Boreal from 21 Printmakers from Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela (21 Estampadores de Colombia, Mexico y Venezuela)

Alejandro OteroWW-1972-M055662

1972·Screenprint from a portfolio of ten intaglios, seven screenprints, three lithographs, and one aquatint·composition: 17 3/16 × 17 1/16" (43.7 × 43.3 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 1/4" (76 × 56.5 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1972
Medium: Screenprint from a portfolio of ten intaglios, seven screenprints, three lithographs, and one aquatint
Dimensions: composition: 17 3/16 × 17 1/16" (43.7 × 43.3 cm); sheet: 29 15/16 × 22 1/4" (76 × 56.5 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Alejandro Otero

Artist

Alejandro Otero

Printmaking

Alejandro Otero was a Venezuelan artist and pioneering kinetic sculptor who worked in welded steel and painted aluminum to create large-scale abstract compositions that incorporated movement and light. Active from the 1940s onward, he developed a distinctive geometric language that merged European constructivism with a visual vocabulary rooted in Venezuelan landscape and architecture. His kinetic and optical works positioned him as a foundational figure in Latin American modernism during the postwar period.

El Manteco, Venezuela

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