The artwork that I have chosen to review is titled Butterfly String, painted in the year 1977 by abstract painter Leonard Contino, which is currently being exhibited among other modern pieces at the Dallas Museum of Art. Although abstract art may be at the bottom of my list when it comes to my preferred style of painting, when encountering artwork that intentionally removes any and all recognizable figures and themes from its composition I feel obligated to analyze the work on a deeper level in order to extract an idea or meaning that closely reflects what the artist was attempting to communicate to the viewer.
Within this painting, Contino has designed a composition of various hard-edged geometrical shapes that overlap each other and are purposefully placed in the center of the canvas, resolved with a palette comprised of mostly muted secondary colors. The arrangement of these shapes seems to suggest that the artist meant to create the illusion of an object floating …show more content…
The lack of saturated colors definitely drive the viewer toward a more calm state of mind and the faded edges mentioned earlier can easily be associated with feelings of , however, because the shapes are so crisp and straight, there is still a sense of energy that is strong and deliberate. The eyes are continuously traveling across the canvas randomly, gradually breaking down the object into separate parts that make sense to the viewer, and allows them to feel comfortable enough to analyze it. What I chose to take from this piece was the idea that the overall construction of these shapes and lines was meant to encourage the constant exploration of space and planes within pictorial illusions such as this
Within this painting, Contino has designed a composition of various hard-edged geometrical shapes that overlap each other and are purposefully placed in the center of the canvas, resolved with a palette comprised of mostly muted secondary colors. The arrangement of these shapes seems to suggest that the artist meant to create the illusion of an object floating …show more content…
The lack of saturated colors definitely drive the viewer toward a more calm state of mind and the faded edges mentioned earlier can easily be associated with feelings of , however, because the shapes are so crisp and straight, there is still a sense of energy that is strong and deliberate. The eyes are continuously traveling across the canvas randomly, gradually breaking down the object into separate parts that make sense to the viewer, and allows them to feel comfortable enough to analyze it. What I chose to take from this piece was the idea that the overall construction of these shapes and lines was meant to encourage the constant exploration of space and planes within pictorial illusions such as this