6
Untitled, 2007
José Loureiro (b. 1961)
Estimate
13.000 - 17.000
Session
4 February 2016
Hammer Price
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Oil on canvas
267x230 cm
Category
Modern and Contemporary Art
Additional Information
Exclusively a painter, José Loureiro has for the past two decades
examined the possibilities of painting in our time in his words within
the strict tradition of painting. His most recent work consists of pure
colours and elementary pictorial elements such as lines and stripes.
This large abstract painting has a very intense physical presence.
The several rectangles inside the larger rectangle can be seen as a
manifestation of the internal geometry of the canvas. The vertical and
horizontal lines should be understood as a reproduction of the material
properties of the canvas which is, above all, a rectangle of straight
lines and rectilinear angles. The lines are not necessarily straight or
absolutely defined.
The painting is at the same time precise and physical: the lines are
precise and allude to manual action. The artist never searches for an
impersonal and perfect quality in the application of the paint. Mobility,
vibrations and a large spectrum of pictorial effects are key features of
Loureiros paintings, situated at the frontier between geometry and
expressivity.
His last exhibitions include: Inverno no Ártico, Casa da Cerca, Almada,
Portugal (2012); As piores flores: Desenho 19901996, Culturgest,
Lisbon (2011); Bosão de L, uma pintura, Museu da Eletricidade, Lisbon
(2011); Dois remos por remador, Culturgest, Lisbon, (2011); and José
Loureiro, Porta 33, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (2011).
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