biografía de Lygia CLARK (1920-1988)
Personal data
Birth : 10/23/1920 - Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Death : 04/26/1988 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Brazil
Professional data
Work and Life
1959:Signer of the Neoconcretism Manifest.
1950:Moved to Paris, France.
Studied painting with Roberto BURLE MAX in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Studied painting with Fernand LEGER and Arpad SZENES.
Other professions
1970 – 1975 : Professor
UFR des Arts plastiques et Sciences de l’art – Université Paris I Sorbonne – Centre Saint Charles 162 rue Saint-Charles – Paris, France
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Sculpture-Volume : Object 
Performing Art : Performance Movements and styles
Geometric AbstractionConstructivism
Neo-Plasticism
Bauhaus
Neoconcrete
Works
| The House is the Body | |
| Date of creation : 1968 Medium : Installation | |
| Mascaras sensorias | |
| Date of creation : 1967 Medium : Object | |
| Trepante | |
| Date of creation : 1959 Medium : Sculpture Materials : metal-wood Size : 32 x 41 x 45 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
De l¿¿uvre à l¿événement
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Nantes, France
10/08/2005 – 12/31/2005
1998
Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – Brussels, Belgium
1998
MAC Galeries Contemporaines des Musées de Marseille – Marseille, France
1998
Fundação de Serralves – Porto, Portugal
1998
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Jean Boghici – Ipanema Rua Joana Angélica, 180 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galeria de Arte Luisa Strina – Rua Oscar Freire 502 – São Paulo, Brazil
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galeria de Arte Luisa Strina – Rua Oscar Freire 502 – São Paulo, Brazil
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Jean Boghici – Ipanema Rua Joana Angélica, 180 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galeria de Arte Luisa Strina – Rua Oscar Freire 502 – São Paulo, Brazil
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galeria Andre Millan – Rua Rio Preto 63 – São Paulo, Brazil
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galeria de Arte Luisa Strina – Rua Oscar Freire 502 – São Paulo, Brazil
Group exhibitions
2004
Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde in Latin American
MFAH Museum of Fine Arts – Houston TX, United States
06/20/2004 – 09/11/2004
2001
EGOFUGAL : Fugue from Ego for the Next Emergence – 7th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
09/22/2001 – 11/17/2001
Experiment/Experiência : Art in Brazil 1958-2000
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
07/28/2001 – 10/21/2001
2000
Ici on peut toucher
Galerie du TNB – Rennes, France
03/07/2000 – 04/16/2000
1997
Documenta X
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/21/1997 – 09/28/1997
1968
Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1968
1967
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1967
1963
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n° 7
São Paulo, Brazil
1963
1962
Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1962
1961
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1961
1960
30° Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1960
1959
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1959
1957
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, n° 4
São Paulo, Brazil
1957
1955
Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
1955
1953
II Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
MAM Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo – São Paulo, Brazil
12/15/1953 – 02/28/1954
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2003
Cream 3
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
06/2003
ISBN : 0714843113
2001
Women Artists in the 20th and 21st century
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
2001
ISBN : 3822858544
Exhibition catalogues
2001
7th International Istanbul Biennial
Istanbul, Turkey
2001
ISBN : 9757383227
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