- Event:
- Soto: Paris and Beyond 1950-1970
- Start:
- February 12, 2012
- End:
- February 13, 2012
- Organizer:
- Updated:
- February 2, 2012
- Venue:
- Grey Art Gallery NYU
- Phone:
- (212) 998-6780
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Address:
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100 Washington Sq E, New York, NY, United States
From January 10th to March 31st, Soto: Paris and Beyond, 1950–1970 is the first large-scale exhibition dedicated to this major Venezuelan artist to be held at a New York institution in more than 35 years.
Featuring works produced after Jesús Rafael Soto’s move to Paris, the show highlights his visionary investigations into notions of movement, displacement, and instability. Drawing inspiration from optics, color theory, and phenomenology, Soto (1923–2005) developed a radically new relationship between the artwork and the viewer. The exhibition also explores reciprocal influences between Soto and other members of the Parisian avant-garde—such as Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely. Soto’s groundbreaking achievements in the fields of perception and interactive art established his reputation as both one of the foremost proponents of kinetic art and one of the most influential 20th-century Latin American artists.
