MIAMI, FLORIDA.-The Miami Art Museum invites you to the Beyond Geometry International Roundtable Tuesday, November 30, 2:30 – 4:30pm. MAM Assistant Director for Programs/Senior Curator Peter Boswell moderates a panel of international scholars and artists who discuss the migration and evolution of ideas stemming from abstract geometric art in Europe, North America and Latin America from the 1940s to the 1970s. Speakers: François Morellet; Artist, France Luis Pérez-Oramas; Adjunct Curator, Department of Drawings, The Museum of Modern Art; Lynn Zelevansky, Curator and Department Head, Modern and Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This program is generously underwritten by Gonzalo Parodi and Banco Mercantil.

Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Form, 1940s–70s will be on view at MAM from November 19, 2004 to April 24, 2005. A major reappraisal of the international art scene of the 20th century, Beyond Geometry examines how in the decades after World War II, artists in Europe, South America and North America turned to geometric abstraction as a springboard for experimentation. The exhibition contains more than 120 works by 85 artists from 20 countries and three continents. Artists featured in the exhibition include: Josef Albers, Max Bill, Lygia Clark, Lucio Fontana, Gego, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, François Morellet, Barnett Newman, Hélio Oiticica, Ad Reinhardt, Jesús Rafael Soto and Victor Vasarely, among others.

This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and curated by Lynn Zelevansky, Curator and Department Head, Modern and Contemporary Art. It was supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, dedicated to expanding American understanding of history and culture. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

In Miami, the exhibition is supported by Miami Art Museum's Annual Exhibition Fund and is coordinated by Assistant Director for Programs/Senior Curator Peter Boswell and Associate Curator Cheryl Hartup.