90° deux trames
François Morellet
1976
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90° deux trames
François Morellet
1976
Amsterdam: Multi Art Points
Unpaginated [180 pages]
20 × 20.1 cm
Edition of 750; signed and numbered 57/750

A prominent figure in geometric abstraction, François Morellet based his artistic philosophy on the interplay of chance and mathematics. A playful thinker, Morellet described himself as a “rigoureux rigolard” (a rigorous joker).


 


In this second artist’s book and print portfolio, he executes a new series of 90 variations on a grid of intersecting lines, different from the earlier one subtitled “Vivent les Rings de Wagner”. The title, “90° [deux trames]”, plays on the French terms “trame” (grid or weave). 


 


The book unfolds through a sequence of square pages ruled with parallel lines from the most minimal to the denser. As the pages are turned, the shifting configurations produce a dynamic optical effect, transforming a simple mathematical system into a playful exercise in perception and a subtle visual poetry.

Amsterdam: Multi Art Points
Unpaginated [180 pages]
20 × 20.1 cm
Edition of 750; signed and numbered 57/750

A prominent figure in geometric abstraction, François Morellet based his artistic philosophy on the interplay of chance and mathematics. A playful thinker, Morellet described himself as a “rigoureux rigolard” (a rigorous joker).

 

In this second artist’s book and print portfolio, he executes a new series of 90 variations on a grid of intersecting lines, different from the earlier one subtitled “Vivent les Rings de Wagner”. The title, “90° [deux trames]”, plays on the French terms “trame” (grid or weave). 

 

The book unfolds through a sequence of square pages ruled with parallel lines from the most minimal to the denser. As the pages are turned, the shifting configurations produce a dynamic optical effect, transforming a simple mathematical system into a playful exercise in perception and a subtle visual poetry.

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A prominent figure in geometric abstraction, François Morellet based his artistic philosophy on the interplay of chance and mathematics. A playful thinker, Morellet described himself as a “rigoureux rigolard” (a rigorous joker).

 

In this second artist’s book and print portfolio, he executes a new series of 90 variations on a grid of intersecting lines, different from the earlier one subtitled “Vivent les Rings de Wagner”. The title, “90° [deux trames]”, plays on the French terms “trame” (grid or weave). 

 

The book unfolds through a sequence of square pages ruled with parallel lines from the most minimal to the denser. As the pages are turned, the shifting configurations produce a dynamic optical effect, transforming a simple mathematical system into a playful exercise in perception and a subtle visual poetry.

Amsterdam: Multi Art Points
Unpaginated [180 pages]
20 × 20.1 cm
Edition of 750; signed and numbered 57/750

A prominent figure in geometric abstraction, François Morellet based his artistic philosophy on the interplay of chance and mathematics. A playful thinker, Morellet described himself as a “rigoureux rigolard” (a rigorous joker).

 

In this second artist’s book and print portfolio, he executes a new series of 90 variations on a grid of intersecting lines, different from the earlier one subtitled “Vivent les Rings de Wagner”. The title, “90° [deux trames]”, plays on the French terms “trame” (grid or weave). 

 

The book unfolds through a sequence of square pages ruled with parallel lines from the most minimal to the denser. As the pages are turned, the shifting configurations produce a dynamic optical effect, transforming a simple mathematical system into a playful exercise in perception and a subtle visual poetry.

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A prominent figure in geometric abstraction, François Morellet based his artistic philosophy on the interplay of chance and mathematics. A playful thinker, Morellet described himself as a “rigoureux rigolard” (a rigorous joker).

 

In this second artist’s book and print portfolio, he executes a new series of 90 variations on a grid of intersecting lines, different from the earlier one subtitled “Vivent les Rings de Wagner”. The title, “90° [deux trames]”, plays on the French terms “trame” (grid or weave). 

 

The book unfolds through a sequence of square pages ruled with parallel lines from the most minimal to the denser. As the pages are turned, the shifting configurations produce a dynamic optical effect, transforming a simple mathematical system into a playful exercise in perception and a subtle visual poetry.

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