On View
Not on viewObject number2009.55
A.F.
Artist
Omar Rayo
(Colombian, 1928-2010)
Daten.d.
Mediumintaglio
Dimensionsimage: 11 × 7 1/2 in. (27.9 × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Collins from the Charles and Charlotte Collins Collection
Exhibition History"A Passion for Collecting: Prints of the 1960s and '70s from the Collins Collection," KIA Galleries 2&5 (Nov. 13, 2010 - Jan. 2, 2011).
"Drawn to Abstraction," Charles H. MacNider Museum of Art, Mason City, IA (June 24 - August 20, 2016).
"Drawn to Abstraction," Sardoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA (August 25 - November 1, 2020).
Label TextOmar Rayo was primarily a painter and sculptor who manipulated geometric forms, using a very limited palette of white, black, and red. In his printed works on paper, he often employed an embossed effect, which lent a subtle sculptural element and permitted a further reduction of color. Rayo explored optical illusions as ways to manipulate and entertain the viewer’s eye. Living in New York City in the 1960s and ’70s, Rayo associated with members of the Op Art movement.
