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Le Livre Art Publishing is proud to announce the upcoming release of Julio Le Parc, the most comprehensive monograph to date on revered Argentinian artist Julio Le Parc. Following Le Parc’s prolific and visionary body of work, this extensive 492 page volume takes a deeper look into the intellectual and creative process of the artist. Featuring a Critical Anthology dating back to 1967, an Opening Essay by Jean de Loisy, an entire section dedicated to Julio Le Parc’s Writings and over 600 Color Plates, this monograph takes us on a journey through the innovative and ground-breaking work of the artist, thus surveying the pivotal « Before Paris » era before diving into the Surfaces and Color Surfaces periods, and continuing its exploration with Contortions, Light, Installations, Games, Alchemies, and Le Parc’s Virtual Museum. An in-depth photo-biography of the artist further deepens our understanding of Le Parc’s portrayal, along with an anthology of texts by Mario Benedetti, Alberto Biasi, Jorge Romero Brest, Jean Clay, Gérard Fromanger, Julián Gállego, François Morellet, Pablo Neruda, Jean-Louis Pradel, Paco Rabanne, Pierre Restany, and Julio Le Parc. Julio Le Parc was born in Mendoza, Argentina, in 1928. After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, notably under Lucio Fontana, Le Parc leaves Argentina to establish himself in Paris, France, in 1958, where he still resides and works.