• Photo © Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman / kunst-dokumentation.com
  • Photo © Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman / kunst-dokumentation.com
  • Photo © Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman / kunst-dokumentation.com
  • Photo © Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman / kunst-dokumentation.com

Antonio Ortega

L'Angélus 34

From 2022, Ortega will return to painting after ten years solely working conceptually. The exhibition L’Angélus is the first presentation of the series of canvases depicting a pair of stones. The composition refers to Dalí’s painting Archaeological Reminiscence of Millet’s “Angelus” (Réminiscence archéologique de l'”Angélus” de Millet) from 1934, which is itself a reference to Jean-Francois Millet’s L’Angelus from 1859. Hence the work spans 165 years of art history. For Ortega, stones function as pareidolia.*
*Objects that – as with clouds – are interpreted by the viewers themselves by consciously or unconsciously discovering things or supposed faces in them.

Year 2023
Details
oil on canvas, wood
Size 24 x 33 cm, framed 26,5 x 35,5 x 3 cm
Edition
unique
Authenticity signed and dated on the back
Exhibitions 16.03.–27.04.2024: ANTONIO ORTEGA. L'Angélus, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Vienna

 


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