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= = = CARLOS CRUZ-DIEZ = == ==

Carlos Cruz-Diez. Born 1923 ,Caracas Venezuela. Lives and works in Paris.


Often included in Latin American Kinetic and Optical artists, Carlos Cruz-Diez has been investigating the phenomena of "unstable" color for over fifty years.

Born in Caracas Venezuela in 1923, young Carlos was enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Caracas, studying in a rigorous academic arts environment. It was with his landscape painting instructor, Rafael Ramon Gonzalez, that during a outdoor painting session, young Cruz-Diez was confronted by his instructor. "...Why are you painting the shadows grey? Can't you see the shades of pink and violet? That grey is not made of black and white, you must try to see what is before your eyes!...."(interview 2009, Color Happens).

This revelation that color exists as both phenomena and cultural convention, set Cruz-Diezon th path of investigation into color pheneomena. His research has lead to several courses of study including his //Chromosaturations and.[|Chromointerference]//