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Chromosaturations by Carlos Cruz-Diez. "Carlos Cruz-Diez (Venezuela, 1923) is a painter and installation artist known for his chromatic structures that present color as an experience of encountering light. One of his early series of Fisicromías, begun in 1959, were strips of cardboard, aluminum, and Plexiglas that were arranged on different levels, so as to give the impression of vibrating color. His series of Chromosaturations (1969) were 22 cabins made of red, blue, and green Plexiglas that were installed at the entrance of the Place de l’Odéon in Paris.

Cruz-Diez emphasizes the viewer’s physical interaction with the work, instead of passive appreciation that requires knowledge of cultural context. He has also worked with silk-screen prints, video, architectural models, and traditional paintings. " - artnet "The Chromosaturation is an artificial environment composed of three color chambers, one red, one green and one blue that immerse the visitor in a completely monochrome situation. 27 October 2012 - 24 February 2013.

Top 100 Highlights | #11 - The Light Inside. In the mid-1960s James Turrell pioneered a new concern with the phenomena of space and light, often referred to as the Light & Space Movement. Turrell sought not to depict light but to use light itself as his material, and his earliest works investigated the effects of artificial light.

He also developed a number of installations that heightened the relationship between light and the architectural frame. The MFAH commissioned Turrell’s The Light Inside for the underground tunnel linking the museum's Caroline Wiess Law Building with the Audrey Jones Beck Building when the latter opened in 2000. The Light Inside turns the walls of the tunnel into vessels for conducting light. Transcending the traditional confines of built spaces, The Light Inside acts as both a passage and a destination. Maurizio Cattelan. Maurizio Cattelan (September 21, 1960, Padova, Italy) is an Italian artist. He is known for his satirical sculptures, particularly La Nona Ora (The Ninth Hour), depicting the Pope John Paul II struck down by a meteorite.

Early life[edit] Cattelan started his career in Forlì (Italy) making wooden furniture in the 1980s where he came to know some designers like Ettore Sottsass. He made a catalogue of his work which he sent to galleries. This promotion gave him an opening in design and contemporary art. Artistic style[edit] Cattelan’s personal art practice has led to him gaining a reputation as an art scene’s joker.[1] In 1995 he began his line of taxidermied horses, donkeys, mice and dogs; in 1999 he started making life-size wax effigies of various people, including himself.[2] One of his best known sculptures, ‘La Nona Ora’ consists of an effigy of Pope John Paul II in full ceremonial dress being crushed by a meteor and is a good example of his typically humorous approach to work.

Lilium Urbanus. Designose.com. Virtual Gallery Home - Top Artists, Alphabetical Index. More than 5,000 artists and 100,000 paintings make us the largest online Web Museum in the world! Featuring the largest collections by artists like Monet, Van Gogh, Rembrandt and more! AMore... BMore... CMore... DMore... EMore... FMore... GMore... HMore... IMore... JMore... KMore... LMore... MMore... NMore... OMore... PMore... QMore... RMore... SMore... TMore... UMore... VMore... WMore... YMore... ZMore... Lori Nix. Studio_at_carioca.ro | (004) 031 405 5504. Brassaï. Brassaï (pseudonym of Gyula Halász) (9 September 1899 — 8 July 1984) was a Hungarian photographer, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the World Wars.

In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940–1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding his later life and career. Early life and education[edit] Gyula (Julius) Halász (the Western order of his name) was born in Brassó, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (since 1920 Brașov, Romania), to an Armenian mother and a Hungarian father. As a young man, Gyula Halász studied painting and sculpture at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts (Magyar Képzomuvészeti Egyetem) in Budapest. He cited Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as an artistic influence.[2] Career[edit] Miller later played down Brassai's claims of friendship.