Friday, January 24, 2014

Julio Le Parc

Image source: www.julioleparc.org


I enjoyed reading pieces of Julio La Parc's biography. An Argentina native, Julio La Parc was born into a low-class family, worked odd jobs (bike repair shop, fruit packing shed) as a teen, then went on to art school.  He was in and out of art schools over the next few years.  He went to Paris in the late 1950's.  1959-1960 launched his work with light and layers of Plexiglass, light boxes and color variations.

His piece Continuel LumiĆ©re Contorstion from 1966 is shown on page 20 of Art & Electronic Media.


Check out this video of his work: