Jesús-Rafael Soto

Jesús-Rafael Soto (June 5, 1923 in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela - January 14, 2005 in Paris, France) was a Venezuelan artist. He is most famous for his op art works.

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June 5 - 1923 - Ciudad Bolívar - Venezuela - January 14 - 2005 - Paris, France - Op art

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In the late 1950s, Soto began the kinetic sculpture movement. From 1970 until the early 1990s, Soto's works appeared in places such as the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum in New York City, as well as the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

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1950s - Kinetic sculpture - 1970 - 1990s - Museum of Modern Art - Guggenheim Museum - New York City - Centre Georges Pompidou - Paris

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Soto is particularly famed for his penetrables, interactive sculptures which consist of square arrays of thin, dangling tubes through which observers can walk. It has been said of Soto's art that it is inseperable from the viewer; it can only stand completed in the illusion perceived by the mind as a result of observing the piece.

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Some of Soto's work adorns the ceiling of the main hall of the Teatro Teresa Carreño in Caracas.

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