Rafael Canogar

(Toledo, 1935)

Monotipo no. 20

1990

mixed media and collage on paper

121 x 80 cm

Inv. no. 4007

BBVA Collection Spain


The depiction of groups of figures whose contours are outlined with thick paint marks or partially cut out against the support is frequent in Canogar’s work.

In the series Monotipos from 1990, of which the BBVA Collection has four works, the focal points are sketchy representations of bottles or heads.

Silhouetted bottles or inscrutable sketchy heads with fragmented contours, arranged in a space where grey brushstrokes and areas of bright colours inject a sense of energy and contrast with the chromatic austerity of the background.