Axdeer
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Manuel Espinosa
(Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1912–2006)
NationalityArgentinean, South America
Date1972
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 39 11/16 x 39 5/8 in. (100.8 x 100.7 cm)
Canvas: 39 x 39 in. (99.1 x 99.1 cm)
Canvas: 39 x 39 in. (99.1 x 99.1 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Barbara Duncan, G1973.12.6
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Rights Statement
Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object numberG1973.12.6
On View
Not on viewManuel Espinosa’s Axdeer is a composition in subtle tones. Axdeer embodies the characteristics art historians have repeatedly associated with Espinosa’s work: elegance, lyricism, and harmony.
Espinosa uses different color tones to produce a three-dimensional illusionistic effect. Thus, he subtly suggests a situation that transcends the rectangularity of his canvas. Through the unconventional nature of his art works he challenges the viewer’s expectations and hopes to inspire them. His goal parallels that of avant-garde politics; he strives for an improved socially democratic society. Whether these aesthetic developments could help bring about social transformations remains an open question.
Exhibitions
![Formas [Forms]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14659/thumbnail)
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![Elemento B [Element B]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14667/thumbnail)
![Homenaje a Pallière A [Homage to Pallière A]](/internal/media/dispatcher/15598/thumbnail)
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![Signo convexo [Convex Sign]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14669/thumbnail)
![Signo convexo [Convex Sign]](/internal/media/dispatcher/14668/thumbnail)
![Tres sectores circulares [Three Circular Sectors]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7473/thumbnail)