We recognize the forms of the patterns of the world and we know that the details of any one part are different, even if slightly, from the details of another part. The patterns look natural, they look the way the world is made. Each line is a little bit different, a little bit defaced.”įerrante’s shifting the patterns over time provides anomalies that a viewer appreciates at an intuitive level. It moves with a mathematical pattern and once the structure is laid out I will start painting in the colours, one colour at a time. He explains, “I set a line structure but then I will deface it so it’s not that it is perfectly geometric, instead it will move. Time is an important element in Ferrante’s process. In Ferrante’s works, circles, squares, diamonds, and waves serve as ideas that inform, but as each successive layer of the painting is built up, the original drawing or pattern is altered. On second look, the viewer understands the relationships of painted line and color only suggest symmetry. The viewer looking quickly at Pintura 93/19 (2019) might first think the work offers a symmetrical overall pattern. As Ferrante says, “I try to achieve a conversation between the space, the painting, and the viewer.” In interests in bringing the viewer into direct engagement with his work, the sensibilities of Lygia Clark are visible. In sensitivities to geometry and color, one can see parallels to the more op art related work of Carlos Cruz-Diez.
In the conceptual origins of the mathematical systems behind his constructions and in the diversity of his projects, whether paintings, or murals, or installations in the open air, a viewer can see affinities with the works of fellow Argentinians Emilio Pettoruti and Tomás Maldonado. Mariano Ferrante’s richly colored works, often dense with lines and non-repeating patterns, come out of a conversation with the constructivist, concrete, and neo-concrete art movements as they were manifested in Latin America. The exhibition, the first dedicated to his new work, will be on view from September 12 to October 26, 2019. Opening Reception: Thursday, September 12, 6-8pmĪrt Projects International is pleased to present Mariano Ferrante: New Work, a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Mariano Ferrante.
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