THE ARTWORK
In Graham Sutherland’s La brèche, a green form crosses a dark field above a yellow area interrupted by a central opening. High up, a luminous disc provides a distant focal point, while the figure’s details suggest an organism difficult to identify as a precise subject.
The 1975 lithograph builds tension through colour contrasts and changes in depth. The title evokes a breach, a point of passage or rupture. The eye moves between the lower opening and the suspended presence, encountering a visionary environment in which landscape and body seem to transform one another.
The 1975 lithograph builds tension through colour contrasts and changes in depth. The title evokes a breach, a point of passage or rupture. The eye moves between the lower opening and the suspended presence, encountering a visionary environment in which landscape and body seem to transform one another.