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Overview
Born in 1920 in Belo Horizonte, Lygia Clark's early paintings laid the foundation for her later experiments with geometric abstraction and sensory engagement. Her founding and involvement with the Neo-Concrete movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s marked a pivotal shift in her practice, as she began to create works that invited tactile interaction and explored the phenomenological experience of the viewer. From her renowned "Bichos" (Critters) series, which featured interactive metal sculptures, to her later therapeutic propositions using simple objects and sensory stimuli, Clark continually pushed the boundaries of artistic expression.
Clark’s work is found at major art institutions and collections, such as the MoMA (New York), the Tate Collection (London), Centre Pompidou (Paris) and the Reina Sofia (Madrid). In recent years her work has been presented at major retrospectives, such as MoMA’s ‘Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948-1988’ (2014) and Guggenheim Bilbao’s ‘Lygia Clark: Painting as an Experimental Field, 1948–1958’ (2020).
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News
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Lygia Clark at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin
Lygia Clark: Retrospective | May 23 – October 12, 2025 December 6, 2024We are pleased to announce that in May 2025, the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin will present the first extensive retrospective of Lygia Clark in Germany....Read more -
'Oublier le corps...' in View Mallorca
Lygia Clark: Oublier le corps at Baró Galeria | Esmeralda Gómez Galera November 5, 2024 Read more -
Now open: The I and The You at Whitechapel Gallery
Lygia Clark | Until January 12, 2025 October 28, 2024Exhibition views of Lygia Clark's 'The I and the You', currently on view at Whitechapel Gallery, co-curated by Michael Asbury, Sonia Boyce and Gilane Tawadros....Read more -
Born on this day in 1920: Lygia Clark
Celebrating the legacy of the pioneering Brazilian artist. October 23, 2024‘How many beings am I to always seek the reality of contradictions in the other being that inhabits me? How many affirmations have I been...Read more -
Lygia Clark at Whitechapel Gallery
The I and the You | Oct. 2 2024 – Jan. 12 2025 September 25, 2024Lygia Clark's exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery, 'The I and the You', opens on October 2 in London, the first major UK public gallery survey of...Read more -
Lygia Clark at Baró Galeria
Opening September 21 | Nit de l'Art 2024 September 2, 2024 Read more -
Now Representing: Lygia Clark
June 13, 2024Baró Galeria is delighted to announce the representation of the estate of Brazilian artist Lygia Clark (1920-1988), in collaboration with Alison Jacques Gallery . A...Read more
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