Abstraction, A Visual Reality
Abstraction, A Visual Reality places in conversation a wealth of approaches towards abstraction.
The artworks presented span from 1954 to 2021. Indeed, we see the surrealist revolution in the paintings of Alexander Calder and Joan Miró, the lyrical abstraction of painters such as Georges Mathieu, Chu Teh-Chun and Hans Hartung, the groundbreaking inclusion of space and volume in the specialist creations of Enrico Castellani, Lucio Fontana and Turi Simeti, as well as the infiltration of the performative gesture of painting, such as in the canvases of Sam Francis and Hermann Nitsch, and the Gutai works of Kazuo Shiraga, among others.
SELECTED WORKS
Sam Francis, Untitled, 1987
Acrylic on canvas
183,2 x 183,2 cm | 72.1 x 72.1 in
Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale (Teatrino), 1965
Waterpaint on canvas and lacquered wood frame
110,5 x 110,5 cm | 43.5 x 43.5 in
Hans Hartung, P40-1984-H3, 1984
Acrylic on baryted cardboard
90 x 120 cm | 35.4 x 47.2 in
Georges Mathieu, Nantouillet II, 1986
Oil on canvas
60 x 180 cm | 23.6 x 70.9 in
Alexander Calder, Highway, 1973
Gouache and ink on paper
74,9 x 109,9 cm | 29.5 x 43.3 in
Pablo Atchugarry, Untitled, 2017
Bronze with blue automotive enamel
123,5 x 29,5 x 13,5 cm | 48.6 x 11.6 x 5.3 in