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'Tangled Alphabets' FLASH VERSION
Leon Ferrari (b. 1920) and Mira Schendel (1919-1988) are considered among the most significant artists working in Latin America during the second half of the 20th century. Their works address language as a major visual subject matter.
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Tangled Alphabets, Installation view of "Tangled Alphabets: Leon Ferrari and Mira Schendel" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Pictured is Schendel's installation "Ondas paradas de probabilidade" (Still waves of probability) (1969), comprising over 20,000 individual nylon threads.
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Tangled Alphabets
Installation view of "Tangled Alphabets: Leon Ferrari and Mira Schendel" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Pictured is Schendel's installation "Ondas paradas de probabilidade" (Still waves of probability) (1969), comprising over 20,000 individual nylon threads.
Photo Credit: Jason Mandella, MoMA
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