Painting No #7

by Joseph Marioni

Artist Joseph Marioni (USA, född 1943)

Alternate Title

Målning nr. 7

Date1983

MediumAcrylic on canvas

DimensionsBildmått: 241 × 210 cm Yttermått: 241 × 210 × 3 cm

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LineDonation 2017 from Claes Nordenhake

Countries

United States

Object NumberMOM/2017/76

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkJoseph Marioni works with precision, applying one thin coat of colour after the other. The result is practically phosphorescent, and not unlike the radiance of a renaissance painting. According to the artist, the books on renaissance art in his childhood home belong to his earliest memories. Marioni has said that he paints with “liquid light” and that he sees colours as the material of archetypes. He wants to paint a portrait of every colour, to reveal its personality. The canvases are often stretched so that the bottom edge is narrower than the top. That is the case here too, although the difference is only half a centimetre. The painting appears to reach out to the viewer, with overwhelming effect.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signatur på dukens omvikningskant på baksidan, Påskrift på dukens omvikningskant på baksidan: 1983 #7, Etiketter på spännramen: / Williams College Museum of Art Temp Loan No 23.84.1 / / JOSEPH MARIONI Painting #7 1983 240 x 210 cm Acrylic and linen on stretcher /

Works by the artist