Resumen

ORTA, Aura Marina. Reflexiones en torno al espacio en las artes visuales: Reflections about the space in the visual arts. Revista de Investigación [online]. 2010, vol.34, n.69, pp.129-150. ISSN 1010-2914.

A theoretical inquiry about the space as a problem related to visual arts is presented. It is based on Steve Yates´ (2002) refl ection, who considers that concern about the space constitutes the vital component of visual arts. This concern can be proven through the signifi cant changes creators have contributed with, based on their experiments and ideas, in conjunction with expressive resources, materials and techniques, used in the different periods through art history. In this sense, it is proposed to provide elements for the understanding of modern and contemporary plastic arts expressions, thus resulting supporting material for those starting to study visual arts. The concept of space is approached through a documental study methodology, which is achieved through the critical review of some authors, especially focusing on Moholy-Nagy, L. (in Yates, S. 2002), Arheim, R. (1976), and Jimenez, J (2002) to recognize and trace the applications and implications of the changes art confronts in the context of technological media. As a manner of conclusion the complexity of space is remarked as a symbolic representation and the need to consider a new sensitivity to virtual visual space in the context of a ever constantly changing reality.

Palabras clave : Visual arts; space; visual space; virtual space.