October
Minimalism
1961
239.0 x 234.0 cm
ケネス・ノランド(1924 – 2010)
アメリカのカラーフィールド・ペインティングの旗手であり、ワシントン・カラー・スクールの先駆者、ケネス・ノランド(1924-2010)の世界を探求しましょう。色彩と空間を再定義した、鮮やかな円形やシェブロン、変形キャンバスによる抽象芸術の数々をご紹介します。
October belongs to the first of Noland’s two extended explorations of the elemental shape of the circle. Placing the large canvas on his studio’s floor (in knowing emulation of Jackson Pollock’s method), he drew the edge of each circle with a pencil attached to a string and anchored in the center. The canvas’s dimensions determined the size of the outermost circle, suggesting Noland’s preoccupation with proportional relationships, a concern often associated with Minimalism. The painter accentuated the flatness of the unprimed canvas by diluting his acrylic paint so the weave would absorb it (a technique he adopted after seeing Helen Frankenthaler’s stained canvases). The concentric circles evoke a range of associations—a bull’s-eye, a globe, a giant eyeball—while the density near the center suggests a gravitational pull.
この作品について
- 作品名: October
- 作家: ケネス・ノランド
- 制作年: 1961
- 原寸サイズ: 239.0 x 234.0 cm
- 形式: Square
- 著作権の状態: 著作権保護下
- 制作時期: Mid-Career
- 主要色: Espresso
- キーワード: minimalist painting , hard-edge abstraction , concentric circles
- 色相: Green to Violet Spectrum