The AIofC: Earth Is A Man.

This is Matta’s 1942 painting entitled “The Earth Is A Man”. This abstraction is yet another example of a painting that is much more awe inspiring in person. But this digital print is a good reproduction of the original. This painting resembles MUCH of his 1940’s art. Look here. During that decade, the Chilean painter used similar yellows and green/gray tones to capture a wondrous view of the world around him. Most of these paintings depict the natural world, although they also are open to large amounts of interpretation.  The term “inscape” comes up; although this term refers to an “inner landscape” inside the artist.  Basically, the artist’s mind as a landscape in his/her paintings.  Matta’s “Invasion Of The Night”, another 1940’s piece, is VERY similar to “Earth Is A Man”, both in color and composition.

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-Sonny

~ by sonnywilkins on May 29, 2008.