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Composition

TitleComposition
Artistアントニ・タピエス Antoni TÀPIES
Date1977
Mediummixed media on wood
Dimensions130.0×162.0
ClassificationPaintings
Accession NumberFO199100006000
SummarySand is brushed into a yellowish-brown surface built up with many layers of color to create a grainy effect. The surface is scraped off at the corners to reveal a layer of orange paint underneath. Scratch marks are made in the white area on the upper part of the picture. Graffiti is instinctive to human beings, a way of making a permanent record of one's existence. These scratches are proof of the artist's presence in the painting. Tàpies' s art has one of its sources in the texture of Catalonian walls created by weathering and the graffiti of many generations. He has established a new concept of reality by expressing himself through the physical qualities of materials. Crosses have appeared in this artist's work form the forties; here he uses the cross to center and unify a symmetrical composition, leading the viewer to a poetic, meditative realm.

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