Carlos Cruz-Diez

Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923) is a Venezuelan artist working in the field of op art and kinetic art. He devoted his career to researching how colour functions in the world, how it’s perceived by the human eye and how differences in colour mutually impact one another. The visual effects achieved in his experimental paintings were often introduced into the public space. One of the most well-known projects of this type can be seen at international airport in Caracas. In another series, titled Chromosaturation, which came about in parallel, the artist transferred his findings on colour to closed spaces, filling particular spaces with the monochromatic light in primary colours. The viewer’s also body becomes swallowed up by colour. Passing from one room into the next, viewers begins to experience aberrations in how they perceive certain colours as the effects of one impact the observation of the next. The artistic career of Cruz-Diez was split between Caracas and Paris, giving lectures on art in the latter city. Today he resides in Panama. (Source)