equipo 57
The Genesis of a Collective Vision In the vibrant, transformative landscape of post-war Paris, a new artistic consciousness began to coalesce. The year 1957 marked the birth of Equipo 57, a collective that would swiftly emerge as one of the most profound voices within the concrete art movement. This was not merely a gathering of individual talents, but a deliberate union of architects, sculptors, and painters—including Ángel Duarte, José Duarte, Juan Serrano, Juan Cułenca, and Agustín Ibarrola—who were bound by a shared conviction to redefine the boundaries of visual language. Their arrival…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of equipo 57's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.