- Artist:
- Miguel Ángel Campano
- Date:
- 1994
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 320 x 234 cm
- Origin:
- Es Baluard Museu d'Art Contemporani de Palma, Ajuntament de Palma collection long-term loan
- Registration number:
- 409
SUBASH 20.9.94, a large-format composition, perfectly balanced, combines the visual effect which results from the union of two opposing colours, black and white, and the imperfection of the geometric shapes – the circle and the dot, characteristic elements in the work produced by Campano during these years – formal aspects he develops throughout the ‘90s, after he abandoned figuration. It was produced in the same year that Miguel Ángel Campano first travelled to India; whilst his experience is not reflected on a formal level, it is evident through the titles of the works from these years, originating from the people and places he saw and met on his travels, as is the case of this piece. He developed this research in other pieces too.
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He studied fine arts in Madrid and continued training in Valencia. Until 2009, Campano alternated between Sóller (Mallorca) and Paris. Constructivism and geometric abstraction marked the beginning of his career, linked to Gustavo Torner’s and Gerardo Rueda’s geometric abstractions. After settling in Paris in 1977, Campano’s work took a turn towards gesture and expression as the protagonists, under the influence of American abstract expressionism; yet he combines that with nuances of the literary and avant-garde tradition of French culture. The 1990s were characterised by an austerity in which colour was limited to black on white canvases, which did not stop him from achieving very rich results. His work has been on display at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (1999), the Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, Cajare, France (1995) and the IVAM, Valencia (1990), among other places, and is a part of the collections of museums and entities such as the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Musée National d’Art Modernein Paris and Fundación Juan March in Madrid.
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