Black Rock Top

Barbara Rossi

Black Rock Top, 1972104.1 x 83.8cmSign in to view price
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Material
acrylic on plexiglas with printed satin, oil on  wood frame 
Description
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This vibrant contemporary artwork features an array of surreal, fantastical figures against a dark, abstract background. The composition blends organic shapes and forms in a riot of bold colors, creating a visually captivating and imaginative scene. The artist employs a distinctive style, combining elements of abstraction, expressionism, and fantasy to depict a dreamlike, subconscious world. While the subject matter is open to interpretation, the artwork invites the viewer to engage with its intriguing, enigmatic imagery and explore the artist's unique creative vision. ...

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Barbara Rossi
Artist
Barbara Rossi
B.1940, American

Barbara Rossi is an artist associated with the Chicago Imagist movement of the mid-20th Century. Rossi’s paintings are recognisable through their pastel green, lavender and pale-yellow depictions of amorphous yet somehow perceptible figures and uncertain shapes in a style that straddles both abstraction and figuration. Rossi appropriated imagery and techniques from a wide variety of sources and cultures, including pointillism, surrealism, Mughal-era miniature paintings – for which Rossi travelled to India to research first-hand – and Aboriginal Australian painting, whose inspiration can be seen in the artist’s reverse Plexiglas works. Rossi remarks that the varied references from which she takes reference are “a special kind of image that lets you know how much there is in the world.” ...

Barbara Rossi: Artworks
Black Rock Top
Barbara Rossi
Black Rock Top, 1972
104.1 x 83.8cm
Shep Step II
Barbara Rossi
Shep Step II, 1973
77.5 x 63.5cm
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