Carlos Cruz-Diez
Bio
Franco-Venezuelan lived and worked in Paris since 1960. He was a major protagonist in the field of Kinetic and Optical art. Color theorist, his research is based on four chromatic conditions: subtractive, additive, inductive and reflective. His work has contributed to a new way of understanding the color phenomenon in art, greatly expanding its perceptual universe.
In his works he shows that color, in interaction with the viewer, becomes an autonomous, evolving reality, devoid of anecdotes, which evolves in real time and space, unaided by form or support.
His artworks are housed in prestigious permanent collections at institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
Statement
His research led him to develop a visual language based on the dematerialization of color, where it ceases to be an attribute of form and becomes a dynamic phenomenon, independent of matter and support.
Through his investigations and concepts Cruz-Diez demonstrates that color is a living, ever-changing experience that shifts depending on light, the viewer’s position, and the surrounding context. His work breaks away from the static conception of color in traditional painting and transforms it into an event that unfolds in time and space, making the viewer an active participant in the artwork.
