Cosmic Monument

work by Torres-García

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In Joaquín Torres-García
…of stone-and-cement monuments, such as Cosmic Monument (1938), that were visually similar to Inca stonework. The monument utilizes a grid composition filled with symbols drawn from pre-Columbian and Greek art. In 1943 he established the Taller (“Workshop”) Torres-García, a school in which students learned the principles of Constructivist art. The…
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