Nadir Afonso (December 4, 1920 – December 11, 2013)
is a Portuguese geometric abstractionist painter. He studied painting in Paris
and became one of the pioneers of Kinetic art. His art is based on observation
and perception, not imagination. Afonso uses geometry and the bases of
perceiving angles and circles into his art. His first piece or art was the
painting he drew when he was 4, which was a circle. At that time, he began
moving toward observed objects. Afonso started going from an inspiration period
to another in 1949. After his period or learning, he moved back to his hometown
in order to be isolated and focus in his arts. By his 50s, he was recognized
internationally in Paris and New York.
I think that Afonso’s art shows us the feeling of geometry
in life. Construction of geometry is always the base of things in everyday life.
Trees are a stick and a circle, the building are rectangles, and posters are
squares. I think that he influences these kinds of shapes because he likes
using perfect shapes and apply it to his art. The feeling of environment show
his inspirations of places in the world. There are paintings that show holy
sites, buildings, cities, and sunsets.
I think that his art is strong because it makes many people
feel like everything is fitting where it belongs. It could also help people
with OCD. I would suggest putting more colors and definitely applying a background
color because they are almost white all the time. I find the variety of colors in the paintings powerful because it makes each object distinguishable from the other.
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I really like his work. They are beautiful, simple, and very organized. They look nice, and the shapes are almost abstract, but together they make really nice cityscapes. I love the different colors that he uses. I think they go well together. I disagree about the background. I think the white or light colored backgrounds really helps to make the image pop, and I think it may get a little jumbled and confusing if the artist were to add more color in the background.
ReplyDeleteI really liked these pictures too. They are very colorful, and the white adds something too. They kind of invoke movement, and are kind of lyrical. Really beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting how the artist combines the specificity of geometry with these abstract ideas. It works really well, and creates art that is quite distinctive.
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