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Michael Kidner

1917

PaintingConceptual ArtConstructivismAbstract Art

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• Conceptual Art
• Constructivism
• Abstract Art

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The Responsive Eye

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1965

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Michael Kidner was a British abstract artist whose geometric compositions explored color relationships and spatial illusion through mathematically structured grids and nested forms. Working in acrylic and mixed media from the 1960s onward, he developed a practice rooted in systems and optical perception, treating abstraction as an investigation of visual logic rather than emotional expression. His rigorously calculated work engaged with constructivist principles and positioned color progression and formal order as primary subjects.

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Conceptual Art

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York Tate

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Artworks (20)

Dissolving Yellow

2001 · 3 works on plywood, acrylic paint

support, each: 2442 x 1224 x 48 mm support, each: 2442 x 1224 x 48 mm support, each: 2442 x 1224 x 48 mm displayed: 7326 x 3670 x 48 mm

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Square and Circle One

1982 · Photo-etching on paper

Z STRETCH from THE ELASTIC MEMBRANE

1979 · Photolithograph, printed in color

composition 17 x 13 5/16" (43.2 x 33.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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CUT FABRIC from THE ELASTIC MEMBRANE

1979 · Photogravure, printed in black

irreg. plate 13 3/8 x 13 3/16" (34 x 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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CROSS STRETCH from THE ELASTIC MEMBRANE

1979 · Multiple: Wood, clear plastic, tacks, screws, and photolithographs on elastic cloth and ivory, smooth, wove paper

irreg. composition 13 7/16 x 17 1/8 x 15/16" (34.2 x 43.5 x 2.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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The Elastic Membrane

1979 · Illustrated book with one mixed media multiple, three photogravures, three photolithographs, and two spiral notebooks with photolithographic reproductions of manuscript and drawings

Prints and multiples: Various dimensions.

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NINE STRETCHES from THE ELASTIC MEMBRANE

1979 · Photogravure, printed in black

irreg. composition 12 11/16 x 16 5/8" (32.2 x 42.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Group Exhibition The Responsive Eye

New York · 1965