Pénétrables by Jesús Rafael Soto

Artwork · South America

A Penetrable by Jesus Rafael Soto at the Museo de Arte Moderno Jesus Soto, Ciudad Bolivar - the hanging curtain of strands viewers are meant to walk into. Photo: Gabriel S. Delgado C. CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Venezuelan kinetic art pioneer sought to involve the viewer physically with his immense and immersive Pénétrables installations. These large works consisted of thousands of strands, hanging from above, encouraging viewers to physically interact with the work. These pieces are an important development from kinetic art to electronic art.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.

Sources

publicdelivery.org

People

Jesús Rafael Soto

Movements

Electronic Art, kinetic art

Filed under

Ideas: immersion, Immersive Art, Installation Art, participation, Participatory Art, physicality
Technologies: kinetic art
People: Jesús Rafael Soto
Works: Electronic Art, Pénétrables
Places: Venezuela
Other subjects: Soto

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