Six centuries of artistic creation
1931- Portugal
One of the many studies carried out in the 1960s using common materials such as plywood and industrial paint. The relationship between the geometry of the support - a square - and the geometry of the colour lines - which form a rhombus - interact in a geometric rhythmic modulation that raises the question whether we are actually facing a square or a rhombus. In 1966, thanks to a scholarship, Jorge Pinheiro travelled across Europe, where he discovered new forms of expression, such as geometric abstractionism and constructivism. This experience led him to a first break with figuration, beginning one of the most fertile periods of work and reflection around geometric abstraction and colour, developing a thorough research on geometric form and modulations, gradations and chromatic rhythms.
| Oil on canvas, glued on plywood, 100 x 100 cm
| CHAVES. Nadir Afonso Contemporary Art Museum