Theoretically the artist never paints anything which is external to himself. In the middle of our century, the purely abstract picture without any regular order of forms and colors has become the most frequent expression in painting. The deeper the dissolution of 'reality', the more the picture loses its symbolic content. The reason for this lies in the nature of the symbol and its function. But in merely abstract paintings, the world of the known has completely vanished.
Nothing is left to form a bridge to the unknown.
The sign, any sign, has the property of drawing us on and on. A perpetual toward, which is never a here. They are pointers or indications that tell us what we are searching for lies farther on. Octavio Paz Convergences Please visit again soon. The exhibit space will change regularly for your enjoyment.