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Untitled

Primary Miguel Angel Vidal (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1928–2009)

NationalityArgentinean, South America

Date1972

MediumPlexiglass and aluminum

DimensionsOverall: 20 7/16 × 27 1/2 × 3 1/16 in. (51.9 × 69.9 × 7.7 cm)

Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Barbara Duncan, 1986.312

Keywords

nonrepresentational

Rights Statement

IN COPYRIGHT

Collection AreaLatin American Art

Object number1986.312

On View

On view

Locations

exhibition BMA, Gallery, C7 - Susman Galleries

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Web Comments

Miguel Angel Vidal combined his interest in abstraction, optical perception, and scientific advancements in this piece made of Plexiglass, a relatively new material in the early 1970s. Vidal affirmed, “The revolutionary realities of science, research in cybernetics, bioengineering, [and] astronautics… awaken in me a series of questions that incite me to the great creative adventure.” Here he explores the translucency of Plexiglass in combination with aluminum’s reflective surfaces, creating a geometric grid with kaleidoscopic qualities. The small, curved piece missing from the work seems to echo its convex/concave interior illusions, and to add to the artwork’s visual richness rather than detracting from it.