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Kooness

Mathias Goeritz

1990
Mexico

6 Works exhibited on Kooness

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Works by Mathias Goeritz

Puertas a la nada

1971

Sculpture

30 x 3.4 x 4.2cm

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Sin Titulo

1948

Drawings

17 x 24cm

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Seis Figuras (Dibujo para esculturas)

1956

Drawings , Ink

70 x 95cm

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Sol

1945

Drawings

21 x 23cm

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Tarjeta postal de Altamira

1948

Prints

14.4 x 9.7cm

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Dos figuras

1981

Prints , Screen Print

25.5 x 50cm

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German-born artist Mathias Goeritz studied Philosophy and Art History in Berlin. He immigrated to Mexico in 1949, by which time he had already built a career as a modern artist and architect. He was influenced by the European artistic tendencies of the time, from modernist movements such as Group Zero to artists including Yves Klein and Lucio Fontana. Goeritz's transference of knowledge exposed Mexico to the larger international art world, thus greatly contributing to the trajectory of Mexican art. He developed the concept of emotional architecture — where architecture is not overpowered by functionality but engages humankind with beauty, creating an emotive response. This concept would give artists in Mexico an alternative to the overarching influence of the national mural movement, and is exemplified in one of Goeritz's most significant works, El Museo Experimental el Eco.