The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Marta Minujín: Arte! Arte! Arte!

Institution
The Jewish Museum
Grant Cycle
Fall 2022
Amount
$100,000
Type of Grant
Exhibition Support
Website
thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/marta-minujin-arte-arte-arte ↗
Marta Minujín with Andy Warhol, El pago de la deuda externa argentina con maíz, “el oro latinoamericano” (Paying Off the Argentine Foreign Debt with Corn, “the Latin American Gold”), New York, 1985 / 2011, C-print, 36 3/8 × 39 1/4 in. (92.4 x 99.7 cm). Collection of the artist. © Marta Minujín, courtesy of Henrique Faria, New York and Herlitzka & Co., Buenos Aires.
Marta Minujín in her studio on rue Delambre in Paris, with her first multicolored mattresses, 1963. Marta Minujín Archive. © Marta Minujín, courtesy of Henrique Faria, New York and Herlitzka & Co., Buenos Aires.
Marta Minujín, Untitled, 1973, from the series Frozen Sex, 1973–75, 503⁄4 × 503⁄4 in. (129 × 129 cm). Collection of Clarice O. Tavares, New York. © Marta Minujín, courtesy of Henrique Faria, New York and Herlitzka & Co., Buenos Aires.
Marta Minujín, Untitled, c. 1961–62, paint, chalk, cardboard, shellac, and glue on cardboard, 283⁄8 × 353⁄8 × 31⁄8 in. (72 × 90 × 8 cm). Collection of the artist. © Marta Minujín, courtesy of Henrique Faria, New York and Herlitzka & Co., Buenos Aires.
Marta Minujín, La Torre de Babel con libros de todo el mundo (The Tower of Babel with Books from All over the World), Buenos Aires, 2011. Marta Minujín Archive. © Marta Minujín, courtesy of Henrique Faria, New York and Herlitzka & Co., Buenos Aires.

Marta Minujín: Arte! Arte! Arte! will include nearly 100 works organized to reflect Minujín’s bold experimentation over six decades. The exhibition will chart Minujín’s influential career in Buenos Aires as well as time spent in Paris, New York, and Washington, DC, through a range of pioneering, mattress-based soft sculptures; fluorescent large-scale paintings; psychedelic drawings and performances; and vintage film footage. The artist’s ephemeral works – happenings, participatory installations, and monumental public art – will be presented through rarely-seen photographs, video, and other documentation.

Marta Minujín: Arte! Arte! Arte! is the first survey exhibition in the United States of Marta Minujín, a defining force of Latin American art whose trajectory intersected with the major artistic developments of the postwar period while reflecting a singular spirit and vision infused by her sharp intellect, irreverent humor, and performative presence.

1994

On May 13, 1994 the Andy Warhol Museum opened its doors to the public. The museum holds the largest collection of Warhol’s artworks and archival materials, and is the most comprehensive single-artist museums in the world and the largest in North America.