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Raum und raüme, 1999

Space and Spaces, 1999
Collage, 21 x 30 cm
The meshes painted by Néstor Sanmiguel Diest show a balance between austerity and abundance, between signs and figures. This artist, a leading light of the 1980s avant-garde in Aragon, constructs his works as an obsessive drawing of lines methodically delimiting fragmented spaces. Some divide the surface of the work into rectangles of various sizes placed over a handwritten text or typescript. Others are strongly suggestive of geometric abstraction. In a 1980s artistic milieu that was dominated by abstraction in language and materials, the work of Néstor Sanmiguel is closer to that of Post-Conceptual American artists who favoured emphasising the sign and the consumer society in a postmodern withdrawal from Pop art principles.
Néstor Sanmiguel constructs his work like a veritable visual palimpsest.

Technical details

Original title:
Raum und raüme
Registration number:
5078
Artist:
Sanmiguel Diest, Néstor
Date created:
1999
Date acquired:
2013
Fonds:
MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
Object type:
Collage
Media:
Ink and lacquer on paper
Dimensions:
21 x 30 cm (height x width)
Credits:
MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation. Fundación Repsol Collection
Copyright:
© Néstor Sanmiguel Diest
It has accessibility resources:
No

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