Grupo Frente

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Grupo Frente was a mid-1950s Brazilian art collective central to the development of Concrete and later Neo-Concrete art, known for its experimental, geometric abstraction and influential members such as Lygia Pape and Hélio Oiticica.

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Grupo Frente canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian art movement ⓘ
art collective ⓘ
activePeriod mid-1950s ⓘ
artForm painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
relief and object-based works ⓘ
artisticPrinciple non-figurative art ⓘ
rational composition ⓘ
use of pure color and form ⓘ
artisticStyle abstract art ⓘ
associatedWith Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
basedIn Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
culturalContext postwar Brazilian modernism ⓘ
endTime 1956 ⓘ
exhibitedAt Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
focus experimental abstraction ⓘ
geometric experimentation ⓘ
foundedBy Ivan Serpa ⓘ
genre geometric abstraction ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Hélio Oiticica’s early abstract paintings ⓘ
Lygia Pape’s later Neo-Concrete works ⓘ
historicalRole precursor of Neo-Concrete art in Brazil ⓘ
influenced Brazilian contemporary art ⓘ
Neo-Concrete movement ⓘ
inspiredBy Constructivism ⓘ
European Concrete art ⓘ
linked to: Concrete art
knownFor collective exhibitions in Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
experimental, geometric abstraction ⓘ
language Portuguese ⓘ
location Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
movement Concrete art ⓘ
Neo-Concrete art ⓘ
notableMember Abraham Palatnik ⓘ
Aluísio Carvão ⓘ
Hélio Oiticica ⓘ
Ivan Serpa ⓘ
Lygia Clark ⓘ
Lygia Pape ⓘ
opposedTo figurative academic painting ⓘ
region Southeast Brazil ⓘ
relatedMovement Grupo Ruptura ⓘ
startTime 1954 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lygia Pape → memberOf → Grupo Frente ⓘ
subject linked to: Lygia Pape (artist)
Hélio Oiticica → memberOf → Grupo Frente ⓘ
Willys de Castro → associatedWith → Grupo Frente ⓘ
Franz Weissmann → memberOf → Grupo Frente ⓘ