Original colour silkscreen. Hand-signed, dated and numbered.
This radiant silkscreen by Piero Dorazio from the Gobelins series presents diagonal hatched bands in red, green, white, pink, and yellow interlacing across a deep blue ground. The overlapping colour ribbons create a complex woven texture that oscillates between flatness and depth, evoking both the historic tapestry traditions of the Gobelins manufactory and the optical dynamism of postwar European abstraction. Dorazio's masterful control of transparency and layering generates luminous passages where colours merge and separate, producing a visual rhythm that is at once orderly and endlessly varied.
Piero Dorazio (Italy, 1927–2005) was a painter and theorist associated with post-war abstraction and the development of European geometric art. Known for his vibrant, dynamic compositions of intersecting lines and radiant colors, Dorazio explored light and spatial relationships. His work contributed significantly to the international abstract art movement.
Silkscreen Silkscreen is a printmaking method that uses a screen made of silk or other mesh fabric. The screen is treated with a substance that blocks ink in certain areas, allowing ink to pass through only in the desired sections. Each color in the print requires a separate screen.
Original colour silkscreen. Hand-signed, dated and numbered.
This radiant silkscreen by Piero Dorazio from the Gobelins series presents diagonal hatched bands in red, green, white, pink, and yellow interlacing across a deep blue ground. The overlapping colour ribbons create a complex woven texture that oscillates between flatness and depth, evoking both the historic tapestry traditions of the Gobelins manufactory and the optical dynamism of postwar European abstraction. Dorazio's masterful control of transparency and layering generates luminous passages where colours merge and separate, producing a visual rhythm that is at once orderly and endlessly varied.
Piero Dorazio (Italy, 1927–2005) was a painter and theorist associated with post-war abstraction and the development of European geometric art. Known for his vibrant, dynamic compositions of intersecting lines and radiant colors, Dorazio explored light and spatial relationships. His work contributed significantly to the international abstract art movement.
The progressive elements in our society have to maintain a revolutionary and Avant-Garde position.
- Piero Dorazio
Piero Dorazio (b. 1927 Italy, d. 2005 Italy) was a prominent Italian artist celebrated for his contributions to abstract painting and his exploration of color and form. A founding member of the influential Italian art group Forma 1, Dorazio sought to promote abstract art in post-war Italy, drawing inspiration from Futurism, Constructivism, and international avant-garde movements. His work is characterized by vibrant, intersecting lines and luminous color fields that create dynamic and rhythmic compositions, conveying a sense of movement and optical vibration. Throughout his career, Dorazio remained committed to the expressive potential of pure color and geometric abstraction, believing in the spiritual and transformative power of art. He exhibited extensively across Europe and the United States, and his work has had a lasting impact on the development of abstract art in the 20th century. (Artist website)
Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art that uses geometric shapes arranged in a non-illusionistic space (though not always) and combined into non-representational (non-objective) compositions. Based on years of artistic research, some artists have proposed that geometric abstraction offers a solution to modern challenges by rejecting traditional illusionistic practices in favor of clarity and simplicity.