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Edgar Negret

Edgar Negret (1920 - 2012) was active/lived in Colombia.  Edgar Negret is known for Abstract sculpture.

For Negret, no title is conceived at random so that his works always refer to a construction as in this particular case, titled Temple, a concept to which Negret resorted throughout his career. Edgar Negret believed that mechanical forms devoid of function acquired a magical quality. He was also known for combining images of industrial structures with others observed in nature in his abstract geometric sculptures.Along with Hugo Martínez González and Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, he introduced abstract and geometric sculpture in Colombia in the mid-20th century. His works are characterized by an extensive use of iron and aluminum as structural and formal material, joining their sheets and parts by means of nuts and bolts. His sculptures are also characterized by the use of geometric elements and compositional rigor. There are several of his sculptures in public spaces in Bogota and Medellin. In 1962 he exhibited his Eclipses in Espoleto with Venezuelan sculptors   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2401 characters.]  Artist bio

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