Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
Reticulárea

Reticulárea

© Fundación Gego

Reticulárea
Reticulárea
CultureVenezuelan
Titles
  • Reticulárea
Date1975
MediumStainless steel wire
Dimensions82 11/16 × 102 3/8 × 20 in. (210 × 260 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of AT&T
Object number2002.165
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 312
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This Reticulárea—which translates as an “area of tiny nets”—was specifically conceived for the International Textile Biennale held in Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1975. It is one of the largest of a series of flexible hanging “net” pieces produced by Gego between 1969 and 1976. This work is obviously not intended to be viewed as an installation, but rather as something suspended from the ceiling like a transparent mesh or metal tapestry. The format sets it distinctly apart from the rest of Gego's “spiderwebs” and makes it a transitional piece, leading to the highly innovative “drawings without paper” that Gego produced in the 1980s.


 


ProvenanceThe artist; AT&T; donated to MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Questioning the Line: Gego, A Selection, 1955-90," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 17–May 19, 2002.

"Inverted Utopias: The Avant-Garde in Latin America, 1920-1970," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 20–September 12, 2004.

"Brought to Light: Recent Acquisitions in Latin American Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 13, 2005–January 2, 2006.

"North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 7–September 27, 2009.

"Liquid Lines: Exploring the Language of Contemporary Metal," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 7–July 18, 2010.

"Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, September 16, 2012–January 6, 2013.

"Gego: Line as Object," Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany, November 29, 2013–March 2, 2014; Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany, March 29–June 29, 2014; Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, England, July 24–October 19, 2014.

"Cosmic Dialogues," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 14–August 23, 2015.

"Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016," Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles, March 13–September 4, 2016.

"Line into Space," Nancy and Rich Kinder Building Inaugural Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 15, 2020–February 1, 2023.

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Apliqué de Reticulárea
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1969
Iron and stainless steel wire, nylon, and lead weights
2009.22
Esfera N° 8
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1977
Steel wire with metal leader sleeves
2008.332
Dibujo sin papel 85/12
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1985
Steel wire, thread, and leader sleeves
2005.355
Sistema para Reticulárea 75 (System for Reticulárea 75)
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1975
Graphite on paper
2002.324
Sin título
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Ink on paper
2010.1721.7
Sin título
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Ink on paper
2010.1721.10
Sin título
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Ink on paper
2010.1721.11
Sin título
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Ink on paper
2010.1721.9
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1963
Ink on paper
2010.1721.1-.11
Sin título
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Ink on paper
2010.1721.8
Sin título
Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt)
1961
Ink on paper
2010.1721.5