Leon Tovar Gallery is pleased to present Shifting Planes: Op Explorations in Latin American Abstraction, an exhibition spotlighting kinetic and optical experimentations by renowned artists Jesús Rafael Soto, Julio Le Parc, Omar Rayo, Francisco Salazar, Nedo, and Luis Tomasello. Spotlighting these genre-defining artists, creators of an abstract visual language in constant flux, the works presented here ultimately exhibit creativity freed from constraints. No longer limited to inertia, the viewer is invited to engage. The once static frame energized into endless welcoming and possibility.
On view from January 25th, 2024, Shifting Planes: Op Explorations in Latin American Abstraction traces a transition in Latin American art from static form to groundbreaking kinetics. Featured artworks from the late 1950s -1990s showcase the artists’ redefinition of abstraction through interactivity, light, movement, and perceptual challenges. From Le Parc’s rotating sculptural mobiles to Soto’s flickering, dematerializing installations, the exhibition celebrates daring artistic expansions that asserted Latin America’s role in global vanguard movements.
The artists in Shifting Planes: Op Explorations in Latin American Abstraction collaborated internationally, exhibiting in seminal kinetic art shows worldwide. Today, their works reside in prestigious public and private collections across Europe, Latin America, and the United States, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York; the Tate Modern, in London; the Malba Museum, in Buenos Aires; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; among many others.
