Past exhibition

Julio Le Parc
Interactive experience spaces
HL HE Dialog
Haus Lange

Julio Le Parc (b. 1928 in Mendoza, Argentina, lives and works in Paris) emigrated to Paris in 1958, where he co-founded the artist group GRAV (Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel). Since the 1960s, he has been a pioneer in updating concrete art with a claim to political activism. His works of light art, prints, and paintings encourage movement and social interaction. The artist uses light, mirrors, geometric installations—forms that capture movement and moments of unpredictability. Even today, Le Parc experiments with human perception, incorporating the latest technologies, for example in virtual reality works. The first major institutional solo exhibition in Germany since 1972 invites visitors to Haus Lange, to an interactive presentation of kinetic objects, games, surveys, and spaces. For a long time, Le Parc has been concerned with the question of how art can take audience participation into account.

Curator: Katia Baudin
Curatorial project management: Juliane Duft, assisted by Amelie Gappa

HLHE Dialog
In the series of dialogical exhibitions in Haus Esters and Haus Lange, two visionary positions of 1960s kinetic art from two continents will meet: With the installations by Adolf Luther from Krefeld and the French-Argentine artist Julio Le Parc, the art of geometric abstraction in light and space is presented as an international phenomenon. The exhibitions show how both artists worked simultaneously to break down the barrier between the viewer and the artwork.

Installation view Julio Le Parc Interactive Spatial Experiences, HLHE Dialogue, 2022  
Kunstmuseen Krefeld  
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022 / Photo: Andreas Bischof
Installation view Julio Le Parc Interactive Spatial Experiences, HLHE Dialogue, 2022
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022 / Photo: Andreas Bischof
Julio Le Parc  
Lumière en mouvement, 1962-1999​  
Metall, Licht, Holz​  
53 × 153 x 15 cm  
Installationsansicht Palais de Tokyo 2013, Paris  
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 / photo: A. Amorin
Julio Le Parc
Lumière en mouvement, 1962-1999​
Metall, Licht, Holz​
53 × 153 x 15 cm
Installationsansicht Palais de Tokyo 2013, Paris
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 / photo: A. Amorin
Installation view Julio Le Parc Interactive Spatial Experiences, HLHE Dialogue, 2022  
Kunstmuseen Krefeld  
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022 / Photo: Andreas Bischof
Installation view Julio Le Parc Interactive Spatial Experiences, HLHE Dialogue, 2022
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022 / Photo: Andreas Bischof
Installation view Julio Le Parc Interactive Spatial Experiences, HLHE Dialogue, 2022  
Kunstmuseen Krefeld  
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022 / Photo: Simon Vogel
Installation view Julio Le Parc Interactive Spatial Experiences, HLHE Dialogue, 2022
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022 / Photo: Simon Vogel
Installation view Julio Le Parc Interactive Spatial Experiences, HLHE Dialogue, 2022  
Kunstmuseen Krefeld  
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022 / Photo: Dirk Rose
Installation view Julio Le Parc Interactive Spatial Experiences, HLHE Dialogue, 2022
Kunstmuseen Krefeld
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022 / Photo: Dirk Rose

funded by

S_Kulturstiftung_Krefeld
Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland
Republique_Francaise

Institut Francais
Argentinische-Botschaft
argentina

supported by

Verseidag

Cultural partner

WDR3

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