Loose fit (Blue)
(2002)
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of Michael Buxton, Governor, and Anna Schwartz, Governor, 2003
©angeladelacruz
- Gallery location
- Level 3, NGV International
About this work
Angela de la Cruz’s paintings appear to have been vandalised and desecrated, but these are deliberate acts on the part of the artist to literally deconstruct the grandiosity of painting. De la Cruz’s work is situated within the monochrome painting tradition: from the twentieth century onwards, monochrome painting signalled a radical departure from figurative art, emphasising the materiality of painting rather than illusion and representation. Lucio Fontana’s ‘slash paintings’ of the 1950s and 60s, one of which is in the NGV Collection, provides further context for de la Cruz in terms of the way destructive processes can be deployed for aesthetic ends.
Artwork Details
Purchased through the NGV Foundation with the assistance of Michael Buxton, Governor, and Anna Schwartz, Governor, 2003
©angeladelacruz
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited