Lygia Clark

(Brazilian, 1920–1988)

superficie modulada by lygia clark

Lygia Clark

Superficie Modulada, 1956

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planos em superfície modulada by lygia clark

Lygia Clark

Planos em superfície modulada, 1957

Price on Request

Biography

Timeline

1920
Born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
1952
Artist of the Year Award, Rio de Janeiro
1953
Augusto Frederico Schmidt Prize
1st Prize; Primeira Exposição Nacional de Arte Abstrata, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro
1955
Lissoni International Painting Prize
1957
Acquisition Prize, São Paulo Bienal
1958
Guggenheim International Award
1960
Guggenheim International Award
1961
Prize for Best National Sculpture - Bienal Internacional de São Paulo
1962
International Sculpture Prize – Instituto Torquato di Tella

Exhibitions

2010
Lygia Clark: Estudos e Maquete, Alison Jacques Gallery, London (solo)
MOVE! Choreographing You, Hayward Gallery, London
Elles@Centre Pompidou, Paris
The Traveling Show, Jumex Collection, Mexico City
Emporte-Moi/Sweep Me Off My Feet, Musée dfart contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
A History of Irritated Material, Raven Row, London
Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, The Newark Museum, New Jersey
Bense und die Künste, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Hot Spots, Rio de Janeiro / Milano-Torino / Los Angeles 1956-1969, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
Performer, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland

Public Collections

Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago, Chile
Centre Pompidou, France
Fundacion Cisneros, Venezuela
Tate Modern, London, England
MoMa Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Marie-Josée Kravis - Stonecroft Associates LLC, USA
Ella Fontanals Cisneros Collection, USA
Austin Desmond Fine Art, England
21st Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil