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Penetrable

Description of artwork:
Penetrable (1990) is an interactive sculpture created by Jesús Rafael Soto, a prominent Venezuelan artist known for his involvement in the kinetic and op art movement. Composed of suspended yellow plastic tubes arranged within a steel grid, the structure beckons individuals to engage with it. As viewers navigate through the dense curtain of tubes, they are enveloped and seemingly absorbed into the artwork, blurring the boundaries between themselves and the piece.

In their contribution to the catalogue for the exhibition "The Geometry of Hope," art historian Luis Pérez Oramas states:
The Pen­etrable is the locus in which Soto both synthesized and condensed the contra­dictions and utopias implicit in his artistic project. As an optical work seen from a dis­tance, the Penetrable functions as a kind of dematerialization machine, absorbing into the extraordinary transparency of its inte­rior the bodies that penetrate it. As a tactile work experienced physically, the Penetrable functions in the manner of a coarse-textured, visual-saturation machine as viewers’ bod­ies penetrate its skein of plastic lines and become immersed in its opaque environment. Soto said that at one point he had dreamed of a work that could absorb the entire planet—a utopian, humanistic vision that, in order to be realized, would require the impossible supposition of an ideal viewing point beyond the planet.

In 2011, the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) published the book Jesús Soto in conversation with Ariel Jiménez, a product of nine years of interviews which records the dialogues between the artist and art historian Ariel Jiménez. Throughout the interview, Soto expresses his fascination with the dematerializing power of light, a concept that resonates strongly in Penetrable. Find the publication and read more about Soto’s art and ideas here.

Video:
Watch a short video about Jesús Rafael Soto (Ciudad Bolívar, 1923–Paris, 2005) produced by El Tigre Productions for the CPPC:


Installation images: 
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Soto’s Penetrable installed at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, in the exhibition "Geo-metrías. Abstracción geométrica latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros" (March 14–May 19, 2003).
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Soto’s Penetrable installed at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, in the exhibition "Cruce de Miradas. Visiones de América Latina en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros" (August 2–October 21, 2006).
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Soto’s Penetrable installed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art—LACMA, Los Angeles, California (May 3, 2011–February 12, 2017).
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Soto’s Penetrable installed at Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, New York, in conjunction with the exhibition “Overlook. Teresita Fernández confronts Frederic Church at Olana” (May 14, 2017–November 25, 2018). ©2017 Peter Aaron/OTTO.
  • Artist: Jesús Rafael Soto
  • Title: Penetrable
  • Date: 1990
  • Materials: Painted iron, aluminum and plastic hoses
  • Dimensions: 508 x 508 x 508 cm (200 x 200 x 200 inches)
  • Credit: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
  • Artist: Jesús Rafael Soto
  • Title: Penetrable
  • Date: 1990
  • Materials: Painted iron, aluminum and plastic hoses
  • Dimensions: 508 x 508 x 508 cm (200 x 200 x 200 inches)
  • Credit: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
Description of artwork:
Penetrable (1990) is an interactive sculpture created by Jesús Rafael Soto, a prominent Venezuelan artist known for his involvement in the kinetic and op art movement. Composed of suspended yellow plastic tubes arranged within a steel grid, the structure beckons individuals to engage with it. As viewers navigate through the dense curtain of tubes, they are enveloped and seemingly absorbed into the artwork, blurring the boundaries between themselves and the piece.

In their contribution to the catalogue for the exhibition "The Geometry of Hope," art historian Luis Pérez Oramas states:
The Pen­etrable is the locus in which Soto both synthesized and condensed the contra­dictions and utopias implicit in his artistic project. As an optical work seen from a dis­tance, the Penetrable functions as a kind of dematerialization machine, absorbing into the extraordinary transparency of its inte­rior the bodies that penetrate it. As a tactile work experienced physically, the Penetrable functions in the manner of a coarse-textured, visual-saturation machine as viewers’ bod­ies penetrate its skein of plastic lines and become immersed in its opaque environment. Soto said that at one point he had dreamed of a work that could absorb the entire planet—a utopian, humanistic vision that, in order to be realized, would require the impossible supposition of an ideal viewing point beyond the planet.

In 2011, the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) published the book Jesús Soto in conversation with Ariel Jiménez, a product of nine years of interviews which records the dialogues between the artist and art historian Ariel Jiménez. Throughout the interview, Soto expresses his fascination with the dematerializing power of light, a concept that resonates strongly in Penetrable. Find the publication and read more about Soto’s art and ideas here.

Video:
Watch a short video about Jesús Rafael Soto (Ciudad Bolívar, 1923–Paris, 2005) produced by El Tigre Productions for the CPPC:


Installation images: 
/
Soto’s Penetrable installed at the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, in the exhibition "Geo-metrías. Abstracción geométrica latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros" (March 14–May 19, 2003).
/
Soto’s Penetrable installed at the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, in the exhibition "Cruce de Miradas. Visiones de América Latina en la Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros" (August 2–October 21, 2006).
/
Soto’s Penetrable installed at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art—LACMA, Los Angeles, California (May 3, 2011–February 12, 2017).
/
Soto’s Penetrable installed at Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, New York, in conjunction with the exhibition “Overlook. Teresita Fernández confronts Frederic Church at Olana” (May 14, 2017–November 25, 2018). ©2017 Peter Aaron/OTTO.

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