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Gego : entre la transparencia y lo invisible = Gego : between transparency and the invisible / curadora/curator Mari Carmen Ramírez ; con textos de/with texts by Mari Carmen Ramirez ... [and others].

Fine Arts Library N6739.G44 A4 2006
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gego.
Contributor:
Ramírez, Mari Carmen, 1955-
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires.
Biblioteca Luis-Ángel Arango.
Drawing Center (New York, N.Y.)
Language:
English
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Gego--Exhibitions.
Gego.
Geometrical constructions in art.
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:
253 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Other Title:
Gego : between transparency and the invisible
Place of Publication:
[Houston] : Houston Museum of Art, 2006.
Language Note:
Text in English and Spanish.
Summary:
Latin American artist Gego (1912- 1994) produced a range of line-based abstract work, including drawings, prints, and wire sculptures. Focusing on a rare series of monotypes from the early 1950s, drawings and prints, and " drawings without paper" and " tejeduras" (woven paper pieces) of the late 1970s and 1980s, this fascinating book traces Gego' s exploration of line and space. Gego used lines as conceptual and visual tools to create in-between spaces within her works. Whether drawing lines on paper or projecting them into space, the artist sought to " make visible the invisible." She believed that line could express what is not physically present in nature- - including thought, intuition, and emotions. By manipulating the density of the lines or by interrupting them, she brought light, shadow, and feeling into her linear works.
Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 26 June-25 Sept., 2005; Malba-Colección Costantini, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aries, 15 March-15 May, 2006; Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá, 28 June-11 Sept., 2006; The Drawing Center, New York, 4 Nov., 2006-20 Jan., 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-253).
ISBN:
0300116349
OCLC:
70157481

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