Cristea Roberts Gallery has announced global representation of the original prints from the estate of Carlos Cruz-Diez, marking an important step in the continued presentation of the artist’s work. The gallery will present the first selection of these prints at Art Basel Hong Kong later this month, ahead of a major retrospective dedicated to Cruz-Diez’s graphic practice in London in 2027.
Best known for his pioneering exploration of colour, Cruz-Diez developed an intricate body of work spanning painting, sculpture, installation and printmaking. His practice was grounded in the idea that colour is not fixed but rather exists as a shifting phenomenon shaped by perception. Throughout his career, printmaking became a key site of experimentation, allowing him to refine his investigations into chromatic relationships through precise systems of lines and layered planes. Works from series such as Couleur Additive and Induction Chromatique explore how colour can be generated through optical effects, positioning the act of looking itself as central to the work.
By bringing together these graphic works, the gallery highlights the role of print in shaping Cruz-Diez’s wider practice and its influence on contemporary approaches to immersive and participatory art. Produced across decades and completed up to the final year of his life in 2019, the prints trace a sustained engagement with colour as a perceptual phenomenon shaped by the viewer. The forthcoming presentations offer an opportunity to encounter this aspect of the artist’s work within an international context.
