L’arte della brasiliana Lygia Clark compie una parabola alquanto strana: nasce nelle fila del Costruttivismo sudamericano e arriva, alla fine della sua carriera, a confondersi con la psicoanalisi e a trasformarsi in art-therapy.. She was educated by nuns at the Sacre Coeur Catholic School, where she displayed an interest in drawing from an early age. OS BICHOS, 1960 (fr: “The insects”) by Lygia Clark. Lygia Clark (Belo Horizonte, 23 de octubre de 1920 - Río de Janeiro, 26 de abril de 1988) fue una artista brasileña, co-fundadora del Movimiento Neoconcreto, comprometida con redefinir la relación entre el arte y el ser humano a nivel conceptual y sensorial. The Bichos sculptures are the beginning of Lygia Clark’s fascination with the concept of a work of art as an interaction between a piece and the audience, rather than the object itself.These works were intended to be touched and manipulated by the viewer.

... 1954), and participatory objects such as the Critters (Bichos, 1960-63). Her hands hold the nylon sacking, delicately sensing its shape as it is filled by the air expelled from her lungs.

The Museum of Modern Art presents a major retrospective devoted to the art of Lygia Clark (Brazilian, 1920–1988), the first comprehensive exhibition in North America of her work. Lygia Clark was born Lygia Pimentel Lins to an upper-class family in the town of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Clark made a series of geometric, hinged-aluminium sculptures which she titled ‘Creatures’, for which this is a working model. She was often associated with the Brazilian Constructivist movements of the mid-20th century and the Tropicalia movement. Summary of Lygia Clark. The Bichos sculptures are the beginning of Lygia Clark’s fascination with the concept of a work of art as an interaction between a piece and the audience, rather than the object itself.These works were intended to be touched and manipulated by the viewer. However, after 1966, Clark started to claim that she has abandoned the processes of making art [1], instead focusing on educating others about it. Gelatin silver print, 4 1/8 x 5 13/16 in. Artwork page for ‘Creature-Maquette (320)’, Lygia Clark, 1964 on display at Tate Modern. A photograph of the art work Abysmal Mask (1968) presents an image of the Brazilian artist Lygia Clark seemingly lost in a world of her own. See more ideas about Clark, Art, Sculpture. Clark, Lygia: Bicho desfolhado (Bicho deshojado) A partir de 1958, Lygia Clark dirigió su trabajo a la exploración de espacios contradictorios y virtuales, poniendo las bases para lo que fueron sus radicales investigaciones de los años sesenta, en las que el espectador abordaba su propia realidad física y psíquica, y en las que el objeto artístico cobraba un carácter ritual. I want them to the sold by itinerant traders on street corners!” Lygia Clark, 1963.