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Marco Spalatin
(American, b. Yugoslavia, 1945)
Oblik VI, n.d.
Serigraph, 50/70, 26" x 31"
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Nimtz
(86.031) |
Op Art is
concerned with optics (the physical and psychological process
of vision) and with optical illusion. It evolved
stylistically from Hard-Edge Abstraction, Constructavism and
Cubism, each of which are based upon fractured and
restructured geometric blocks of color. With such works as
Oblik VI, Marco Spalatin is one of only a handful of
artists who have achieved the variety and expressiveness
necessary to extend the relatively narrow range of this genre.
Born in
Zagreb, Yugoslavia, in 1945, Spalatin came to the United States
in 1963. He received a baccalaureate degree in art in 1968 and
a master of fine arts in 1971 from the University of Wisconsin.
He has exhibited internationally in Zagreb, Montreal, Paris, and
Beirut and, nationally, in Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles,
San Francisco and Washington, D.C. His works are in the
permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York
City; Musee d'Art Moderne and the Bibliotheque National, Paris;
at the Tate Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the
Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C. His site-specific works include commissions
for the Cleveland Museum and INFORUM (The Technical Solution
Center) in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Alleghenies Museum of Art
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Pennsylvania 15940
Phone: (814) 472-3920
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