Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. About the Series xi
5. Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
6. Translator’s Note xvii
7. Abbreviations xix
8. Introduction 1
9. CHAPTER 1. MODERN ART ON THE MARGINS OF PERONISM
10. Postwar Chronicle 26
11. The North American Invasion 31
12. Abstract Artists Between Communists and Liberals 33
13. The Platforms for the Displaced 36
14. The Official Policy Toward Art 39
15. The French Invasion 42
16. Controversies on Abstract Art 45
17. Between Peronism and Abstract Art: Coming to Terms 47
18. Ver y Estimar on the Ramparts of Modern Art 48
19. CHAPTER 2. Proclamations and Programs During the Revolución Libertadora
20. The Embassies of Art 59
21. A Revitalized Museum 64
22. A New Museum for the New Art 67
23. Boa, Phases, and the International Front of the Avant- Garde 70
24. Conflicting Internationalisms 81
25. The Exploration of Materials 85
26. CHAPTER 3. THE “NEW” ART SCENE
27. Journal of a Collector 96
28. Coming Out in Society 101
29. The First International Exhibition 108
30. The 150th Anniversary Celebrations 112
31. A Plan for Success 113
32. CHAPTER 4. THE AVANT-GARDE AS PROBLEM
33. The Material Limits 125
34. The Art of “Things” 128
35. An Aesthetic of Violence 135
36. Argentines in Paris 143
37. Avant-Garde and Narration 151
38. The Total Art Object 158
39. CHAPTER 5. THE DECENTERING OF THE MODERNIST PARADIGM
40. Suspending Judgment and Embracing Novelty 169
41. Other Genealogies for Modern Art 171
42. An All-Consuming Aesthetic 180
43. CHAPTER 6. STRATEGIES OF INTERNATIONALIZATION
44. The American Family 191
45. International Awards for National Recognition 198
46. The Circulating MoMA Exhibitions 208
47. 1964: The Year of Recognition 210
48. Biennial and Anti-Biennial 221
49. The Culmination of Internationalism 227
50. The Aporias of Internationalism 233
51. CHAPTER 7. THE AVANT-GARDE BETWEEN ART AND POLITICS
52. The Artist as Intellectual 246
53. A “Plastic” Crime 249
54. The Politics of Assemblage 256
55. The Avant-Garde Between the Two Boundaries 264
56. Art as a Collective and Violent Action 267
57. Conclusions 281
58. Notes 291
59. Bibliography 373
60. Index 397