DON'T MISS IT: CRUZ-DIEZ IN NEW YORK CITY!! CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ EN NUEVA YORK!!

At 680 Park Avenue and 68th street, (2020 2498950.

Americas Society is presenting, until January 2009, Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz-Diez’s first solo show in a major U.S. cultural institution. Focusing on the relationship between color and perception, the exhibition will increase Cruz-Diez's visibility and appreciation in the United States. Carlos Cruz-Diez is now 85 years old and lives in Paris.

Esta es una maravillosa, quizás única, oportunidad para apreciar el trabajo de este pionero del color y de la participación del observador.

Carlos Cruz-Diez: (In)formed by Color will featureCromosaturación, a site-specific environment designed by the artist for Americas Society’s gallery. Initially conceived of in 1965, this groundbreaking artwork consists of three separate light-infused color chambers of red, green, and blue. The true content of the work involves the visitor walking into, through, and around the shifting chromatic space, and its interaction over time with his or her own physical movement. The exhibition will also present 20 of Cruz-Diez’ early Fisicromías, a series of changeable chromatic structures produced from 1959 onward. These will offer insight into the thinking process behind the artist’s exploration of the liberating, participatory experience of color as a physical presence.Through his work, Cruz-Diez wishes to engage the viewer in a direct chromatic experience outside traditional cultural conventions, empowering the spectator in the active creation of the piece’s meaning. In contrast to well known artists such as Mark Rothko, Barnett Newmann, and James Turrell, who offered color as a contemplative experience, Cruz-Diez demands the viewer’s participation. Cruz-Diez is considered a pioneer in the use of color as a participatory tool as well as a visionary who pushed the boundaries of art towards everyday life.

A major publication will accompany the exhibition; it will include essays by Nuit Banai, Mariela Brazón, Estrellita Brodsky, Gabriela Rangel, Isabela Villanueva, and an interview with the artist by Alexander Alberro. The catalogue is going to be available this month.

Americas Society is the gateway to bring the outstanding works by Carlos Cruz-Diez to New York.Americas Society gratefully acknowledges the following donors for their generous support of Carlos Cruz Diez: (In)formed by Color and accompanying public programs:Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Luis Alfonso and Maria Graciela Oberto; Mercantil; Stelac Foundation; New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; Luis Benshimol; Clarissa Alcock Bronfman; Chevron; Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros; Fundación Eugenio Mendoza; Leonor Giménez Pocaterra de Mendoza; Sotheby’s; Alberto Vollmer Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts; PINTA Art, LLC; and Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian.