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Figura I (Figure I)

Iberê Camargo1973

Iberê Camargo Foundation

Iberê Camargo Foundation
Porto Alegre, Brazil

"The Vortices and Figures print series were developed in the early 1970s and introduce this duality between purely geometric forms, deriving from the spools, and organic human-shaped forms. Both display the same formal characteristics: vertical hieratic construction with a segmentation that, without exception, indicates organisation similar to the human body. If they are not human figures or simplifications of them, they irresistibly resemble the humanoid organic forms of the Catalan artist Joan Miró (1893–1983) or the English sculptor and printmaker Henry Moore (1898–1986)."
Paulo Gomes, Iberê e seu ateliê: as coisas, as pessoas e os lugares (Porto Alegre: Fundação Iberê Camargo, 2015), 154.

In order to enrich the aquatint, the artist sprayed the entire matrix with fine and coarse grained resins. To create contrasts in some areas of the figure, he used etching and the sugar-lift process. The mesh heightened the black areas.

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  • Title: Figura I (Figure I)
  • Creator: Iberê Camargo
  • Date Created: 1973
  • Location Created: Impressa por Iberê Camargo, ateliê da rua das Palmeiras, Rio de Janeiro
  • Physical Dimensions: 49,7 x 29,6 cm
  • Rights: © Fundação Iberê Camargo
  • Medium: Aquatint (sugar-lift process) and etching
  • Credit: © Gustavo Possamai
  • Collection: Acervo Fundação Iberê, anonymous gift in the context of the exhibition 'Iberê Camargo – O Fio de Ariadne', 2020
  • Accession number: G133-5
Iberê Camargo Foundation

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