Ignasi Aballí, Gran error, 1998
MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation. Gift of Jordi Soley. © Ignasi Aballí, 2023.
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Gran error, 1998
Big Mistake, 1998
Installation,
100 x 100 cm
The artistic trajectory of Ignasi Aballí, an artist that comes from a classical background in the Fine Arts, quickly evolved toward the predominance of the concept versus pictorial illusionism. Aballí suspends the image and annuls any possibility of fiction. ‘I came to the conclusion that I preferred to suggest the presence of a painting rather than show the painting directly. I was more interested in leaving the image in suspension’, explains the artist. With the act of painting becoming problematic, Aballí developed multiple strategies to push the notion of painting to the limit. Elements of the ‘pictorial’, such as the layer of varnish, the stretcher or correction fluid, become an allusion to the non-existent painting.
Technical details
- Original title:
- Gran error
- Registration number:
- 1671
- Artist:
- Aballí, Ignasi
- Date created:
- 1998
- Date acquired:
- 2001
- Fonds:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
- Object type:
- Installation
- Media:
- Plastic paint and correction fluid on wall
- Dimensions:
- 100 x 100 cm (height x width)
- Credits:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation. Gift of Jordi Soley
- Copyright:
- © Ignasi Aballí
- It has accessibility resources:
- Yes
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