Forma [Form]

María Freire’s forms are her own. They do not derive from the artist’s observations of the outside world, nor do they reference pre-Columbian design like the work of fellow Uruguayan artist Juan Torres-Garcia. Similar to the work of her concrete and neo-concrete artist contemporaries in Europe and Latin America, Freire’s work is free of external meaning. This drawing is part of a series of works on paper, paintings, and sculptures that explore the potential of pure forms. Using these organic-seeming shapes, she experimented with two and three-dimensionality, repetition, and color relationships. Freire’s work grew more elaborate as she added shapes and colors to her graphic lexicon.