Past Exhibit

The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, previously the MADI Museum, is pleased to announce the first show of the new year, The Works of Ivan Contreras-Brunet. The one-man show opens to the public on Saturday, January 13 and runs through April 8. The members preview reception will be held on the evening of January 12. On Sunday, January 14 at 3:00 p.m. Mr. Contreras-Brunet will lecture on "Geometry and Color in Art: Origins, Masters, Trends, Ideas"; a question and answer time and campaign reception will follow. The work of Ivan Contreras-Brunet sets in motion linear structures; movement is created through mobile and immobile elements as well as optical effects creating a sensation of movement obtained without anything really moving.



Born in Santiago, Chile in 1927, Contreras-Brunet moved to Paris, France in the early 1950's. He immediately became immersed in abstract and geometric art as he became influenced by modern artists like Kandinsky and Max Bill as well as movement from Alexander Calder. He studied and worked with intellectuals in Vienna, Austria, animated cartoons and trends of the avant-garde movement in the Americas. He moved permanently back to Europe in 1961. There he experimented with form, materials and informal textures leading to his conclusion to organize a painting with well defined geometric elements. Multiple art forms influenced Contreras-Brunet including Gothic cathedrals, stained glass windows, Claude Debussy, cubism, the Impressionists and Le Corbusier. He considers himself a colorist including transparence, watercolor, acrylic, iridescence, spraying, luminosity and the moiré (sensation of movement without anything moving).

Contreras-Brunet has been represented in one-man shows, collective exhibitions, salons and commissions; his works hang in museums in France, Mexico, Germany, Japan, Belgium and the United States and in private collections throughout the world.

For more information, contact the Museum of Geometric and MADI Art, 214.855.7802.