Peinture XXVIII 1955
Antoni Tàpies (Spain/1923-Spain/2012)
mixed-media on canvas 194.5x129.7cm
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Born in Barcelona,
Tàpies is known as one of the leading artists in the Informel
painting movement, an internationally popular trend in art which also
flourished in his hometown after the second World War. Influenced
in his youth by Surrealism and Oriental philosophy, Tàpies
also had a strong affection for his homeland Catalonia and while his
works display a sense of fantasy that might be termed mysterious,
the surfaces of the paintings, created using not only paint but other
material as well, also convey a unique, almost earthy richness. In
this work too, the surface, covered with many layers of paint, gives
the painting a heavy sense of reality. In addition, the yellow cross
at the top of the composition adds an indescribable feeling of liberation
to the entire work. The work is a straightforward example of the material
quality of Tàpies's work. |
