Untitled (Abstract) (Sem título (Abstrato)), Geraldo de Barros, 1951
Geraldo de BarrosBrasil, 1923–1998

Untitled (Abstract) (Sem título (Abstrato))

1951 · Photograph

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Geraldo de Barros pushed photography to its limits. This image’s network of pale lines offers few clues to its real-world subject. Instead it hovers at the very edge of visibility, inviting viewers to contemplate the subtle range of gradations between white and palest gray.

A key figure in Brazilian modern art, Geraldo de Barros worked across the fields of painting, photography, and graphic and industrial design. His approach to photography resonated with a growing abstract art movement in Brazil: he employed multiple exposures, drew and etched on negatives, and reassembled fragments of negatives into new compositions.

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