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Ángela de la Cruz — Deflated (Magenta)
Ángela de la Cruz

Deflated (Magenta)

2010

A boldly coloured canvas sags and collapses under its own weight, its magenta-painted surface folding and creasing as it slumps against the wall. Angela de la Cruz subverts the traditional conventions of painting by treating the canvas as a physical, sculptural object rather than a flat picture plane. The work evokes a sense of exhaustion and defeat, blurring the boundary between painting and sculpture.

Medium
oil on canvas

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Ángela de la Cruz, Deflated (Magenta), 2010

A boldly coloured canvas sags and collapses under its own weight, its magenta-painted surface folding and creasing as it slumps against the wall. Angela de la Cruz subverts the traditional conventions of painting by treating the canvas as a physical, sculptural object rather than a flat picture plane. The work evokes a sense of exhaustion and defeat, blurring the boundary between painting and sculpture.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
2010
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Melancholic Mood, Sculptural Painting, Conceptual Art, Abstract Painting, Contemporary Artist, Spanish Artist, Magenta, Deflated Form, Female Artist, Oil on Canvas

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