R-37, En el allá disparado desde ningún comienzo (R-37, There Within, Launched From No Beginning), 1960
Acrylic with sand and mixed media on canvas
13 3/4 x 35 3/8 in.
35 x 90 cm
35 x 90 cm
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“R-37, En el allá disparado desde ningún comienzo (R-37, There Within, Launched From No Beginning),” 1960 is a textured, horizontal composition in which a monochromatic painting is pierced by a...
“R-37, En el allá disparado desde ningún comienzo (R-37, There Within, Launched From No Beginning),” 1960 is a textured, horizontal composition in which a monochromatic painting is pierced by a horizontal white crevasse, which shows the interior of the canvas. By showing the interior Gramcko reveals the different layers of matter in which she worked with the potentiality of a pictorial surface treated as a geological territory devoid of life. The work is an exploration of the matter, delving into painting as a medium that reveals an in-depth dimension through its thickness and density. The inversion of the vertical axis for a horizontal one is a radical gesture that adds a discursive element to expand the limits of traditional painting. The work becomes a thing, freed from rules and conventions.
Exhibitions
Elsa Gramcko: The Invisible Plot of Things, Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, Houston, TX, May 13 to July 2, 2022.Contesting Modernity. Informalism in Venezuela 1955 -1975. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, October 28, 2018 to January 21, 2019.
Elsa Gramcko, Una aquimista de nuestro tiempo. Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Venezuela, September to November, 1997.
Elsa Gramcko, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela. January to February, 1961.
Publications
Rangel Gabriela, Aruna D’Souza. Elsa Gramcko: The Invisible Plot of Things. Published by Sicardi | Ayers | Bacino, James Cohan, printed by Faenza Group, Italy, 2022, p. 51.
Ramírez, Mari C, Melina Kervanjian, Heather Brand, Anthony Beckwith, Héctor Olea, Tahía Rivero, María C. Gaztambide, Josefina M. Cabrera, and Gabriela Rangel. Contesting Modernity: Informalism in Venezuela, 1955-1975. 2018, Print.
Elsa Gramcko Geometría e Informalismo. Published by Fundacion Mercantil. Caracas, 2004, p. 149.