Physichromie No. 123
Catalogue
- Year
- 1964
- Dimensions
- object: 400 x 230 x 40 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Artist
- Carlos Cruz-Diez
Artist
Mixed Media
Carlos Cruz-Diez was a Venezuelan artist and pioneering theorist of color and optical perception who worked primarily in painting, installation, and public art from the 1950s onward. His practice centered on chromatic vibration and the physical instability of color relationships, creating works in which hue, value, and saturation shift as the viewer moves through space. He developed systematic approaches to color modulation that bridged geometric abstraction and perceptual phenomenology, extending his investigations into large-scale urban and architectural interventions. His work established color as a dynamic material force rather than a descriptive element.
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- Carlos Cruz-Diez
- Year
- 1964
- Dimensions
- object: 400 x 230 x 40 mm
- Watts ID
- WW-1964-219987
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- Collection
- Tate
- Source
- tate
- Reference
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- Status
- verified