Rhod Rothfuss Explained

Rhod Rothfuss
Birth Name:Carlos María Rothfuss
Birth Place:Montevideo, Uruguay
Death Place:Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality:Uruguayan-Argentine
Other Names:Carlos María Rothfuß
Carlos María Rothfuss
Occupation:Painter
Sculptor
Years Active:1938-1969

Carlos María "Rhod" Rothfuss (1920 – December 31, 1969) was a Uruguayan-Argentine artist who specialized in painting and sculpture. He was considered a key theoretician for the development of the concrete art movement in Argentina in the 1940s[1] and was a founding member of the international Latin American abstract art movement, Grupo Madí.[2] [3]

Early life and education

Rothfuss was born in Montevideo, Uruguay.[4] [5]

In 1938, Rothfuss studied art at Círculo de Bellas Artes in Montevideo. He studied with the artists Guillermo Laborde and José Cúneo. In the early 1940s, he studied at the Academia de Bellas Artes in Montevideo.

Career

In 1939 while at an Emilio Pettoruti art show, Rothfuss met and became friends with the artist, Carmelo Arden Quin.

In 1942, Rothfuss moved from Uruguay to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he lived until 1945.

Rothfuss soon became friends with fellow artists, Gyula Kosice, Tomás Maldonado, Carmelo Arden Quin.

In 1944, Rothfuss was part of the group of artists who created and edited the magazine called Arturo, which existed for only one issue, and included fellow artists, Carmelo Arden Quin, Edgar Bailey, Gyula Kosice, Raúl Lozza, Tomas Maldonado, and Lidy Prati.[6] Rothfuss contributed an article called: "El marco. un problema de la plástica actual (The frame: A Problem of Plastic Arts Today)," which became an important text on the theory and movement of art towards geometry. Rothfuss was stating what was then a revolutionary idea, that he was advocation for the removal of the frame of the painting, saying that it got in the way of the art.

In 1945, Rothfuss participated in two seminal concrete art exhibitions called Arte Concreto-Invención in Buenos Aires.

In 1945, Rothfuss participated in Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención's first two concrete art exhibitions organized at the homes of Swiss born psychoanalyst, Enrique Pichon-Rivière, and German-Argentinian photographer, Grete Stern. Rothfuss also participated in the group's third exhibition organized in October 1946 at the Argentinian Society of Plastic Arts.[7] [8]

During this time, to illustrate the concrete nature of his work, Rothfuss used nontraditional materials like diamonds and employed notched and irregular shapes in his artwork.

From 1945 to 1950, Rothfuss created sculptures that had moving parts.

In 1946, Rothfuss joined the Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención, a concrete art group founded by Tomás Maldonado in 1944. Other artists in the group included Alfredo Hlito, Lidy Prati, Manuel Espinosa, Enio Iommi, Raul Lozza among others.[7] [9]

In 1946, Gyula Kosice, Carmelo Arden Quin, and Rothfuss founded the Grupo Madí.

Selected exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Selected works

Works and publications

See also

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rasmussen. Waldo. Bercht. Fatima. Ferrer. Elizabeth. Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century. 1993. The Museum of Modern Art. New York. 978-0-870-70424-6. Exhibition catalog. 735320789.
  2. Web site: Concrete Art in Argentina: Rhod Rothfuss (Montevideo, Uruguay, 1920 - 1969). Centro Cultural Recoleta. en.
  3. Web site: Mil años de arte . Rocca . Thiago . 26 June 2020 . . es.
  4. Book: Suárez. Osbel (exhibition concept and guest curator). García. María Amalia. Agnew. Michael (translations). Witschey. Erica. Fundación Juan March. Cold America: Geometric Abstraction in Latin América (1934–1973). 2011. Fundación Juan March. Madrid. 978-84-7075-588-0. en. Exhibition catalog. 707460289.
  5. Book: Suárez. Osbel (exhibition concept and guest curator). García. María Amalia. Agnew. Michael (translations). Witschey. Erica. Fundación Juan March. América fría. La abstracción geométrica en Latinoamerica (1934–1973). 2011. Fundación Juan March. Madrid. 978-8-470-75586-6. es. Exhibition catalog. 810113820.
  6. News: Rhod Rothfuss. Art & Art.
  7. Book: Pérez-Barreiro. Gabriel (exhibition curator). Locke. Adrian (exhibition curator). Lea. Sarah (exhibition curator). García. María Amalia. Whitelegg. Isobel. Radical Geometry: Modern Art of South America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection. 2014. Royal Academy of Arts. London. 978-1-907-53369-3. en. 889949567.
  8. Book: Consonancia: la abstracción geométrica en Argentina y Venezuela, años 40 y 50. 2007. Artesanogroup. Caracas. 978-9-806-81603-9. 912869688.
  9. Web site: Asociación Arte Concreto-Invención (Concrete-Invention Art Association). Tate Modern.
  10. Book: Borràs. Maria Lluïsa. Arte Madí: Exposición organizada por el Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. 1997. Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura. Madrid. 978-8-480-26089-3. es, en. Rhod Rhothfuss: Un fantasma recorre Madí by Sagradini, Mario. 698573072.
  11. Book: Gradowczyk. Mario H. (curated by). Perazzo. Nelly (curated by). Abstract Art from the Río de la Plata. 2001. The Americas Society. New York. 978-1-879-12827-9. en. Exhibition catalog. 48463485.

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