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Omar Rayo

Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist (1928-2010) · Colombia · On the map · Artists · Died at 82

Omar Rayo Reyes was a renowned Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. He won the 1970 Salón de Artistas Colombianos. Rayo worked with abstract geometry primarily employing black, white, red and yellow. He was part of the Op Art movement.

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Guggenheim Fellowship

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Rayo's work shows that geometric art is as much a part of the past as it is of the future. He used traces of the past to discover new ways to present visual and geometric sketches.

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Country
Colombia
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2010 · aged 82