauty,” they extolled [...]ICAA Record ID: 777253 -
La revista Sur
1951In response to the controversy generated over the question of abstract versus nonfigurative art, Raúl Lozza reminds the reader that he has long been of the opinion that the names are not the issue at stake. On this occasion, however, he refers to [...]ICAA Record ID: 742715 -
[Ante la decadencia y espíritu negativo...]
1949Manifesto included in the catalogue of the Primera Exposición de Pintura Perceptista [First Exhibition of Perceptivist Painting] carried out in Galería Van Riel in Buenos Aires, in October of 1949. Raúl Lozza states that Perceptivism inaugurates a [...]ICAA Record ID: 731656 -
Hacia una música invencionista
1946Programmatic document by Raúl Lozza that establishes the structural grounds for Inventionist music, which is based on the succession of parallel sounds. At the same time, Lozza highlights the differences with respect to the “decadent” music [...]ICAA Record ID: 731568 -
Acotación al Nuevo Realismo
1945In this article, Raúl Lozza responds to the ideas expressed by Héctor Agosti Pablo in his essay on “The Defense of Realism”. Lozza contends that Agosti’s thesis is nothing by confused theorizing, which encourages a new combination of [...]ICAA Record ID: 731009 -
La nueva estructura de la pintura perceptista : continuación
1952A text that analyzes the structure of Perceptivist painting by discussing the different solutions found throughout the history of painting. Raúl Lozza analyzes the variations of color in the history of painting—from the contrasts based on the [...]ICAA Record ID: 730969 -
La nueva estructura del perceptismo : conclusión
1953This is a text in which the analysis of the structure of Perceptivist painting is concluded. Raúl Lozza notes that the theory and the measurement system with which the Perceptivist artist works allow for the liberation from the traditional methods [...]ICAA Record ID: 730956 -
La dinámica del perceptismo
1951The text is a programmatic source in which Raúl Lozza explains the transformation process of a painting according to the Perceptivist dynamics. Faced with the subjective movement of all representative and abstract painting based on appearance as [...]ICAA Record ID: 730782 -
El color en el arte : resumen y fragmentos de un libro en prensa
1950A programmatic source in which Raúl Lozza summarizes eight chapters of his book El color en la pintura. Su investigación estética objetiva [Color in Painting: Its Objective Aesthetic Research], and, as the text announced, Editorial Diálogo would [...]ICAA Record ID: 730690 -
Algo más sobre los fundamentos del perceptismo
1951In this article, Raúl Lozza explores the essence of representative painting and relates it to abstract, concrete and non- objective art, showing that those forms of painting are still burdened with the contradictions of figurative art. Lozza [...]ICAA Record ID: 730661 -
La nueva estructura de la pintura perceptista : continuación
1952A text that analyzes the structure of Perceptivist painting by discussing the different solutions developed throughout the history of painting. Raúl Lozza analyzes the proximity of colors among themselves and to the spectator, its depth and its [...]ICAA Record ID: 730549 -
La nueva estructura de la pintura perceptista
1951A text that analyzes the structure of Perceptivist painting by discussing the different solutions developed throughout the history of painting. Raúl Lozza considers the true structure to be that which offers independence and unity to the work and, [...]ICAA Record ID: 730538 -
Carta abierta a M. Lobato
1946This is an open letter written by Raúl Lozza in defense of modern painting. It is a response to statements made by the Brazilian writer José Bento Monteiro Lobato published by the Buenos Aires daily newspaper El Mundo on November 1, 1946. In his [...]ICAA Record ID: 730052