Caio Fonseca
(American, b. 1959)

"Pietra Santa Painting", 1996

gouache and ink on paper
signed lower right, and signed, dated and titled en verso with a "Knoedler & Company, New York, New York" label.
Float-mounted, matted, glazed and framed.
sheet 10" x 14", framed 17-3/4" x 21-3/4"

Provenance: Knoedler & Company, New York, New York; Collection of Polly and Ed Renwick, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Literature: Peter Elley, "Caio Fonseca", BOMB No. 81 (FAll 2002), pp. 10-13.

Notes: Since the 1970s, Caio Fonseca has continuously created works in his Pietrasanta series, inspired by his yearly stays in the Italian town. Informed by the shapes and layers found in collage, these paintings are populated by contorted forms that meander across the canvas, undulating with an almost lyrical sense of movement.
Fonseca has stressed how significant Pietrasanta itself is to his stylistic approach;
"It's the kind of monastic almost scholastic experience that I need for my kind of work, because it's not about hearing the world or getting inspiration from outside, but from considering the medium itself. It's...very introspective."

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