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Cruz-Diez. Color Espacial.

Cruz-Diez, Carlos

Avilés: Centro Niemeyer;  Houston: Cruz-Diez Foundation, 2015, 94 p.

ISBN: 0989119149

In Color Espacial, the monumental work that Cruz-Diez created specifically for the Niemeyer Center is highlighted and analyzed. Imagined as a dialogue with the work of architect Oscar Niemeyer, Cruz-Diez's work chromatically animates the space and shows how color goes beyond its role as a static element to become a dynamic phenomenon that changes according to the viewer's position, lighting, and spatial environment.


The book details, with photographs and diagrams, the different works that are part of this exceptional intervention, their artistic intentions, the construction process, and the active involvement of the participants up to the final delivery.

The proposition of color evolving, appearing, and disappearing constantly creates a dialectic of time and space between the viewer and the artwork.

Cruz-Diez - Color espacial, 2014, p.11

This text documents several of the artist’s achievements and offers a theoretical reflection on the potential of color to redefine the relationships between art, space, and perception.

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