Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Valerio Adami





























Valerio Adami  Spettacolo Allaperto  1967  oil on canvas  31.9" x 39.4"  
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 Adami and Patrick Caulfield were two painters that I have always had an interest in. Their use of line and bold color, interior and exterior space in the 60's was a harbinger of things to come in the 70's graphic styles in commercial art as well as funkier movements in the graphic based imagery of pop surrealism. I love the ambiguity of the Adami piece illustrated above. Both artists had such conviction.























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2 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 28, 2015 at 8:51 AM

    I share your linking of Adami & Caulfield, both struck me ,when I came upon the work as you did in the 60's ,as a way forward.
    Thanks
    Gary Stephan

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  2. Steve GibsonSeptember 1, 2015 at 8:40 PM

    Thanks for the comment Gary. They were touch stones for me especially since I was doing serigraphs at the time and the imagery resonated with me.

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