Artist field note

Lygia Clark

The artwork leaves the wall and enters the participant.

Appears inLatin America
Bichos by Lygia Clark — Example from the series
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Bichos

1960-1964

Hinged metal planes can be handled and reconfigured, making form a negotiation rather than a fixed object.

The five in one idea

Clark transformed modern art from an autonomous object into an event completed by another person's body.