"Bordeaux" is a 1991 work by Jesús Rafael Soto, made with color screenprint on plexiglas, painted wood elements, nylon string. It measures 10 x 6 ½ x 23 inches. It's edition 8 of 75. Signature & edition incised on base. It's available now at Rabbit Gallery on Avenue Road in Toronto. Ask us for the price.

Jesús Rafael Soto is a Venezuelan optical and kinetic artist and pioneered the viewer walking through and interacting with the art pieces. His work asks the viewer to observe “matter-energy” and being inside or with the work.

Born in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, Soto (1923–2005) moved to Paris in 1950 and became one of the defining figures of kinetic and optical art. His signature works suspend painted rods and elements in front of vibrating linear grounds, so the piece appears to shimmer and dissolve as the viewer moves, an effect he pushed to room scale with his walk-through “Penetrables.” His work is held in major collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

See this work in person at Rabbit Gallery, 1777 Avenue Rd, Level 2, Toronto, in Bedford Park in midtown Toronto. We're open Wednesday to Saturday, 11am–5pm, and other days by appointment; text or call 416-487-2934 to arrange a visit.

Our studio does museum-grade custom framing in-house, so the piece can be framed to suit your space before it leaves the gallery. With our House Calls service we'll also bring it to your home, confirm the placement, and hang it professionally. We cover midtown Toronto and the GTA.