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Jordi Teixidor
(Valencia, 1941)
Untitled
1984
oil on canvas
162.1 x 97.5 cm
Inv. no. 1664
BBVA Collection Spain
This work, which seems to represent a landscape or some kind of plant structure, as if it were depicting the leaves of a tree, is much more than that: it is a poetic and thoughtful representation that tries to show the spectator the emotional and spiritual condition of its creator.
After training at the School of Fine Arts of Valencia, in 1966 Teixidor began working at the Museo de Arte Abstracto Español in Cuenca, where he soon became acquainted with the artists grouped around it. From that moment onwards, his practice, initially close to
Pop Art
An art movement that emerged at the same time in the United Kingdom and the United States in the mid-twentieth century, as a reaction against Abstract Expressionism. The movement drew its inspiration from the aesthetics of comics and advertising, and functioned as a critique of consumerism and the capitalist society of its time. Its greatest exponents are Richard Hamilton (1922-2011) in England and Andy Warhol (1928-1987) in the United States.
, shifted to a form of
Geometric Abstraction
A term introduced in the 1920s to name a kind of abstract art based on scientific and mathematical principles. The main goal was to eliminate all subjectivity in favour of art based on the essence of geometric forms. Its main champions were Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935) and Piet Mondrian (1872-1944).
leaning towards
Constructivism
an art and architecture movement born in 1914 in Russia which became known particularly after the October Revolution. The movement defends an active engagement of the artwork with its surrounding space. The term was first used by Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) in 1917 to contemptuously describe a work by Aleksander Rodchenko (1891-1956) and it did not have a positive connotation until the
Realist Manifesto
from 1920.
and conceptually closer to US
Minimal Art
Term which refers to the movement that emerged in New York in the 1960s and which would then develop throughout the 1970s. In reaction against
Abstract Expressionism
This contemporary painting movement emerged within the field of abstraction in the 1940s in the United States, from where it spread worldwide. Rooted in similar premises and postulates as Surrealism, the Abstract Expressionist artists regarded the act of painting as a spontaneous and unconscious activity, a dynamic bodily action divested of any kind of prior planning. The works belonging to this movement are defined by the use of pure, vibrant primary colours that convey a profound sense of freedom. The movement’s main pioneers were, among others, Arshile Gorky (1904-1948) and Hans Hoffman (1880-1966). Leading Spanish exponents of the movement are Esteban Vicente (1903-2001) and José Guerrero (1914-1991), who lived for some time in New York City, where they were in first-hand contact with the many artistic innovations taking place there around that time.
, the movement proposed a paring down of abstract forms, a quest for utmost simplicity, very precise finishes, and a perfecting of pure geometric figures. It also championed a reduction of the artist’s input and a greater involvement of spectators, with the intention of triggering an intellectual stimulus so that they would take on a greater role in the actual configuration of the artwork itself. Particularly outstanding names in this movement are Dan Flavin (1933-1996), Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), Frank Stella (1936), Donald Judd (1928-1994) and Robert Morris (1931-2018).
, Barnett Newman (1905-1970), Mark Rothko (1903-1970) and Julian Schnabel (1951).
Little by little, Teixidor grew more interested in colour per se and in strictly painterly issues, chromatic ranges and rhythms and in the positions championed by the French
Support-Surface
tendencia artística que se oponía a movimientos como el minimal y el neodadaísmo en favor del propio acto pictórico. Los componentes de este efímero grupo concedían la misma importancia a los materiales, al gesto pictórico y a la obra acabada, desplazando el tema a un segundo término.
movement, which he joined in the late 1970s, getting in touch with the painters revolving around the magazine
Trama
.
This work is dominated by colour and by expressive, free-flowing and energetic brushwork. The paint seems to slide down the canvas, organising itself in small groups of colour. It is an example of so-called Abstract Impressionism, of which Joan Mitchell (1925 - 1992) was the main exponent, a second generation
Abstract Expressionism
This contemporary painting movement emerged within the field of abstraction in the 1940s in the United States, from where it spread worldwide. Rooted in similar premises and postulates as Surrealism, the Abstract Expressionist artists regarded the act of painting as a spontaneous and unconscious activity, a dynamic bodily action divested of any kind of prior planning. The works belonging to this movement are defined by the use of pure, vibrant primary colours that convey a profound sense of freedom. The movement’s main pioneers were, among others, Arshile Gorky (1904-1948) and Hans Hoffman (1880-1966). Leading Spanish exponents of the movement are Esteban Vicente (1903-2001) and José Guerrero (1914-1991), who lived for some time in New York City, where they were in first-hand contact with the many artistic innovations taking place there around that time.
in which pathos has been abandoned in favour of colour.
In this work we can intuit a revisiting of Monet’s water lilies, applied with expressiveness and with a free gesture. It is a sort of “emotional landscape” of the artist’s feelings, where order and balance are to the fore.
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