Lygia Clark

1920–1988

Lygia Clark, ‘Creature-Maquette (320)’ 1964
Creature-Maquette (320) 1964
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In Tate Modern

Artist and Society: A view from São Paulo: Abstraction and Society

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In Tate St Ives

Modern Art and St Ives: Construction in painting and sculpture after 1950

Biography

Lygia Clark (Belo Horizonte, October 23, 1920 – Rio de Janeiro, April 25, 1988) was a Brazilian artist best known for her painting and installation work. She was often associated with the Brazilian Constructivist movements of the mid-20th century and the Tropicalia movement. Along with Brazilian artists Amilcar de Castro, Franz Weissmann, Lygia Pape and poet Ferreira Gullar, Clark co-founded the Neo-Concrete movement. The Neo-Concretists believed that art should be subjective and physically experienced. Throughout her career, Clark discovered ways for museum goers (who would later be referred to as "participants") to interact with her art works. She sought to redefine the relationship between art and society. Clark's works dealt with inner life and feelings.

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Neo-Concretism

Artworks

Lygia Clark, ‘Creature-Maquette (320)’ 1964

Lygia Clark Creature-Maquette (320)

1964
On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society T13710
Lygia Clark, ‘Planes on Modulated Surface (Study) (61)’ 1957

Lygia Clark Planes on Modulated Surface (Study) (61)

1957
On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society T13712
Lygia Clark, ‘Planes on Modulated Surface (Study) (56)’ 1957

Lygia Clark Planes on Modulated Surface (Study) (56)

1957
On display at Tate Modern part of Artist and Society T13711

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Lygia Clark Animal 2, 1969

1969
On display at Tate St Ives part of Modern Art and St Ives X68260

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Lygia Clark Animal 1, 1969

1969
On display at Tate St Ives part of Modern Art and St Ives X68252

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Lygia Clark Eduardo

1951
T13270

Features

Hélio Oiticica, ‘Metaesquema’ 1958
Art Term

Anthropophagia

Meaning cannibalism, anthropophagia as an art term is associated with the 1960s Brazilian art movement Tropicália whose work, although being ...

The exterior of Signals at 39 Wigmore Street, London, 1966
Tate Etc

You saw it here first

Carmen Juliá

Gallery One, New Vision Centre, Signals and Indica at Tate Britain
Carsten Höller Test Site 2006
Tate Papers

Blurring the Boundaries between Art and Life (in the Museum?)

Anna Dezeuze

Anna Dezeuze, Blurring the Boundaries between Art and Life (in the Museum?); Tate Papers no.8
Tate Etc

Border crossing: Open Systems II

Anna Dezeuze

The late 1960s saw a radical rethinking of the art object through ‘Open Systems.’ Anna Dezeuze explores aspects of this ...

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