Loose fit (Blue)
(2002)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
111.3 × 112.5 cm
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
Accession Number
2003.479
Department
Contemporary Art
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
Subjects (general)
Abstract Art Concepts and Ideas Nonrepresentational Art
Subjects (specific)
canvas paintings creases (condition) folds gloss (optical property) paintings (visual works) wrinkles
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)