The Euphoria of Colour, Carlos Cruz-Diez

Carlos Cruz-Diez is one of the main protagonists of contemporary art. His work and his writings make him the last great thinker of the 20th century in the field of colour. On the occasion of the centenary of his birth, Galleria Continua is pleased to welcome, for the first time in its exhibition spaces in San Gimignano, a solo exhibition by the French-Venezuelan artist. Pioneer of kinetic art and undisputed master of colour, he proposed the latter as an autonomous and evolutionary reality in which the implication of our senses reveals chromatic events as they develop. “The Euphoria of Colour”, as the title of the exhibition, presents the highlights of the artistic career of Carlos Cruz-Diez, exploring the artist’s colour theory, through some of his most iconic works, including an installation in San Gimignano’s historic city centre. A rich archival documentation completes the exhibition.


Carlos Cruz-Diez describes himself as an artist who applies the discipline of a scientist to his work: “because the supports that I have managed to structure are a source of surprise and are imponderable... In my works, nothing is left to chance; everything is planned, planned and scheduled. Freedom and emotion are present when it comes to the choice of colours,
a task with only one self-imposed restriction: being effective in what I want to say. It is a combination of rationality and emotion. I don’t let myself be inspired: I reflect”. Carlos Cruz-Diez’s body of work, based on three colour conditions
(subtractive, additive and reflected) is developed through eight lines of research:
Couleur Additive, Physichromie, Induction Chromatique, Chromointerférence, Transchromie, Chromosaturation, Chromoscope and Couleur à l ‘Espace. Each of them responds to different colour behaviours.



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