Conversation
1973
Roberto Matta's 'Conversation' is an oil painting from 1973 that showcases the Chilean surrealist's characteristic biomorphic forms and dynamic composition. The work explores themes of dialogue and interaction through abstract language.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session
November 13, 2019
Spotted works by Roberto Matta
Artists in conversation
Yves Tanguy
French · b. 1900
Tanguy's surrealist oil paintings feature similar biomorphic forms floating in ambiguous dreamlike spaces, sharing Matta's vocabulary of organic abstract shapes engaged in implied dialogue and interaction within dynamic compositions.
Arshile Gorky
American · b. 1904
Gorky's late paintings blend surrealist biomorphic abstraction with expressive gestural energy, closely mirroring the fluid organic forms and emotionally charged figuration seen in Matta's Conversation.
Wifredo Lam
Cuban · b. 1902
Lam worked within surrealist and expressionist frameworks to create densely layered figurative abstractions with hybrid biomorphic beings, reflecting the same themes of mysterious interaction and dialogue found in Matta's 1973 work.
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