LYGIA CLARK
1920-1988, BrazilBorn in 1920 in Belo Horizonte, Lygia Clark’s early paintings laid the foundation for her later experiments with geometric abstraction and sensory engagement. Her founding and involvement with the Neo-Concrete movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s marked a pivotal shift in her practice, as she began to create works that invited tactile interaction and explored the phenomenological experience of the viewer. From her renowned “Bichos” (Critters) series, which featured interactive metal sculptures, to her later therapeutic propositions using simple objects and sensory stimuli, Clark continually pushed the boundaries of artistic expression.
Clark’s work is found at major art institutions and collections, such as the MoMA (New York), the Tate Collection (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris) and the Reina Sofia (Madrid). In recent years her work has been presented at major retrospectives, such as MoMA’s ‘Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948-1988’ (2014) and Guggenheim Bilbao’s ‘Lygia Clark: Painting as an Experimental Field, 1948–1958’ (2020).
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