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FUENTE DE INDUCCIÓN CROMÁTICA TRES ARCOS PORLAMAR 
CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ
Project type: Restoration
Artist: Carlos Cruz-Diez
Status: Under inspection
Project year: 1997
Location: Av. Rómulo Betancourt, Porlamar, Nueva Esparta, Venezuela
Porlamar encapsulates the essence of Nueva Esparta state; it is located at the heart of Margarita Island and constitutes its main urban and economic center. Formerly called Pueblo de la Mar (Town of the Sea), Porlamar was founded on 1536 by Father Francisco de Villacorta, and boomed because of pearl hunting activities. It constitutes the largest and most important urban center or Margarita Island, which has been for decades one of the main touristic destinations in the country.
The piece Fuente de Inducción Cromática Tres Arcos is built in steel, ceramics, and concrete, and comprises 3 arcs (8 m in diameter and 0.80 m for the width of the lateral surface). It is located in the roundabout of a very important avenue, and originally functioned as a fountain that communicated the arcs through thin jets of water.
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Carlos Cruz-Diez
Carlos Cruz-Diez (Caracas 1923 – Paris, 2019) is a French-Venezuelan artist who lives and works in Paris as of 1960. His plastic proposal, one of the most original within the kinetic movement, unveils the artist as one of the most important color theorists of the 20th century and one of the most prominent figures of contemporary art. His work gravitates around the chromatic phenomenon and comprises eight investigations: Couleur Additive, Physichromie, Induction Chromatique, Chromointerférence, Transchromiea, Chromosaturation, Chromoscope and Couleur à l’Espace. His optokinetic work is exhibited in permanent collections from prestigious museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York; Tate Modern in London; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville and Centre Pompidou in Paris; the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the Wallraf Richartz Museum in Colonia, among others.
Carlos Cruz-Diez
Carlos Cruz-Diez (Caracas 1923 – Paris, 2019) is a French-Venezuelan artist who lives and works in Paris as of 1960. His plastic proposal, one of the most original within the kinetic movement, unveils the artist as one of the most important color theorists of the 20th century and one of the most prominent figures of contemporary art. His work gravitates around the chromatic phenomenon and comprises eight investigations: Couleur Additive, Physichromie, Induction Chromatique, Chromointerférence, Transchromiea, Chromosaturation, Chromoscope and Couleur à l’Espace. His optokinetic work is exhibited in permanent collections from prestigious museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York; Tate Modern in London; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville and Centre Pompidou in Paris; the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the Wallraf Richartz Museum in Colonia, among others.
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