Carlos Cruz-Díez
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Carlos Cruz-Diez (born August 17, 1923) is a Venezuelan artist, who is most notable for his innovative use of colours.
Carlos Cruz-Diez is known internationally for his experiments with Op and Kinetic art, which he has developed since the 1950s. Traditionally, Kinetic art includes moving elements. In Cruz-Diez's work the movement is an optical illusion, produced by his sophisticated use of light and colour to create virtual volumes. These move and change depending on the position of the viewer. Physichromie No. 1270 belongs to a series of such works begun in 1959. This piece comprises a painted background of vertical narrow coloured lines on to which painted vertical PVC divisions have been placed at right angles. As the viewer passes the work, previously invisible colours and geometric forms emerge and the whole composition appears to vibrate.
He received an honorary PhD from the Universidad Simón Bolívar on May 18th, 2006[1] and a biographical film, exploring his long and influential career, by Oscar Lucién entitled “Carlos Cruz Diez, la vida en el color” also opened in the same month at the Previsora Theater.
A very large Cruz-Diez mosaic comprises the entire floor of the ticket and gate area of the Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela) in Caracas. It's size is roughly 10 meters by 200 meters.
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 traffic roundabout in Valencia, Carabobo |
 Also in Valencia, there is an office building featuring a 10-story Cruz-Diez work. |
 Laberinto Cromovegetal, located at the Universidad Simón Bolívar |
