Artist
Willys de Castro(Brazilian, 1926–1988)Brazilian, 1926–1988
CultureBrazilian
Titles
- Objeto ativo
- Active Object
Date1958
Made inBrazil
MediumOil on canvas, mounted on wood
Dimensions27 1/8 × 7/8 × 2 11/16 in. (68.9 × 2.3 × 6.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Foundation
Object number2005.988
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 204
On view
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Department
Latin American ArtSpecial Collections
Object Type
Willys de
Castro impugna la bidimensionalidad pictórica con sus objetos activos. Al reducer el lienzo a una tira estrecha colgada
perpendicularmente en la pared, destaca la materialidad del soporte, subrayando
su grosor no siempre considerado. Simplificada en dos pequeños cuadrados, la
composición circunda un lado del soporte. Al desplazarse el observador-activo
en torno a la obra, la superficie blanca se funde con la pared haciendo que el
cuadrado azul parezca flotar en el espacio.
ProvenanceThe artist; Franco Catinella; Adolpho Leirner, São Paulo; sold to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Willys de Castro," Petite Galerie, Rio de Janeiro, March, 1962.
"Tradição e Ruptura," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera, Brazil, November, 1984–January, 1985.
"Projeto arte brasileira: abstração geométrica 1," Funarte, São Paulo, 1987.
"Bienal Brasil Século XX," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera, Brazil, April–May, 1994.
"Arte construtiva no Brasil: Coleção Adolpho Leirner," Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, October–December, 1998; Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, January–March, 1999.
"Mostra do redescobrimento: arte contemporânea - Brasil 500 anos artes visuais," Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Parque Ibirapuera, Brazil, April–September, 2000.
"Século 20: arte do Brasil," Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, October 2000–January, 2001.
"Dimensions of Constructive Art in Brazil: The Adolpho Leirner Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May–September, 2007.
"Modern Art from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, December 12, 2007–April 6, 2008.
"Arte latinamericano 1910–2010," Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, September 21, 2011–March 5, 2012.
"Other Primary Structures," The Jewish Museum, New York, March 14–May 18, 2014.
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