The Responsive Eye
Seitz, William C.
New York City: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), 1965, 51 p.
Published by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for the The Responsive Eye exhibition in 1965, this catalog provides insight into the artists and works featured in the show, which highlighted the shift from traditional, static, and primarily representational art forms to new approaches that dynamically engaged the viewer’s perception.
Alongside several pieces by Cruz-Diez, the visitors could admire works by other leading figures such as Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley or Jesús Rafael Soto..
The perceptualism of the present, which barely existed twenty years ago except as a scientific study, is more concentrated than that of impressionism because the establishment of abstract painting has made it permissible for color, tone, line, and shape to operate autonomously.
William C. Seitz - The Responsive Eye, 1965
