JESÚS SOTOProject type: Restoration
Artist: Jesús Soto
Status: Undergoing inspection
Project year: 1998-1999
Location: Av. Jóvito Villalba, Porlamar 6316. Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.
Esfera de Margarita, located in Jóvito Villalba Avenue, an important roadway for Margarita Island’s commercial and touristic connection, is one of Soto’s latest urban interventions. The artwork calls for the physical engagement of the viewers who, as they move around it, will note that the sphere becomes transparent and that some parts of the artwork disappear due to the effects of virtual volume.
This piece is part of the study of Virtual Forms, which, based on its essential immateriality, are suspended forms in space generated by colored rods in an accumulation process that will give shape to spheres, cubes, or ovoids. His virtual spheres and cubes exist and do not exist at the same time; they are there, we can see them, but we would not be able to touch them, nor would we know how to interact with them in the same way we would interact with objects around us.
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JANUARY 2018 INSPECTION
Jesús Soto
Jesús Soto (Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, 1923 – Paris, France, 2005) was one of the masters of kinetic art. His work seeks the creation of visual vibrations that evoke virtual movement. His sculptures, integrated into the architecture, intend for the viewer to have an experience that include tactile and auditory sensations. His “Penetrables” are spaces that demand the viewer’s physical proximity and inner transit to truly live and comprehend the work. His artwork is exhibited in collections from the most 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 Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Japan, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Basel, among others.
Jesús Soto
Jesús Soto (Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, 1923 – Paris, France, 2005) was one of the masters of kinetic art. His work seeks the creation of visual vibrations that evoke virtual movement. His sculptures, integrated into the architecture, intend for the viewer to have an experience that include tactile and auditory sensations. His “Penetrables” are spaces that demand the viewer’s physical proximity and inner transit to truly live and comprehend the work. His artwork is exhibited in collections from the most 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 Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art in Japan, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Basel, among others
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