Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 3: Analog Era (1950s)
1959
Manifesto Neoconcreto by Ferreira Gullar
Gullar’s manifesto advocated for a new kind of art that rejected the formalism of traditional concrete art and embraced a more humanistic, participatory approach. It called for a more organic, intuitive, and emotional art that engaged the senses and emotions of the viewer, serving as an important development in the histroy of South American geometric abstraction.
Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random, fact-checked September 2026.
Sources
- Mol, Elias Perigolo. “Experiência Neoconcreta: O Suplemento Dominical e o Manifesto Neoconcreto.” MODOS: Revista de História da Arte 7, no. 1 (2023): 105. https://doi.org/10.20396/modos.v7i1.8671412
People
Movements
concrete art, Neo-Plasticism, Participatory Art, Suprematism, Latin American Constructivism
Filed under
- Ideas
- abstraction, concrete art, Geometric Abstraction, Neo-Plasticism, participation, Participatory Art, perception, Suprematism
- People
- Ferreira Gullar
- Works
- Manifesto Neoconcreto
- Organisations
- Neoconcretismo
- Places
- South America
Echoes across time
- 1970 · Generación Automática de Formas Plásticas Exhibition at the Centro de Cálculo of the University of Madrid
- 2023 · MoMA Postcard Launched
- 2002 · Velvet Strike modifies Counter Strike
Le Random editorials
- Concrete to Generative: “Real Space” Explorations in South America, Virginia Valenzuela, October 24, 2023
Le Random podcast
- Timeline Ch 3—Analog Era (1950s) with Georg Bak — listen with transcript on Le Random (10 Aug 2023, 65 min). Chapter 3’s episode. Apple Podcasts · Spotify