Lygia Clark moved from geometric abstraction into hinged Bichos that viewers could manipulate, then increasingly abandoned the autonomous artwork for sensory propositions involving bodies, breath, touch and collective experience. By the 1970s she was using relational objects in therapeutic contexts.
Sculpture; participatory objects; therapeutic practice
Major Works
- 1960–64Bichos
- 1963Caminhando
- 1967Máscaras sensoriais
- 1967O eu e o tu: Série roupa-corpo-roupa
- 1968A casa é o corpo
- 1973Baba antropofágica
- 1976–88Objetos relacionais
- 1966Nostalgia do corpo
- 1973Túnel
- 1959Casulos
Interviews & Writing
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