Lot Essay
Al centro della pratica pittorica di Piero Dorazio troviamo il continuo dialogo con l’esperienza ottica; le tele dell’artista databili tra la fine degli anni Cinquanta e l’inizio degli anni Sessanta incarnano il suo fascino per la coscienza visiva. Dorazio realizzò sovrapposizioni e intersezioni di pittura sottile per creare piani paralleli che, se visti nel complesso, formavano una rete di colori fitta e materica.
Piero Dorazio’s ongoing dialogue with optical experience lay at the heart of his painting practice. Evolving from his earlier experiments with Mondrian-esque grids, Dorazio’s canvases of the late 1950s and early 1960s embody his fascination with a visual consciousness. Dorazio made overlapping and intersecting strokes of thin paint to create parallel planes that, when viewed together.
Piero Dorazio’s ongoing dialogue with optical experience lay at the heart of his painting practice. Evolving from his earlier experiments with Mondrian-esque grids, Dorazio’s canvases of the late 1950s and early 1960s embody his fascination with a visual consciousness. Dorazio made overlapping and intersecting strokes of thin paint to create parallel planes that, when viewed together.