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No. 8 Variation
Rogelio Polesello1964/1964
Art Museum of the Americas
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: No. 8 Variation
- Creator Lifespan: 1939 - Present
- Creator Nationality: Argentine
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Birth Place: Buenos Aires
- Date: 1964/1964
- Physical Dimensions: w22 x h38 in
- Painter: Rogelio Polesello
- Description: Polesello exposure to Op art and Minimialism encouraged him to use a paint sprayer and geometric stencils around 1962, which resulted in detached, impersonal forms applied. Polesello also adopted a diverse palette after he noticed the refraction of sunlight through one of his acrylic sculptures. The yellows, oranges, and pinks of his No. 8 Variation suggest the prismatic diversity Polesello intended. He constructed much of the painting by layering stencils of dots and circles in a seemingly careless fashion across the upper register of the canvas then spraying them with black paint. -Text by Mark Andrew White
- Type: Painting
- Medium: oil on canvas
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