
(Mendoza, Argentina, 1928)
Julio Le Parc is one of the most renowned figures of Op art and Kinetic art. He studied at the National University of the Arts in Argentina, where he was first interested in the relationships between light and form. Immersed in the radical environment of the student movements of his native country, between 1955 and 1958 he participated in the occupations of the Academy of Fine Arts and in the reformulation of its programs, oriented by the proposals of avant-garde artists such as the “Arte-Concreto-Invención” movement.
In 1958 he travelled to Paris, because he was granted a scholarship from the French Cultural Service, where he met artists such as Victor Vasarely and other important representatives of Kinetic art. From them, Le Parc extracted not only its formal proposals regarding movement, but also its political implications, as a way to articulate aesthetic experiences without the need of previous knowledge or any sort of familiarity with the art world. Such implications derived into collective practices of the “Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel” (GRAV), of which he was a founding member; guided by a rejection of the position of art in capitalism. The collective emphasized anonymity and the participation of spectators through the application of industrial, mechanical, and kinetic techniques alike.
Afterwards, he participated in the “Atelier Populaire” during May 68 in France, as well as in various avant-garde, radical publications, anchoring his production – always close to Kineticism – in a social and political commitment that conceives spectators no longer as participants in the work, but as co-authors of it.
Julio Le Parc currently lives and works in Paris, France.
Julio Le Parc
Alchemie 440, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
200h x 200w cm
78.74h x 78.74w in
Unique
Julio Le Parc
Serie 29 B nº 1-1 1-1, 1969-1972
Acrylic on canvas
150h x 150w cm
59 1/18h x 59 1/18w in
Unique
Julio Le Parc
Alchemie 431, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
100h x 100w cm
39.37h x 39.37w in
Unique
Julio Le Parc
A partir de LM Nº2, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
130h x 130w cm
51 23/127h x 51 23/127w in
Unique
Julio Le Parc
Alchemie 447, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
100h x 100w cm
Unique
Julio Le Parc
Mobile rectangle dans l'espace, 1967 - 2009
Mirrors on nylon cords
63.50h x 30w x 30d cm
25h x 11 73/90w x 11 73/90d in
Edition 19 of 60
Julio Le Parc
Mobile Bleu Translucide, 2017
Wood and plexiglass
110h x 60w cm
43 39/127h x 23 28/45w in
Edition 27 of 50
Julio Le Parc
Mobile Orange Translucide, 2017
Wood and plexiglass
110h x 60w cm
43 39/127h x 23 28/45w in
Julio Le Parc
Ondes par Déplacement du Spectateur, 1965-2012
Plexiglass and mirror
50h x 50w x 15d cm
19 37/54h x 19 37/54w x 5 115/127d in
Edition 90 of 100