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Getulio Alviani

Getulio Alviani

A multifaceted artist, art critic, and institutional director, Getulio Alviani emerged in the 1960s as one of the leading exponents of programmed art. Also known as kinetic art or op art, this movement is characterized by the use of industrial materials and the importance placed on design and modes of experience, which are programmed almost scientifically. After studying architecture, Alviani devoted himself to an artistic production that lies at the intersection of architecture, industrial design, and graphic design, with A predilection for cold materials and geometries that nevertheless require the active participation of the public. Alviani's rigorous research often focuses on the theme of movement, real or illusory, achieved through light and optical effects. His early works (Superfici a testura vibratile) are regular modules of aluminum sheets whose surfaces are milled, polished, or chromed. Alviani creates Also environmental works, such as Interrelazione cromospeculare (1969), a space in which mirrors and colors move and merge with the intervention of the public. Close to the collectives of Gruppo T and Gruppo N, Alviani exhibited at the 1964 Venice Biennale, in a room with Enzo Mari and Enrico Castellani. In 1965 he was invited to the fundamental exhibition of kinetic art "The Responsive Eye" at MoMA, while in 1968 he took part in Documenta 4, which was followed by important commissions around the world and participation in exhibitions in prestigious institutions in Italy. and abroad.
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