https://theclick.us/tags/carlos-cruz-diez/ Recent content in Carlos-Cruz-Diez on The Click Hugo -- 0.161.1 en-US All rights reserved. Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://theclick.us/2014/03/07/venezuela-in-black-and-white/ Fri, 07 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://theclick.us/2014/03/07/venezuela-in-black-and-white/ <h2 id="venezuela-in-black-and-white"><a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/venezuela-in-black-and-white/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=0">Venezuela in Black-and-White</a></h2> <p>Though famed for chromatic installations, Carlos Cruz-Diez was first taken by the magic of light as a young photographer documenting Venezuela’s emergence as a modern state.</p> <p>via Lens Blog: <a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/venezuela-in-black-and-white/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=0">http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/venezuela-in-black-and-white/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=0</a></p> <blockquote> <p>Carlos Cruz-Diez is known for his work with color — paintings where tightly packed stripes seem to vibrate as the viewer shifts perspective, light chambers where participant-observers saunter through drenching color lights. But an exhibit at the Americas Society in New York puts the artist himself in a new light, showcasing his early fascination with photography.</p>