Lygia Pape
Bio
(Nova Friburgo RJ 1927 - Rio de Janeiro RJ 2004) Her career began in the 1950s, with her involvement in the Concretist and Neo-Concretist movements, during which she created Op Art compositions driven by geometry and line. Pape was at the epicenter of most inventive avant-garde ever created in Brazil. Towards the end of her life, she was crafting vivid installations, which, like all of her work, integrated the aesthetic, ethical, and political with elegance and wit.
Statement
Lygia Pape ranged widely across mediums, challenging formal and conceptual boundaries and becoming a pioneer of Brazilian contemporary art. Claiming, “art is my way of understanding the world,” she worked in painting, printmaking, sculpture, dance, film, performance, and installation, always attempting to merge art and life.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
