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things to add to this entry[edit]

Why are there no pictures of Gego or any of her public pieces of art?

Currently this wiki article fails to mention that upon arriving in Venezuela Gego worked as an architect and designed several buildings. Perhaps the only surviving building is the house she built for herself and her 1st husband. This house/building is an amazing structure. If possible, pictures of this work of art should be added.

There is no mention of Gego life a as woman. She was married twice (Gunz & Leufert) She had several children with her first husband, all who grew up to be fantastic Venezuelans.

Stan Osborne (talk) 13:36, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation of Gego[edit]

A note on pronunciation:

"Gego" impresses itself on the memory: two short syllables and a single, repeating consonant (pronounce it halfway between Geh-go and Gay-go).

from

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%22GEGO+1955-1990%22.-a079826073

Bookshrine (talk) 23:05, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

gegobyte[edit]

There should be some disambiguation on gego. This is used as an unofficial scientific size prefix, as in gegobyte, similar to bronto as in brontobyte. See http://blog.seagate.com/business/a-gegobyte-hard-drive-would-cover-the-earth-23000000-times-2/ 66.155.23.67 (talk)

Done. -- BrillLyle (talk) 19:55, 17 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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CV laundry list[edit]

Moved mainly unsourced material off main space. This does not add to our understanding of this artist. --WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:54, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Selected exhibitions[edit]

Solo exhibitions

1958 - Gego: Sculptures and Gouaches, Liberia Cruz del Sur, Caracas, 9–24 May
1964 - Lines and interlines: Engravings and Drawings by Gego, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, 2–16 February
1967 - Gego: Sculptures. 1957-1967, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogotá, 8–30 June
1968 - On Paper: Lithographs by Gego, Museo de Bellas Artes, November
1969 - Reticulárea, Museo de Bellas Artes, June–July
1970 - Gego Drawings, The Graphic Gallery, San Francisco, 1–17 May
1971 - Gego: Sculpture and Drawing, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, 13 April – 1 May
1972 - Structures Double Curves, Galeria Conkright, Caracas
1973 - Recent Drawings, Galeria Conkright
1975 - Gego: Drawings for Projects, Instituto de Diseno, Fundacion Neumann, Caracas, 6–20 May
1977 - Gego, Museo de Artes Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, September
1980 - Variations on Reticuláreas, Sala Cadafe, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, May
1981 - Reticulárea (permanent installation), Sala Gego, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas
1982 - Watercolors by Gego, Galería de Arte Nacional, 4 Jul – 8 Aug
1984 - Gego: Drawings without Paper, Museo de Bellas Artes, June–August
1988 - Gego: Recent Works, Galeria Sotavento, Caracas, March
1994 - Gego: A Look at Her Work, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, November
1996 - Gego: Drawings, Engravings, Weavings, Centro Cultural Consolidado, Caracas, September–November
2000-01 - Gego: 1955-1990, Museo de Bellas Artes, October–March
2002-03 - Questioning the Line: Gego, a Selection, 1955-1990, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston^[1]
2005 - Gego: Between Transparency and the Invisible, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 26 June – 25 September
2007 - Gego: Between Transparency and the Invisible, The Drawing Center, New York, 21 April – 21 July
2011 - Gego: Prints and Drawings 1963-1991, Frederico Seve Gallery, New York, 24 May – 18 August 2011
2012 - Gego: Origin and Encounter, Mastering the Space Archived 19 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Americas Society, New York, 29 September – 8 December
2014 - Gego: Line as Object, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 21 July- October 19^[2]
2017 - Between the Lines: Gego as Printmaker, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, 7 February – 6 August 2017
2022 - Gego: Measuring Infinity, Museo Jumex, Mexico City, October 19, 2022 - February 5, 2023
2023 - Gego: Measuring Infinity, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, March 31 - September 10, 2023

Group exhibitions

1954: XV Salón Oficial Anual de Arte Venezolano, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
1955: Venezolanische Impressionen 1954, Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, Munich
1959: Pintura y escultura de profesores de la Faculdad de Arquitectura, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
1960: Recent Sculpture, David Herbert Gallery, New York
1960/1961: Section Eleven (New Names), Betty Parsons Gallery, New York
1963: Pintura geométrica venezolana 1950–1960, Galería de Arte del INCIBA, Caracas
1964: One Hundred Contemporary Prints – Pratt Graphic Art Center, Jewish Museum, New York
1965: The Responsive Eye, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1966: Art of Latin America since Independence, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
1967: Recent Latin American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968: New Dimension in Lithography. An Exhibition Recently Selected from the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Fisher and Quinn Galleries, Southern California University
1969: El arte cinético y sus orígenes, Ateneo de Caracas, Caracas
1969/1970: Latin America. New Paintings and Sculpture. Juan Downey, Agustín Fernández, Gego, Gabriel Morera, Center for Inter-AmericanRelations Art Gallery, New York
1971: Tamarind. A Renaissance of Lithography. A Loan Exhibition from the Tamarind Lithography, International Foundation, California
1975: Relaciones y contrastes en la pintura venzolana, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Gego, Otero y Negret, Galería Adler Castillo, Caracas
1976: Las artes plásticas en Venezuela, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas
1978: Pequeña historia del dibujo en Venezuela, Estudio Actual, Caracas
1982: Spielraum – Raumspiele, Alte Oper, Frankfurt am Main
1986: Caracas urbana, Museo de Arte La Rinconada, Caracas
1988–1990: The Latin Spirit. Art and Artists in the United States 1920–1970, The Bronx Museum of Art, New York
1992: Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, Plaza de Armas, Sevilla
1996/1997: Inside the Visible. An Elliptical Traverse of 20th Century Art (in, of, and from the Feminine), The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
1997–1999: Re-Aligning Vision. Alternative Currents in South American Drawing, The Neighborhood Museum, New York
1999/2000: The Experimental Exercise of Freedom. Lygia Clark, Gego, Mathias Goeritz, Hélio Oiticica and Mira Schendel, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2000: Force Fields. Phases of the Kinetic, Hayward Gallery, London
2000/2001: Heterotopías. Medio siglo sin lugar 1918–1968, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid^[3]
2001: Geometric Abstraction. Latin American Art in the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University.
2004: Ruth Vollmer & Gego: Thinking the Line, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
2013: "Zero" Museu Oscar Niemeyer (in collaboration with D.O.P. Foundation and The Goethe Institut), Curitiba, Brazil.^[4]
2013/2014: Zero Iberê Camargo Foundation (in collaboration with D.O.P. Collection and The Goethe Institut), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.^[4]
2014: Zero Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo (in collaboration with D.O.P. Foundation, The Goethe Institut, Prohelvetia & Alliance), São Paulo, Brazil.^[4]
2016: Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women, 1947–2016, Hauser, Wirth & Schimmel, Los Angeles
2016: Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible, The Met Breuer, New York

^ "Questioning the Line", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Retrieved online 11 November 2018.
^ "Gego. Line as Object", Henry Moore Foundation, Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ "Versiones del Sur: Cinco propuestas en torno al arte en América. Heteropías. Medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918 - 1968.", Museo Reina Sofia, Retrieved 11 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ZERO" - exhibition catalog of the most important travelling exhibition in America of Zero Group, edited by Heike van der Valentyn, with essays by Otto, Piene, Paulo Venencio Filho, Heinz-Norbert Jocks, Heike van den Valentyn, published by Museu Oscar Niemayer, Iberê Camargo Foundation & Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and printed in São Paulo, Brazil, 2013, ISBN 978-85-60638-37-6

[1] "Questioning the Line", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Retrieved online 11 November 2018.

[2] "Gego. Line as Object", Henry Moore Foundation, Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[3] "Versiones del Sur: Cinco propuestas en torno al arte en América. Heteropías. Medio siglo sin-lugar: 1918 - 1968.", Museo Reina Sofia, Retrieved 11 November 2018.

[Zero_Group_2013-4] "ZERO" - exhibition catalog of the most important travelling exhibition in America of Zero Group, edited by Heike van der Valentyn, with essays by Otto, Piene, Paulo Venencio Filho, Heinz-Norbert Jocks, Heike van den Valentyn, published by Museu Oscar Niemayer, Iberê Camargo Foundation & Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo and printed in São Paulo, Brazil, 2013, ISBN 978-85-60638-37-6

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