Julio Le Parc

JULIO LE PARC (Mendoza, Argentina, 1928).
"Cercles par Deplacement" 2015.
Acrylic, mirror and off-set lithograph, copy H.C.
Published by MAK Editions.
Certificate of authenticity attached.
Measurements: 9.4 x 8 x 6.7 cm.

This op-art sculpture, conceived by Argentine artist Julio Le Parc in 1965, uses a mirror and a printed side inside and is made of plexiglass. When looking at the sculpture from a different angle, the circles change color. It was produced in 2015.
A multidisciplinary artist framed within kinetic art, Julio Le Parc was trained at the Prilidiano Peuyrredón School of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, and in 1957 he begins to work within the abstract language. The following year he moved to Paris thanks to a scholarship from the French Government, and there he founded the Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel, as well as joining the group Nueva Tendencia. In 1966 he holds his first solo exhibition at the Sage Gallery in Howard (New York), and that same year he wins first prize at the Venice Biennale. In 1967 he took part in an important group exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, and in 1972 the first retrospective exhibition of his work was held in Düsseldorf. His work is currently represented in the Tate Gallery in London, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and the Fundación Proa in Buenos Aires, the Luis Ángel Arango Library in Colombia and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C., among other public and private collections.