Concrete Art Movement
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Il Movimento Arte Concreta (MAC) was an Italian avant-garde art movement founded in 1948 in Milan on the occasion of an exhibition in the Salto library.. Early promoters included Gianni Monnet, Bruno Munari, Atanasio Soldati and Gillo Dorfles.
Connected artists are include Dorazio, Gillo Dorfles, Lucio Fontana, Garau, Mino Guerrini, Mazzon, Gianni Monnet, Bruno Munari, Perilli, Atanasio Soldati, Ettore Sottsass and Veronesi.
The group appropriates the ideas of Theo van Doesburg and Max Bill.
Concrete art is non figurative.
The group was later joined by Fontana, Sottsass, Nigro, Reggiani, Veronesi, Radice, Colla, Perilli, Prampolini, Dorazio, Barisani, De Fusco and Tatafiore.
The movement was dissolved in 1958.
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