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DiaporamaOctober
Minimalism
1961
239.0 x 234.0 cm
Kenneth Noland (1924 – 2010)
Découvrez Kenneth Noland (1924-2010), pionnier américain du Color Field & de la Washington Color School ! Cercles vibrants, chevrons & toiles déformées—l'art abstrait redéfinissant couleur et espace.
October belongs to the first of Noland’s two extended explorations of the elemental shape of the circle. Placing the large canvas on his studio’s floor (in knowing emulation of Jackson Pollock’s method), he drew the edge of each circle with a pencil attached to a string and anchored in the center. The canvas’s dimensions determined the size of the outermost circle, suggesting Noland’s preoccupation with proportional relationships, a concern often associated with Minimalism. The painter accentuated the flatness of the unprimed canvas by diluting his acrylic paint so the weave would absorb it (a technique he adopted after seeing Helen Frankenthaler’s stained canvases). The concentric circles evoke a range of associations—a bull’s-eye, a globe, a giant eyeball—while the density near the center suggests a gravitational pull.
À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: October
- Artiste: Kenneth Noland
- Année: 1961
- Dimensions originales: 239.0 x 234.0 cm
- État du droit d'auteur: Protégé par le droit d'auteur
- Période de création: Mid-Career
- Mots-clés: optical illusion , geometric shapes , hard-edge abstraction
- Thèmes: color field , circles , optical art
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