Tomás Maldonado

Tomás Maldonado was an Argentine artist and a key figure in the geometric abstraction movement in Buenos Aires during the 1940s. He was instrumental in the formation of the group Concrete Invention, which emerged from the publication of the magazine Arturo. This group, along with the rival Arte Madí group, championed "concrete art," a form of geometric abstraction devoid of representational content. Maldonado and his colleagues were influenced by artists like Piet Mondrian and Theo van Doesburg, and they envisioned art playing a role in a revolutionary society. The work of these artists significantly influenced subsequent generations in South America, contributing to movements like kinetic art.1