Artist
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Carlos Cruz-Diez was born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1923 and began his studies at the School of Plastic and Applied Arts there in 1940. In 1960 he settled permanently in Paris with his family, and he lived and worked there for the rest of his life. “My life project included painting and family at the same time,” he wrote in his memoir.
Cruz-Diez is recognized as a major figure in kinetic art. He made his first Physichromie in 1959, beginning the series of colored works that appear to change as the viewer moves. In 1965 he took part in The Responsive Eye at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and in 1968 he first exhibited his immersive Chromosaturations.
His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Cruz-Diez died in Paris in 2019, at the age of 95.
Cruz-Diez is recognized as a major figure in kinetic art. He made his first Physichromie in 1959, beginning the series of colored works that appear to change as the viewer moves. In 1965 he took part in The Responsive Eye at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and in 1968 he first exhibited his immersive Chromosaturations.
His work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Cruz-Diez died in Paris in 2019, at the age of 95.
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