Lygia Pape
1929 - 2004
Born in Nova Friburgo, RJ (Brazil), died in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Some of Lygia Pape’s best-known works, such as Divisor, have become icons of an art movement which explored the potential of social interactions in public space. In a series of works from the late 1960s, Magnetized Spaces, Pape’s interest in architecture can be seen through her photographic observations of crowd behavior. A more recent installation, DNA, (2003), is now on view in A RUA.
After a recent retrospective in the the Museo de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid, Pape’s work can be seen in the the Serpentine Gallery in London (7 December 2011 - 19 February 2012).
