Equipo 57 Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
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, Jo
sé Duarte, Juan Serrano, Juan Cułenca, and Agustín Ibarrola—who were bound by a shared conviction to redefine the boundaries of visual language. Their arrival signaled a decisive departure from the subjective emotionalism of Surrealism and Expressionism, seeking instead a path paved with clarity, precision, and a rigorous rationalism. The group’s philosophical foundation was deeply rooted in the seminal concept of concrete art, as art…
