{"product_id":"90-deux-trames-vivent-les-rings-de-wagner","title":"90° [deux trames]: Vivent les Rings de Wagner","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA prominent figure in geometric abstraction, François Morellet based his artistic philosophy on the interplay of chance and mathematics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this early artist’s book and print portfolio, he executes 90 variations on a grid of intersecting lines. The title, “90° [deux trames]”, plays on the French terms “trame” (grid or weave) and “mots croisés” (crossword), while the subtitle, “Vivent les Rings de Wagner” (Long Live Wagner’s Rings), alludes to Richard Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen”. A playful thinker, Morellet described himself as a “rigoureux rigolard” (a rigorous joker), and the phrase “Vivent les Rings de Wagner”, handwritten on the inside front cover, can be read as another of his visual and linguistic puns.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this Duchampian spirit, the book unfolds through a sequence of square pages ruled with parallel lines, progressing from the most minimal configurations to increasingly dense ones. As the pages are turned, the shifting configurations produce a dynamic optical effect, transforming a simple mathematical system into a playful exercise in perception.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54447793406291,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/ViventLesRingsdeWagner.png?v=1785506567","url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/products\/90-deux-trames-vivent-les-rings-de-wagner","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}