GROUP SHOW "COLOR EVERYWHERE"
DATE: FROM 24 MARCH TO 25 AUGUST 2024
VENUE: JOSEF ALBERS MUSEUM QUADRAT, BOTTROP, GERMANY
The Josef Albers Museum Quadrat presents a selection of works by Carlos Cruz-Diez as part of the exhibition Color Everywhere, including pieces from his renowned Physichromie series and the immersive installation Labyrinthe de Transchromie A (Paris, 1965/2017).
Originally conceived in 1965, Labyrinthe de Transchromie A invites viewers to walk among eight translucent colored panels, offering an encounter with color in constant transformation. The work highlights Cruz-Diez’s belief that color is not a fixed property of form but a dynamic event—one that unfolds through space, time, light, and viewer interaction.
Color Everywhere brings together a diverse group of artists whose practices explore color as a central element—beyond figuration, symbolism, or narrative. The exhibition examines how color operates as an autonomous language and a powerful agent of perception.
This presentation also echoes the historical connection between Cruz-Diez and the Josef Albers Museum, where the artist was honored with a solo exhibition in 1988—an important moment of recognition linking two major figures in the history of color theory.
The essential concern for Cruz-Diez is the gaze. It is, unequivocally, about the act of seeing—seeing not as the genesis of knowledge, but as an experience of light.
Dietrich Mahlow – catalog ‘Carlos Cruz-Diez, Die Autonomie der Farbe, Bilders – Plastiken – Objekte aus den Jahren 1959-1988’, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop, Bottrop, Germany
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