Piero Dorazio
Piero Dorazio
Snake
Snake
In 1960 he taught at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he headed the Fine Arts Department. After living in France and Germany he settled in Todi, Italy, where he lived until his death in 2005.
In 1960 he taught at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he headed the Fine Arts Department. After living in France and Germany he settled in Todi, Italy, where he lived until his death in 2005.
Medium: oil on canvas
Medium: oil on canvas
Introduction
Introduction
Dorazio's work Snake is a large rectangular canvas 175 cm x 351 cm. The depicted theme is linked to the artist's analysis of the structure as wefts of colour, wefts that in this work widen, calling the observer to enter the compositional structure, unlike previous works where the dense weave became impenetrable.
The work is located at Gallerie d'Italia - Milano.
Dorazio's work Snake is a large rectangular canvas 175 cm x 351 cm. The depicted theme is linked to the artist's analysis of the structure as wefts of colour, wefts that in this work widen, calling the observer to enter the compositional structure, unlike previous works where the dense weave became impenetrable.
The work is located at Gallerie d'Italia - Milano.
The web of colours that makes up the work is identified in ten horizontal sections on which three undulating sections are superimposed.
The web of colours that makes up the work is identified in ten horizontal sections on which three undulating sections are superimposed.
The web of colours is visible through wide sections of bright horizontal hues, punctuated by curvilinear sections that animate the composition.
The web of colours is visible through wide sections of bright horizontal hues, punctuated by curvilinear sections that animate the composition.
The sections do not show chromatic continuity within them, but are composed of irregular fragments of bright colours, which intermingle with each other, creating an animation that emphasises the undulating movement underlying the composition.
The sections do not show chromatic continuity within them, but are composed of irregular fragments of bright colours, which intermingle with each other, creating an animation that emphasises the undulating movement underlying the composition.