julio-le-parc-replications

Julio Le Parc Replications and Variations

Replication of, and variations on, selected artworks by Julio Le Parc

Created by Sadie Bartholomew, 2020+

Julio Le Parc (1928+) is an Argentinian artist.

Outputs Gallery

0. Summary (see later sections for details and more)

Reconstructions of the original designs:

Animations rotating at uniform angular speed starting with the original designs:

Converted from the output mp4 video format to animated GIFs so they can be shown here using the useful website https://ezgif.com/:

1. Mutation of Forms

Replication of original

Reconstruction of Le Parc's Mutation of Forms (1959), described for example on the site of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Variations on the original

Outputs resulting from...

a) Changing the angular coverage pattern in various ways:

b) Changing the size of the grid from 10 to 5, 20, 40 and 60:

c) Changing the style of the matplotlib patches plotted, from regular wedges to partial wedges or arcs (creating a curvy design very much in line with Le Parc's style):

d) Hiding either the red or the blue wedges:

2. Rotations

Replication of original

Reconstruction of Le Parc's Rotations (1959), described for example on the site of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Variations on the original

Outputs resulting from...

a) Changing the pattern of rotational angles:

3. Rotation of Fractioned Circles

Replication of original

Reconstruction of Le Parc's Rotation of Fractioned Circles (1959), described for example on the site of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Variations on the original

Outputs resulting from...

a) Changing the pattern of rotational angles:

4. Rotation in Red and Black

Replication of original

Reconstruction of Le Parc's Rotation in Red and Black (1959), described for example on the site of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Variations on the original

Outputs resulting from...

a) Changing the pattern of rotational angles:

b) Changing both the style and the angular coverage pattern ("loose" variations):