Fugitive from a Mayan Lintel

Rodolfo Abularach1958/1958

Details

Title: Fugitive from a Mayan Lintel
Creator Lifespan: 1933 - Present
Creator Nationality: Guatemalan
Creator Gender: Male
Creator Birth Place: Guatemala City
Date: 1958/1958
Physical Dimensions: w38 x h27 in
Draftsman: Rodolfo Abularach
Description: Fugitive from a Mayan Lintel dates from Aburlarch period of Surrealist experimentation. The organic, abstract form floats against a vague background, reminiscent of similar images by the Chilean Surrealist Roberto Matta. Fugitive from a Mayan Lintel responds to the Abstract Expressionist interest in line as a signifier of spontaneous expression, capable of releasing the creative energy of the subconscious, but the work also evokes the pictographic reliefs of Mayan architecture. Abularach intended to convey ambiguity in the pictographic shapes of Fugitive from a Mayan Lintel reminiscent of Mayan writing yet suggestive of archetypal forms. -Text by Francesca Giani
Type: Drawing
Medium: pen and ink on paper

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