Surface 213
Writing, alphabet, glyphs, the teeth of a comb, forks, segmented tears, locks, chains, claws: the graphic figures of Capogrossi’s signic language express themselves on the canvas in ever-changing modulations. The sign is never repeated as an end unto itself, but is developed in a series of variations, which, as Argan noted in 1967, find a literary parallel in Raymond Queneau’s Exercises in Style, published in 1947, in that, using the same words, the French writer stages narrative situations whose content changes each time it is told. Surface 213 and its counterpart Surface 231 (1957, Simeoni Collection, Florence) are an example of this modulation, in that the variable consists in the positive-negative effect of the colour and the partitioning of the canvas like a card index.
Giuseppe Capogrossi (1900 – 1972)
Descubre a Giuseppe Capogrossi: pintor italiano que fusiona el Renacimiento y el modernismo. Pinceladas audaces, arte abstracto y figura clave de las escenas artísticas veneciana y romana.
Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino (Turín, Italia)
GAM Torino: Descubre el arte moderno y contemporáneo italiano en la Galleria Civica de Turín. Colecciones de maestros como Klimt, Warhol y Futurismo.
Sobre esta obra
- Título: Surface 213
- Artista: Giuseppe Capogrossi
- Formato: Landscape
- Estado de derechos de autor: Bajo derechos de autor
- Ubicación: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
- Color predominante: Bronze
- Matiz de color: Green Spectrum