It Must Be Seen. The Autonomy of Colour in Abstract Art will present the work of a large number of 20th and 21st century artists for whom color was an essential and structuring principle. With nearly one hundred pieces from all five continents, the exhibition will focus on early abstraction experiments and the use of flat color areas, which are not modulated by gesture. In addition to painting, sculpture and works on paper, it will include film and video, installations and interventions, textiles, ceramics, photographs, books and documents.
The exhibition will also have a space dedicated to the precursors of color autonomy, with publications by theorists of the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as major pieces that demonstrate the sources of color in different civilizations, its relationship with optics and the physics of light, natural and synthetic pigments and dyes, and their use throughout the history of art.
More information: Fundación Juan March
