Carlos Cruz-Diez: Color in Space and Time

The first retrospective of Franco-Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez presents a selection of 120 works produced from 1940 to the present, presenting an overview of the extensive output of a key figure in 20th- century art, noted for his theoretical and visual contributions to notions of color perception. A researcher into the origins and optical effects of color, Cruz-Diez based his artistic work on the idea of color understood as an autonomous reality that is modified in real time and space, without assistance from the form and even without the need for a support. In his view, color depends on the movement of the spectator in front of the work and entails a participatory experience.

The exhibition is organized by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and the Cruz-Diez Foundation.

Carlos Cruz-Diez:
Color in Space and Time
Kuratorin: Mari Carmen Ramirez