Clorindo Testa
Untitled
Untitled
1962
oil on canvas
59,1 x 45,1 cm
oil on canvas
59,1 x 45,1 cm
The first artist who
had a profound influence on me was Clorindo Testa, an Argentine painter and
architect. I saw his work when I was 15 in Buenos Aires, where I lived in the
60's. His work spoke of the city - its grey/white concrete walls, marked,
stained, graffiti, endless featureless streets, sprawling disconsolate suburbs,
dust, heat, courtyards with radios playing tango, echoing the words of Homero
Manzi's immortal "Sur"...
Sur,
paredón y después,
Sur,
una luz de almacén...
San Juan y Boedo antiguo, y todo el cielo
Pompeya y más allá la inundación...
The idea that the experience of reality could be transformed into a non-representational image, with no narrative, was an astounding discovery for me. Then I knew I wanted to make paintings.
Clorindo Testa died in April 2013, at the age of 89.
Sur,
paredón y después,
Sur,
una luz de almacén...
San Juan y Boedo antiguo, y todo el cielo
Pompeya y más allá la inundación...
The idea that the experience of reality could be transformed into a non-representational image, with no narrative, was an astounding discovery for me. Then I knew I wanted to make paintings.
Clorindo Testa died in April 2013, at the age of 89.
Toon
Verhoef 2013
Toon Verhoef (NL)
No
title
2012
oil and acrylic on canvas
2012
oil and acrylic on canvas
Beautiful story, great to read a bit about your background story and how Testa influenced you as a young boy and as an artist now. Both nice pieces of work. I think I saw this painting at galerie onrust some time ago.
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