Carlos Cruz-Diez “Chromatic Transfiguration”
Maxwell Davidson Gallery/Davidson Contemporary
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Maxwell Davidson Gallery presents Chromatic Transfiguration, a solo exhibition by Carlos Cruz-Diez. With new work by the artist, this exhibition will include examples of virtually all of Cruz-Diez’s color and movement investigations, as well as present historical documentation of his oeuvre and theory. This is the second show for Cruz-Diez at Maxwell Davidson Gallery, and the first in the gallery’s new two-floor Chelsea location. As such, the artist has created a a 30-foot site-specific “ephemeral” Chromatic Induction which will span the length of the gallery skylight.
Cruz-Diez’s work is simultaneously static and mobile, temporal and spatial. It asks the viewer to engage with the work, moving in relation to the art, joining the artist’s experimentation with the input of color and light on the eye and brain.
For over 50 years, Carlos Cruz-Diez has been one of the world’s foremost color theorists, and kinetic and Optic artists. Cruz-Diez was born in Venezuela, but has lived and worked in Paris since 1960. Among many other awards and honors that he has received, Cruz-Diez is the recipient of the Turner Medal and The Americas Society’s Golden Medal, two honorary Doctorates, and is an Officer of the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. His work is in private and public collections around the world including MoMA, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, and Musée d’Art Moderne.
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Schedule
from May 28, 2015 to July 02, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-05-28 from 18:00 to 20:00