{"id":2483,"date":"2021-01-15T17:16:54","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2021-01-15T17:16:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T14:16:54","slug":"who-is-carlos-cruz-diez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/who-is-carlos-cruz-diez\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Carlos Cruz-Diez?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b>Carlos Cruz-Diez<\/b><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Venezuelan artist (Venezuela, 1923 &#8211; Paris, 2019), who later acquires French nationality, is considered one of the most relevant artists of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">optical and kinetic art<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. During his career, he carried out eight investigations focused on <\/span><b>color<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is the reason it can be said that Cruz-Diez is one of the color thinkers of the 20th century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2484 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carlos-Cruz-1-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"153\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carlos-Cruz-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carlos-Cruz-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carlos-Cruz-1.png 777w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 272px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 272\/153;\" \/><b>Color\u00a0<\/b>is the foundation of these investigations, their behavior and how they convey different sensations to the viewer:\u00a0<i>Couleur Additive, Physichromie, Induction Chromatique, Chromointerf\u00e9rence Transchromie, Chromosaturation, Chromoscope y Couleur dans l\u2019espace.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Career<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His career began in Venezuela, where he graduated from the School of Fine Arts. He worked as an illustrator and graphic designer, later on, he was designated creative director of the advertising agency McCann-Erickson Venezuela. In 1954 he began to be interested <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in abstract art and made some pieces with geometric elements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1955 he moved with his family to Barcelona &#8211; Spain. Latter in 1959, he went back to Venezuela, and made his first investigation <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Couleur Additive and Physichromie<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He decided to move to Paris in 1960, this important step determined his career. Later, he would hold important exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Museu de Arte Moderna de S\u00e3o Paulo in Brazil, and The Museum of Fine Arts i<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n Houston, among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then in 1996, The Carlos Cruz-Diez Museum was built in his native Venezuela. Finally in 2005, his family created The Cruz-Diez Art Foundation, in order to disseminate and preserve the rich work that the artist produced during his life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><b>Research<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cruz-Diez focused his work on <\/span><b>color<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In his investigations, he dissociated color from the form, and put his ideas to the test. The works were made up of metallic strips to which he gave color. The color was autonomous, the displacement of light throughout the day, and the viewer made his works have movement. Colors that appear to human eyes even when they are not there. The viewer is the one who gives meaning to these wonderful works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2485 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carlos-Cruz-2-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"281\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carlos-Cruz-2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Carlos-Cruz-2.png 560w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 211px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 211\/281;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cruz-Diez developed his own style, evolving over time. The artist&#8217;s work is intertwined with architecture and urbanism.<\/p>\n<p>There are several places in the world that have his works.\u00a0<i>Couleur Additive<\/i>\u00a0in Liverpool is one of many examples of his work in urban spaces.<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Color is an autonomous fact that exists without the need for form&#8221;. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carlos Cruz-Diez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2486 alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cruz-Diez-Hechicera-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cruz-Diez-Hechicera-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cruz-Diez-Hechicera-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cruz-Diez-Hechicera-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Cruz-Diez-Hechicera.png 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 224px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 224\/224;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>My experience<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Cruz-Diez&#8217;s artworks are part of Venezuelan architecture and urbanism. I grew up around several of his works. The one that most marked my childhood and my university years were the <i>Cromosaturaci\u00f3n Ondulante<\/i>, a circular work with the artist&#8217;s characteristic handling of color. At each point, you feel that the work is changing color, so it flows with you as you keep walking.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hope this reading has filled you with color and with the desire to continue knowing more about this wonderful artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.macba.com.ar\/coleccion\/artistas\/123-cruz-diez-carlos<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.cruz-diez.com\/es\/biografia\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlos_Cruz-Diez<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/emuseum.mfah.org\/search\/cruz-diez<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.coleccionbbva.com\/es\/pintura\/p00202-physichromie-n-o-763\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Cruz-Diez The Venezuelan artist (Venezuela, 1923 &#8211; Paris, 2019), who later acquires French nationality, is considered one of the most relevant artists of optical and kinetic art. During his career, he carried out eight investigations focused on color. This is the reason it can be said that Cruz-Diez is one of the color thinkers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":2484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5,382,76,184,383,173],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-2483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-art","tag-color","tag-culture","tag-french","tag-kinetic-art","tag-latin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2497,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions\/2497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}