Lygia Clark: Painting as an Experimental Field
Guggenheim Bilbao
1 June – 25 October 2020
‘Lygia Clark: Painting as an Experimental Field’, 2020, exhibition view, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain. Courtesy: Guggenheim Bilbao. Alison Jacques.
‘Lygia Clark: Painting as an Experimental Field’, 2020, exhibition view, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain. Courtesy: Guggenheim Bilbao
The Guggenheim Bilbao presents a major reexamination of Lygia Clark’s crucial formative years from 1948 to 1958 in ‘Lygia Clark: Painting as an Experimental Field, 1948-58’, curated by Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães.
Along with a pertinent representation of her early figurative work, this exhibition assembles paintings from major series created during this early period to provide a fundamental overview of the first decade of Clark’s artistic career. This focused exhibition traces Clark’s artistic evolution in three structured historical sections: ‘The Early Years, 1948–1952’; ‘Geometric Abstraction, 1953–1956’; and ‘Variation of Form: Modulating Space, 1957–1958’. Each chapter addresses Clark’s most significant ideas and provides an in-depth representation of her artistic development through a concise selection of works.