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)
Discover Giuseppe Capogrossi: Italian painter blending Renaissance & modernism. Bold brushstrokes, abstract art, & key figure in Venetian & Roman art scenes.
Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino (Torino, Italia)
Descoperă colecția de artă modernă și contemporană de la GAM Torino: de la futurism și Arte Povera, la opere ale lui Warhol și Modigliani. O călătorie culturală fascinantă în inima orașului Turin.
Despre această operă
- Titlu: Surface 213
- Artist: giuseppe capogrossi
- Format: Landscape
- Statut drepturi de autor: Protejat prin drepturi de autor
- Locul în care poate fi văzută: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
- Culoare principală: Bronze
- Nuanță de culoare: Green Spectrum
