Barth - Action Painting No. 3

The work draws on an Informal aesthetic language. The devastation wrought by the Second World War left a profound mark on Western civilization, which in the visual arts also resulted in an inability to communicate. For some artists, this challenge resulted in a total rejection of any visual language, which resulted in the birth of Informal Art. The various Informal movements are certainly connected to American Abstract Expressionism, especially with regard to the gestural component, but they go further in their rejection of any figurative element, even geometric. Their research focuses instead on the material from which their works are composed.

In this series of works, the painter Barth displays strong inspiration from Jackson Pollock and American Abstract Expressionism. These paintings are clearly the product of a highly energetic and instinctive action painting process. The creative process that led the artist to create these works can be essentially divided into three stages. An initial layer of broad areas of color, sometimes in dissonant hues, forms the foundation of the work. Over this base, the painter traces long black lines. Finally, the gestural process culminates with dripping, or the dripping of paint directly onto the canvas, introducing more subtle, calligraphic motifs.

Barth is the pseudonym used by Quinto Bartolomeo, a painter and modern art critic. Author of several essays and books, he has received numerous academic accolades: an honorary degree from the Pro Deo International University in New York, president of the Academy of European Community Studies, and a member of the Academic Senate of the International Academy of Modern Art. He is considered the founder of the "Logic of Forms" movement. He has exhibited his work in numerous exhibitions (Foreign Press, Rome - Galleria San Luca; Venice - Galleria Mouffe; Paris - Galleria Vallobresuse; Palm Beach, Florida - Mirvin Art in New York - Galleria Motte; Geneva - Galleria Modigliani; Milan - Artexpo, New York, San Francisco).

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