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I stand before

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Trace of the movement of the body

Work description and interpretation
I try to understand what the relation is between the space and me; the frontal, two-dimensional space of the painting. The first fixed point is the head and I place myself frontally towards the space. Then I begin to move my wrist. I try to place myself by finding a position in the space.
Series description and interpretation
Gestures
After a period in which the body itself is the tool of painting and in which the eye, one’s vision, does not take part in the creative process, I began to understand that looking becomes part of the pictorial process. Vision becomes the means for knowing and for understanding. Metaphorically I begin to pull the skin from my body and position it in front of me. A relationship, a dialogue, with the frontal pictorial space is born. The works that belong to this series are signs left by the movements of my hand, my arm and my wrist.

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Paper
Opere pittoriche su carta realizzate con acquerelli, carboncino, grafite, diverse tipologie di pastelli e pittura a olio e acrilica

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Author
Morganti, Maria
Creation year
1982
Place
Milan
Techniques and Materials
Acrylic on paper
Typology
Paper
Series
Gestures
Archive Number
1982_Carta_Gesti_003
Size
200 x 104 cm
Status Artwork
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