Vestido bajando la escalera

Vetsido bajando una escalera
Costume descending stairs
ArtistEduardo Arroyo
Year1976
LocationInstitut Valencià d'Art Modern

Vestido bajando la escalera is a painting by Eduardo Arroyo.[1] It belongs to the collection of the Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, in València.[1] It is part of the Blind Painters series.[2]

Arroyo, who exiled himself in Paris during the 1960s and attempted to become a writer, switched into the painting in the 1970s.[1] Alongside Gilles Aillaud and Antonio Recalcati, they collectively create the painting Vivre et laisser mourir ou la fin tragique de Marcel Duchamp, a work in eight pieces intended to criticize the contemporary French art.[1] Vestido bajando la escalera was intended to be a continuation of the previous one, as well as a pop art[3] counterpoint to Duchamp's Nu descendant un escalier.[1] Unlike Duschamp's work, here the suit does not descend the stairs, but just seems to be floating, an scenery that has been regarded as criticism against the accommodation of art.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (2019). 50 obras maesstras de la Colección del IVAM : 1950–2000. Rocío. Robles Tardóo. València: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern. ISBN 978-84-482-6416-1. OCLC 1241664690.
  2. ^ Rodríguez Gimeno, Rafa (22 May 2019). "IVAM, 30 años en 10 obras (III): Eduardo Arroyo". Verlanga. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ Preckler, Ana María (2003). Historia del arte universal de los siglos XIX y XX (in Spanish). Editorial Complutense. ISBN 978-84-7491-707-9.