2017

VIOLETA

VIOLETA 2017

INTRODUCTION

The spiritual qualities of the color violet have obsessed Ricardo Mazal since an artistic breakthrough in 2016. The Violeta series marks a radical departure for the artist, in that, for the first time, his source material is not a specific geographical site, but rather the universal “non-site” of a single color. Violet is the color most regularly associated with mysticism and spirituality throughout the planet. The invisible, the unknowable, and the meta-physical are often represented by this august tone.

Mazal speaks of these paintings as “coming from within” as opposed to the earlier series that found their sources outside, in the material world. Part of Mazal’s purpose in focusing on violet has been to explore variations on the spiritual effects of the color as it passes from warmth to coolness, goes through various tonal emanations and chromatic saturations in order to create what has been described as a visual equivalent to contemporary classical music.

PAINTINGS

Violet Blue 7, 2017 Oil on Linen 91 x 130 in, 230 x 330 cm
Violet 6, 2017 Oil on Linen 91 x 89 in, 230 x 225 cm
Violet Red 7, 2017 Oil on Linen 91 x 152 in, 230 x 385 cm
Violet 7, 2017 Oil on Linen 91 x 130 in, 230 x 330 cm
Violet Blue 8, 2017 Oil on Linen 91 x 100 in, 230 x 255 cm
White Over Violet 5, 2017 Oil on Linen 87 x 100 in, 220 x 255 cm
White Over Violet 6, 2017 Oil on Linen 87 x 100 in, 220 x 255 cm
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White Over Violet 7, 2017 Oil on Linen 87 x 100 in, 220 x 255 cm
Violet G3, 2017 Oil on Linen 91 x 98 in, 230 x 250 cm
Violet G2, 2017 Oil on Linen 91 x 98 in, 230 x 250 cm
Violet Red 9, 2017 Oil on Linen 87 x 100in, 220 x 255 cm
Violet G4, 2017 Oil on Linen 87 x 98 in, 220 x 250 cm
White Over Violet 8, 2017 Oil on Linen 26 x 28 in, 66 x 72 inches
Violet G5, 2017 Oil on Linen 66 x 72 in, 168 x 183 cm
Red and Violet Red 3, Violet and Violet Blue 3, Split Violet Blue 5, Violet Blue and Grey 2, 2017 Oil on Linen 27 x 26 in, 69 x 66 cm
Violet 10, Violet Blue 11, Violet Red 11, White Over Violet, 2017 Oil on Linen 27 x 26 in, 69 x 66 cm
Violet Blue 9, 2017 Oil on Linen 66 x 60 in, 168 x 152 cm
Violet 8, 2017 Oil on Linen 66 x 60 in, 168 x 152 cm
Violet Red 10, 2017 Oil on Linen 66 x 60 in, 168 x 172 cm
Violet 9, 2017 Oil on Linen 66 x 60 in, 168 x 172 cm
Violet Blue 10, 2017 Oil on Linen 66 x 60 in, 168 x 172 cm

INSTALLATION VIEWS

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