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Some of the most used colors in contemporary art

Spatial Concept. Waiting ([1964]) by Lucio FontanaGalleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino

White

Undefined, abstract, boundless: white is one of the most used colors in the art of the Twientieth Century. It is often considered as a "non-color", almost a symbol of a world where all the other colors are gone. For this reason - says Kandinsky - the white strikes us as a great silence that seems absolute.

Untitled (White Surface), Enrico Castellani, 1963, From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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Sculpture n. 15 (Abstract composition), Fausto Melotti, [1935], From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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Portrait of Carolina Zucchi (The Sick Woman) (Carolina in Bed), Francesco Hayez, 1825 c., From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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White, Alberto Burri, 1952, From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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Pontoise (1960) by Piero DorazioGalleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino

Blue

In Romanticism, this color used to characterize poetry, dreams, melancholy and the thirst for absolute. According to Kandinsky, blue is the color of depth and spiritual characters, it symbolizes the wait, the magic, and the mystery.

Dans mon pays, Marc Chagall, 1943, From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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Composition T, 50-5, Hans Hartung, 1950, From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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Ploughing, Fortunato Depero, 1926, From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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Portable island, Alberto Savinio (Andrea de Chirico), [1931], From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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Absurd Berlin Diary n. 14 ([1964]) by Emilio VedovaGalleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino

Yellow

Our society associates yellow with the signal of danger, for its brightness and immediate recognition, so that school buses, taxis and traffic lights are yellow. According to Kandinsky, this color has a vital madness, a blind irrationality, and the author compares it to the sound of a horn, a fanfare.

Surface 213, Giuseppe Capogrossi, 1956, From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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Marine, Osvaldo Licini, 1957, From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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After the Duel, Antonio Mancini, 1872, From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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Untitled, Giulio Paolini, 1966, From the collection of: Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Torino
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