THE ARTWORK
In Antonio Dias’s The archipelago and the islands, an elongated, irregular form occupies a small part of a broad, quiet field. Its presence focuses the eye, while the title introduces a geographical reference that can also be read as a relationship between fragment and whole.
The 1974 screenprint on die-cut card belongs to the portfolio The illustration of art. The work creates tension between surface, boundary and recognition: what appears reduced retains a precise weight through the surrounding space. Observation becomes a journey between form, word and the possibility of assigning meaning.
The 1974 screenprint on die-cut card belongs to the portfolio The illustration of art. The work creates tension between surface, boundary and recognition: what appears reduced retains a precise weight through the surrounding space. Observation becomes a journey between form, word and the possibility of assigning meaning.