Eco Esteril

Ramon Oviedo1975/1975

Details

Title: Eco Esteril
Creator Lifespan: 1927 - Present
Creator Nationality: Dominican
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Birth Place: Barahona
Date: 1975/1975
Physical Dimensions: w58 x h58 in
Painter: Ramon Oviedo
Description: The color red dominated Oviedo’s paintings in the mid-1970s and became an ill-defined environment where figures and bodies floated, free of gravity, at times disappearing into the ether and at others asserting their presence through a strong, dark outline. The strident, complementary colors of Eco Esteril compare to Gauguin, as well as Fauvism and German Expressionism, and the isolated figures in the foreground seem to be a response to Gauguin’s philosophical query. Their tormented state is a meditation on the existential fragility of humankind and the cruelty of human condition. -Text by Francesca Giani
Alternative Title: Sterile Echo
Type: Painting
Medium: oil on canvas

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