Jesus Raphael Soto
Triptico Azul, Negro y Violetta (Blue, Black and Red triptych)

Artwork Detail
Jesús Raphael Soto showed in the groundbreaking 1955 exhibition Le Mouvement in Paris which brought Kinetic and Op art to prominence in 20th-century practice. Exploring the illusion of movement without literally using motion, Soto’s works transform as the viewer shifts position. This work’s delicate framework of nylon filaments and suspended rods bristles like an animal’s whiskers, highly sensitised to atmospheric vibrations. ‘I wanted to incorporate the process of
transformation in the work itself. Thus, as you watch, the pure line is transformed by optical illusion into pure vibration, the material into energy.’
- Title
- Triptico Azul, Negro y Violetta (Blue, Black and Red triptych)
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1977
- Medium
- paint, nylon monofilament and wire on wood
- Dimensions
- 2030 x 2030 x 50 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of the P A Edmiston Trust, 1989
- Accession no
- 1989/63
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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