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Lygia Clark
Brazilian, 1920–1988 21 works onlineThe notion that the work of art was more like a body than a discrete object was a radical idea that led many Brazilian artists to embrace the viewer’s subjective experience as the main criterion in art making.
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Geometric abstraction
A form of abstract art that combines geometric, “hard-edge,” or linear forms. When geometric shapes are arranged in nonrepresentational space (i.e.
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Provenance
The artist.
[Eduardo Clark, inherited from the artist]
? - 1997, Galeria César Aché, Río de Janeiro.
1997 - 2016, Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, New York, and Caracas, purchased from Galeria César Aché.
2016, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, acquired as promised gift from Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.
Exhibition history
São Paulo, Museo de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, "Paralelos: Arte brasileira da segunda metade do século XX em contexto. Colección Cisneros ", March 21 - June 16, 2002 and tour:
Rio de Janeiro, Museo de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro, July 11 - September 22, 2002
Lima, Museo de Arte de Lima, "Diálogos. Arte Latinoamericano desde la Colección Cisneros", July 22 - September 26, 2004 and tour:
Santiago, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, November 25 - February 28, 2005
Bogotá, Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, May 5 - June 29, 2005
Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, "Cruce de Miradas. Visiones de América Latina en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros", August 2 - October 21, 2006
MoMA Exh. #2286: "Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988", May 10 - August 24, 2014
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, "Concrete Matters", February 24 - May 13, 2018
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