Soto, Jesus-Rafael

Soto, Jesus-Rafael
▪ 2006

      Venezuelan-born French artist (b. July 5, 1923, Ciudad Bolívar, Venez.—d. Jan. 17, 2005, Paris, France), attached himself to avant-garde modernism immediately after World War II and by the late 1960s had become known as a leader in optical and kinetic art, with works that were remarkable for their illusions of sensory vibrations. He lived in Caracas before immigrating in 1950 to Paris. There his works were shown in a number of groundbreaking exhibits, notably in 1955 as part of the group “Le Mouvement” show, which included works by Marcel Duchamp and Viktor Vasarely. For Spiral with Red, the centrepiece of that exhibit, Soto used a layering effect on painted geometric shapes that had an illusory effect on viewers as they passed by. Soto's experiments with the perception of movement led him to build much larger sculptural works that invited viewers to walk through, beginning with his Pénétrables series. He constructed enormous outdoor exhibits, some of which were public commissions. Soto exhibited widely in Europe, particularly from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, when he was at the peak of his career. He remained active into the 21st century.

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