London scribblings
(Ecriture de Londres)
1965
Medium
wire, nylon, synthetic polymer paint on composition board and plywood
Measurements
102.0 × 178.0 × 33.0 cm (variable)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1966
© Jesus Soto/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
Gallery location
Level 3, NGV International
About this work
For more than forty years, Jesús Soto experimented with optics and the representation of energy. During the 1950s his approach to the depiction of movement combined art and science, as he discovered that particularly vibrant patterns interfered with vision. He created a series of works, including London scribblings, in which the hanging of free-form metal rods in front of painted stripes produces vibrations and perceived motion. Soto’s kinetic relief sculptures are some of the most successful works made during the Op Art-Kinetic movement of the 1960s.
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in black paint on reverse u.c.r.: HAUT (underlined) / "ECRiTURE DE LONDRES" / SOTO (underlined) / 1965
Accession Number
1588-5
Department
International Sculpture
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