Spine on its Side, 1970
In 1970, Castoro developed a series of freestanding panels that occupied the space as sculptural forms. Their surfaces were created from plaster applied with a broom, which was then covered with graphite shading, so that the works combined painting, sculpture and drawing.
In stating that ‘my panels are my containers’, Castoro clearly indicates the importance of the body in her practice. Indeed, the artist took numerous photographs that she pasted in her journals and which show her adopting dance poses within her works or interacting with ropes suspended in front of them.
Technical details
- Original title:
- Spine on its Side
- Registration number:
- 5734
- Artist:
- Castoro, Rosemarie
- Date created:
- 1970
- Date acquired:
- 2018
- Fonds:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
- Object type:
- Object
- Media:
- Gesso, modeling paste and graphite on masonite
- Dimensions:
- 214.2 x 457.2 x 116.84 cm (height x width x depth)
- Credits:
- MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
- Copyright:
- © The Estate of Rosemarie Castoro
- It has accessibility resources:
- No
The MACBA Collection features Catalan, Spanish and international art and, although it includes works from the 1920s onwards, its primary focus is on the period between the 1960s and the present.
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