François Morellet

François Morellet is a French conceptual sculptor and light artist known for his complex geometric shapes and patterns. Born on April 30, 1925 in Cholet, Morellet began by creating figurative paintings before turning to abstraction, creating a series of interlacements of lines that form squares, triangles, and other shapes. Then, he worked on sculpture using neon tubes alongside Julio Le Parc and Francisco Sobrino, He co-founded the Visual Art Research Group in 1963 to explore new modes of artistic expression.

Just like Dan Flavin, Using fluorescence to explore geometry as an art form, Morellet bends tubes to create fluid compositions like in Reflections in water deformed by the spectator (1964). His interest in minimalism and spontaneity earns him comparisons with Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt and John Cage. Morellet participated in the large exhibition organized at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2011 and titled «Themes & Variations. Script and Space».