“Repetition is an abstract value, perfectly inscribed in the universal”
—Jesús Rafael SotoA pioneering Op artist, Jesús Rafael Soto’s works breach the traditional boundaries of the two-dimensional picture plane, instead looking to integrate time, space, and the viewer’s active participation. Largely working with three-dimensional, hand-painted assemblages and large-scale installation, Soto’s foray into multiples translates this engagement with the spatiotemporal on a condensed scale. Interested in the principle of seriality as a means to invoke optically dizzying effects, Soto’s pieces often comprise of shapes and stripes in varying colors and angled planes, invoking spatially ambiguous superimpositions in their elusive interactions. This engagement with serialization within the composition itself is further echoed in Soto’s decision to multiply the works as editions.