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Jesús Rafael Soto (June 5, 1923 – January 17, 2005) was a Venezuelan op and kinetic artist, a sculptor and a painter. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His works can be found in the collections of the main museums of the world, including Tate (London), Museum Ludwig (Germany), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (Roma) and MoMA (New ...
Jesús Rafael Soto (Ciudad Bolívar, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, 5 de junio de 1923- París, Francia, 14 de enero de 2005) 1 2 fue un artista venezolano y uno de los máximos exponentes del arte cinético. Es junto a Carlos Cruz Diez y Alejandro Otero uno de los grandes representantes del cinetismo en Venezuela. 3 .
Nacido en 1923 en Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, Jesús Rafael Soto es uno de los principales representantes del arte cinético, una manifestación plastica que da la sensación de movimiento.
Born in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, in 1923, Jesús Rafael Soto was one of the leading exponents of Kinetic art – art that moves or appears to move. From 1947 onwards, while working as head of the Escuela de Artes Plásticas in Maracaibo, Soto heard of and began to take an interest in geometric abstraction, a concept that originated in Europe.
Jan 14, 2005 · Jesús Rafael Soto was a pioneer of the idea that a viewer could actually walk into an artwork and experience it from the inside, something we now take for granted, but which was revolutionary in its time.
- June 5, 1923
- January 14, 2005
Jesús Rafael Soto (June 5, 1923 – January 17, 2005) was a Venezuelan op and kinetic artist, a sculptor and a painter. His works can be found in the collections of the main museums of the world, including Tate (London), Museum Ludwig (Germany), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (Roma) and MoMA (New York).
Jesús Rafael Soto (Venezuelan, 1923–2005) is a sculptor and installation artist associated with the Kinetic Art movement and best known for large-scale, geometric works that create optical movement. Born in Ciudad Bolivar, he studied at the School of Fine Arts in Caracas before moving to Paris, where he became associated with a group of ...
