Jesus Rafael Soto - Venezuelan founder of Op-Art - Blue square - pencil signed - no. 4 of 190 - Sold
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- Description
- Jesus Rafael Soto (1923-2005)
| Type of artwork | Prints (signed) |
| Period | 1945 to 1999 |
| Technique | Silkscreen |
| Support | Paper |
| Framed | Framed |
| Dimensions | 59 x 59 cm (h x w) |
| Incl. frame | 61 x 61 cm (h x w) |
| Signed | Hand signed |
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- Jesús Rafael Soto (Ciudad Bolívar, June 5, 1923 – Paris, January 14, 2005) was a Venezuelan painter and sculptor. He is known for his contribution to the development of both op art and kinetic art.
Life and work
Soto began his career at a young age as an assistant painting cinema advertisements in his hometown. However, he received his art and teaching training from 1942 onwards in Caracas with a scholarship at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Artes Aplicadas. His fellow students also included Carlos Cruz-Diez and Alejandro Otero, whom he would later meet again in Paris. From 1947, when he obtained his teaching qualification, until 1950, Soto directed the small Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Maracaibo.
He left for Paris in 1950, where he was met by Alejandro Otero and some other friends from Venezuela. Through his compatriots he soon came into contact with the newly founded Atelier d'Art abstrait and he took part in the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles. In 1951 Soto visited the Netherlands with some friends. They visited the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam to see the work of Piet Mondriaan.
In 1954, Soto's work was noticed by Denise René and Victor Vasarely and soon after he met Yaacov Agam, Jean Tinguely, Pol Bury and other artists associated with Galerie Denise René. The exhibition Le Mouvement was the beginning of a career as a kinetic artist for Soto.
Soto is best known for his open, interactive sculptures/installations, consisting of thin, hanging tubes through which the viewer can walk. The viewer is thus part of the object and causes change and movement.
From 1970 until the early nineties, Soto's works were exhibited in renowned museums such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum in New York. His work was also on display at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. In January 1970, he exhibited at the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam). In 1997, Soto contributed to the sculpture park Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri by the Swiss artist Daniel Spoerri in Seggiano (Tuscany) with his work Pénétrable Sonore.
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| Price | > 10KG or bigger than 1.00 x 0.50 meter
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