CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ Venezuela, 1923-2019
Overview
"Colour is not something to be applied to a surface with a brush; it needs to be brought into the space. It took me many years of experience, research and failure to create works such as the Chromosaturation installations, which allow light to evolve like an event."
Carlos Cruz-Diez was a French artist of Venezuelan origin. He was born in Caracas in 1923 and died in Paris in 2019. Since the sixties, he lived and worked in Paris.
Carlos Cruz-Diez is a major artist in the optical and kinetic art movement, which claims "the realization of the instability of reality". Cruz-Diez's extensive research made him into a key thinker of colour in the 20th century. The artist conceived the chromatic phenomena as an autonomous reality, evolving independently in space and time in a continuous present.
His works are in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions such as the Tate Modern (London), the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), the Wallraf-Richartz Museum (Cologne), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Modern Art Museum of Paris and the Pompidou Center (Paris). In 2021, he was chosen to represent the French pavilion Lumière, Lumières during the universal exhibition in Dubaï.
(Cover quote from an interview with Frame Magazine, #122, May/June 2018)
Carlos Cruz-Diez is a major artist in the optical and kinetic art movement, which claims "the realization of the instability of reality". Cruz-Diez's extensive research made him into a key thinker of colour in the 20th century. The artist conceived the chromatic phenomena as an autonomous reality, evolving independently in space and time in a continuous present.
His works are in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions such as the Tate Modern (London), the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), the Wallraf-Richartz Museum (Cologne), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Modern Art Museum of Paris and the Pompidou Center (Paris). In 2021, he was chosen to represent the French pavilion Lumière, Lumières during the universal exhibition in Dubaï.
(Cover quote from an interview with Frame Magazine, #122, May/June 2018)
Exhibitions
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INTER-LINEAS - ENVIRONEMMENT CHROMOINTERFERENT
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ 16 November 2021 - 26 February 2022The chromointerférent environments aim to create a situation in space, involving the dematerialization, transfiguration and ambiguity of color through movement. The constant shifting of the projection gives both visitors and...Read more -
LABYRINTHUS
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ 26 April - 27 July 2019LABYRINTHUS Enter free in color Carlos Cruz-Diez’s installation of an outstanding Labyrinthe de Transchromie – a project that he conceived at the end of the 60’s and completed for the...Read more
Works
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Chromointerférence spatiale Paris 22 Avila , 2018
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Chromointerference Spatiale Paris A , 2015
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Physichromie 1995, 2015
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Physichromie 1962 , 2015
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Couleur Additive Perseus, Portfolio of 3, 2017
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Inducción Cromática a Doble Frecuencia Nora 2, 2011
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Induction du Jaune St. Alban 1, 2017
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Induccion del Amarillo, 2011
News
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CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | TATE MODERN
GROUP EXHIBITION 28 November 2024Carlos Cruz-Diez will participate in the group exhibition Electric Dreams at Tate Modern, curated by Val Ravaglia, open from 28 November 2024 through 1 June...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | HAUS KONSTRUKTIV
GROUP EXHIBITION 3 October 2024Carlos Cruz-Diez is included in the group exhibition Konzepte des All-Over, curated by Sabine Schaschl at the museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich, open from October...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | BUFFALO AKG
GROUP EXHIBITION 27 September 2024Carlos Cruz-Diez is featured in Electric Op, a major survey of Op-Art at Buffalo AKG curated by Tina Rivers Ryan and open from 27 September...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | CENTRE POMPIDOU MALAGA
SOLO EXHIBITION 9 September 2024The Centre Pompidou Malaga presents Color in Motion, a solo exhibition by Carlos-Cruz Diez, running from 21 March through 9 September 2024. Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923-2019)...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | GALERÍA DE ARTE NACIONAL CARACAS
SOLO EXHIBITION 17 August 2024The Galería de Arte Nacional in Caracas hosts a comprehensive exhibition of the works of Carlos Cruz-Diez, featuring artworks from the collection of the Fundación...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | MUSEUM OSTWALL
GROUP EXHIBITION 21 April 2024Carlos Cruz-Diez is exhibiting in the group exhibition Headlong Into Art at the Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany, from 21 April through 25 August 2024. The...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | HANGAR Y
GROUP EXHIBITION 30 March 2024Carlos Cruz-Diez’s Chromosaturation for a public alley, Paris, 1965-2012 is exhibited at Hangar Y as part of the Park: Art Walk from March 30th 2024...Read more -
BRAFA
ART FAIR 28 January - 4 February 2024Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach presented a group show featuring Lita Albuquerque (US), Alice Anderson (GB), Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil (FR), Casper Brindle (US), Carlos Cruz-Diez (FR),...Read more -
LUXEMBOURG ART WEEK
ART FAIR 10 - 12 November 2023On the occasion of Luxembourg Art Week, Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach is pleased to present an intergenerational and international group show featuring artworks by...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | RAINBOW BRIDGE
INSTALLATION 1 November 2023Carlos Cruz-Diez’s monumental artwork, the Rainbow Bridge, was installed in China. Created in 2016, the Chromostructure illuminated the city of Shanghai in November 2023, during...Read more -
BRAFA
ART FAIR 29 January - 5 February 2023Group show featuring: Lita Albuquerque (US), Olga de Amaral (CO), Alice Anderson (GB), Casper Brindle (US), Ado Chale (BE), Carlos Cruz-Diez (VE), Jo Delahaut (BE),...Read more -
DRAWING NOW
ART FAIR 19 - 22 May 2022Group show featuring: Alice Anderson (GB), Carlos Cruz-Diez (VE), Sahar Saâdaoui (BE), Jeanne Susplugas (FR), Joana Vasconcelos (PT), Marthe Wéry (BE).Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | EXPO DUBAI
GROUP EXHIBITION 13 December 2021 - 14 January 2022Carlos Cruz-Diez exhibited Chromosaturation, 1965/2013 at the France Pavilion of Expo 2020 Dubai. The participative artwork was part of the arts-and-culture initiatives under the France...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | MUSEO REINA SOFIA
SOLO EXHIBITION 21 March - 11 June 2021The Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid presented a solo exhibition devoted to Carlos Cruz-Diez’s graphic work. Carlos Cruz-Diez (Caracas, 1923 – Paris, 2019) was one...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | CENTRE POMPIDOU METZ
GROUP EXHIBITION 28 February 2018 - 22 July 2019Carlos Cruz-Diez was included in the group exhibition L'Aventure de la couleur. Œuvres phares du Centre Pompidou, curated by Emma Levigne, at the Centre Pompidou...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | SCAD MOA
SOLO EXHIBITION 21 February - 20 August 2017SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, USA presented a solo exhibition dedicated to Carlos Cruz-Diez’s work entitled Chroma . 'Chroma,' from the Latinized form...Read more -
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ | MFAH
SOLO EXHIBITION 6 February - 4 July 2011The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presented a major retrospective of Carlos Cruz-Diez’ work in 2011. Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time features more...Read more