Luis Tomasello

The work

Chromoplastic Atmosphere No. 992
2011
62.5 x 62.5 x 10 cm
Acrylic on wood

Chromoplastic Atmosphere is part of a long series created by Tomasello throughout his career as an artist.
The color white and a rigorous geometric order are its foundations. In this specific work, on a white-painted wooden surface, six rows of four pyramidal wooden bodies, also painted the same color, are glued to the surface by one of their edges and have painted surfaces on both sides that are not directly visible.
The color, illuminated by light, is only perceived through its reflection on the white surface of the plane. The vibration of color is captured and diffused throughout the work.
A completely frontal position best serves as a starting point. The viewer, moving in both directions, will see the changes that occur.
The perception of the image is constantly unstable, as it varies depending on the intensity of the light, the angle of incidence, and also the viewer’s position.

The artist

(La Plata, Argentina, 1915 – Paris, 2014)

Reflecting Mondrian’s formal teachings and Impressionist investigations into color, the Argentine artist Luis Tomasello, who lived in Paris in 1957, developed an investigation aimed at showing the effects of light falling on a white surface and its reflection in the colored areas.
Kinetic art, and in Tomasello’s case, Latin American optical kineticism, feels like an heir to Constructivism and Neoplasticism, and is reflected in Mondrian, Malevich, Van Gogh, and, above all, Torres García.