Salvador Victoria

(Rubielos de Mora, Teruel, 1928- Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 1994)

Concentración (Concentration)

1975

oil on board

195 x 141 cm

Inv. no. P00274

BBVA Collection Spain



After his earlier figurative works with geometric echoes, in 1956 the artist travelled to Paris where he entered into contact with the happening movements of the time. His practice then veered towards Art Informel, with a heightened taste for matter and colour.

With Egon Nicolaus (1928-1988) he founded the Tempo group (1963) with which he exhibited in several European countries.

After returning to Madrid in 1965 his practice began to move away from Art Informel, as he started to introduce collages of canvas cut with a curvilinear line, and to replace tempera with oil paint. Then, little by little he abandoned
and used only oil and board to create a personal volumetric cosmos of spheres, cones and pyramids. This is the period to which this work belongs, a piece that presents a cosmogony-like landscape, made up of round forms floating in an atmosphere dominated by veiled glazes. It is a reflective space where geometry remits to order and perfection. Concentración represents the most approachable, most intimate side of Salvador Victoria, bringing us closer to his mental landscapes.