Cruz-Diez, Carlos (1923-2019)
Creator details
- Name
- Cruz-Diez, Carlos (1923-2019)
- Nationality
- Venezuelan
- Biography
- French artist of Venezuelan origin, Carlos Cruz-Diez is one of the main protagonists of contemporary art, optical and kinetic art. His research and writings on the chromatic phenomenon distinguish him as one of the colour theorists of the 20th century. His work reveals a new understanding of chromatic phenomena in art, expanding its perceptual universe considerably. Cruz-Diez proposes colour as an autonomous and evolving reality where the implication of our senses reveals chromatic events as they develop—events that take place in space and time, without anecdotes or references, stripped of any symbols, past or future, in a continuous present. Works by Carlos Cruz-Diez encourage a different relationship with knowledge, where viewers can discover their capacity to create and modify colour with their own perceptual means, while finding an emotional resonance through their personal experience. His works are in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Tate Modern, London; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne; Geffen Contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk.
