Artist

Lygia Pape

Portrait of Lygia Pape
Portrait of Lygia Pape

Brazilian, 1927–2004

Lygia Pape was a Brazilian Contemporary Abstract artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Lygia Pape was born in Nova Friburgo.

Lygia Pape (7 April 1927 – 3 May 2004) was a Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, engraver, and filmmaker, who was a key figure in the Concrete movement and a later co-founder of the Neo-Concrete Movement in Brazil during the 1950s and 1960s. Along with Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Clark, she was an important artist in the expansion of contemporary art in Brazil and pushed geometric art to include aspects of interaction and to engage with ethical and political themes.

Works by Lygia Pape

Collections represented

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