Dear Pig[sty] (1975-1977)
Paintings
Dear Pig[sty] (1975-1977)
Paintings
During the 1960s, a whole wave of artists hailing from Central Europe came to France, attracted by the legend of the Impressionists and the School of Paris.
The expressionist approach of these brothers-in-exile seemed almost heavy in the eyes of the Parisian art scene. Heavy, as in too charged with emotions… compared to the conceptual art and the French gestural painting of the moment, themselves influenced by XXL New York formats.
But, since the great geopolitical upheavals, accelerated by the fall of the Berlin Wall, these artists have become the sole custodians of an experience that the Western collective consciousness has appropriated…
They have lived at the intersection of events which Westerners can only ponder over, or discuss when taking part in TV talk shows.
Their expressionism is now taking on its full meaning, the expression ‘delayed reaction’ springs to mind.
Georgina Oliver, “Fragments of Ideas… (Before the Fall of the Wall),” 1996.
During the 1960s, a whole wave of artists hailing from Central Europe came to France, attracted by the legend of the Impressionists and the School…
During the 1960s, a whole wave of artists hailing from Central Europe came to France, attracted by the legend of the Impressionists and the School of Paris.
The expressionist approach of these brothers-in-exile seemed almost heavy in the eyes of the Parisian art scene. Heavy, as in too charged with emotions… compared to the conceptual art and the French gestural painting of the moment, themselves influenced by XXL New York formats.
But, since the great geopolitical upheavals, accelerated by the fall of the Berlin Wall, these artists have become the sole custodians of an experience that the Western collective consciousness has appropriated…
They have lived at the intersection of events which Westerners can only ponder over, or discuss when taking part in TV talk shows.
Their expressionism is now taking on its full meaning, the expression ‘delayed reaction’ springs to mind.
Georgina Oliver, “Fragments of Ideas… (Before the Fall of the Wall),” 1996.
Dear Pig[sty], 1976, oil on canvas, 57.5 × 45 in. Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santi-ago, Chile.
Red : Tribute to Aristide Caillaud, 1975-1976, oil on canvas, 64 × 45 in.
Execution of El Pulpo De Barcelona, 1977, oil on canvas, 57.5 × 45 in. Silkeborg Kunstmuseum (now Museum Jorn), Denmark.
Death Corridor, 1977, oil on canvas, 57.5 × 45 in.
