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Robert Motherwell: Elegy

Past exhibition
March 6 - May 12, 2019
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Robert Motherwell Study for Elegy to theSpanish Republic No.110E, 1968 Acrylic and graphite onpaper 15.2 x 20.3 cm
Robert Motherwell
Study for Elegy to theSpanish Republic No.110E, 1968
Acrylic and graphite onpaper
15.2 x 20.3 cm

Barakat Contemporary is pleased to announce Robert Motherwell – Elegy on view from 6th March to 12th May 2019. Robert Motherwell was one of the leaders in Abstract Expressionism, the most revolutionary movement in 20th century contemporary art. He was one of the first-generation of Abstract Expressionist group known as the New York School alongside Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko. Motherwell is also known as an artist who have made a milestone beyond his work by introducing American to European contemporary art, Dadaism in particular.

 

In 1948, Motherwell began the series, Elegy to the Spanish Republic, which became his most celebrated work. Intended as a work of mourning for the Spanish Civil War, it acquired the “elegy” name later on; the series would be seen as the best example of the artist’s approach to Abstract Expressionist painting. Consisting of different combinations of vertical rectangles or lines and ovals in black and white, the series share a profound philosophical message about life and death, inviting viewers to experience the power of all living things through consolation and meditation.

 

His artistic body of work regarded as representation of the very essence of 20th century modernist painting. Clement Greenberg, one of the most Influential critics of American modernism, described Motherwell as “the very best of the Abstract Expressionist painters.” Robert Motherwell’s paintings and artistic approach would prove influential to many later artists.

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Installation Views
  • Elegy, 2019, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Elegy, 2019, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • Elegy, 2019, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Elegy, 2019, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • Elegy, 2019, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Elegy, 2019, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • Elegy, 2019, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Elegy, 2019, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

  • Elegy, 2019, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

    Elegy, 2019, Installation View, Barakat Contemporary

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Works
  • Robert Motherwell Study for Elegy to theSpanish Republic No.110E, 1968 Acrylic and graphite onpaper 15.2 x 20.3 cm
    Robert Motherwell
    Study for Elegy to theSpanish Republic No.110E, 1968
    Acrylic and graphite onpaper
    15.2 x 20.3 cm
  • Robert Motherwell A View No. 1, 1958 Oil on canvas 206.1 x 264.2 cm
    Robert Motherwell
    A View No. 1, 1958
    Oil on canvas
    206.1 x 264.2 cm
  • Robert Motherwell Elegy to the SpanishRepublic No. 110C, 1968 Acrylic and graphite on paper 15.2 x 20.3 cm
    Robert Motherwell
    Elegy to the SpanishRepublic No. 110C, 1968
    Acrylic and graphite on paper
    15.2 x 20.3 cm
  • Robert Motherwell Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 130, 1974-1975 Acrylic on canvas 243.8 x 304.8 cm
    Robert Motherwell
    Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 130, 1974-1975
    Acrylic on canvas
    243.8 x 304.8 cm
  • Robert Motherwell Black Image with Ochre, 1967 Acrylic and ink on paper 77.5 x 55.9 cm
    Robert Motherwell
    Black Image with Ochre, 1967
    Acrylic and ink on paper
    77.5 x 55.9 cm
  • Robert Motherwell Elegy Sketch, 1980-ca.1984 Acrylic on canvas board 15 x 29.5 cm
    Robert Motherwell
    Elegy Sketch, 1980-ca.1984
    Acrylic on canvas board
    15 x 29.5 cm
  • Robert Motherwell Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 60, 1960 Oil on paperboard 29.2 x 35.6 cm
    Robert Motherwell
    Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 60, 1960
    Oil on paperboard
    29.2 x 35.6 cm
  • Robert Motherwell Elegy to the SpanishRepublic No. 163, 1979-1982 Acrylic and Conte crayonon board 59.1 x 74.3 cm
    Robert Motherwell
    Elegy to the SpanishRepublic No. 163, 1979-1982
    Acrylic and Conte crayonon board
    59.1 x 74.3 cm
  • Robert Motherwell Homage to Catalonia, 1985 Acrylic on canvas 61 x 91.4 cm
    Robert Motherwell
    Homage to Catalonia, 1985
    Acrylic on canvas
    61 x 91.4 cm
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Press
  • KOR | Two Masters Who Sublimated Inner Anxiety Into Paintings

    MK News, Jihyun Jeon, April 17, 2019
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  • KOR | Abstraction, Each With Different Roots

    Art in Culture, Dongkuk Lee, April 1, 2019
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  • KOR | American Art's Intersection Between Europe and Asia

    Monthly Art, Yooshin Jeon, April 1, 2019
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  • KOR | Robert Motherwell, "Master of American Abstract Expressionism," Has Arrived

    Herald Economic, Hanbit Lee, March 12, 2019
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  • KOR | Planes, Close Lines, Dots...Is it Prison or a Clenched Fist

    Seoul Economic, Sangin Cho, March 5, 2019
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  • KOR | Get Steeped in the 20th Century's 'New York Abstraction'

    The Dong-A Ilbo, Min Kim, March 5, 2019
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