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#ArtissimaPresents: enjoy our curated sections presentation, while waiting for the fair! — For their participation at #Artissima2019 ► Section Back to the Future ►@waldengallery is pleased to present ANTONIO SLEPAK ► In the picture: N 112, 1979 — Antonio Slepak (B. 1939 Montevideo, Uruguay) was a self-taught artist. In the late 1960s, he started a formal research from which emerged an important series of works. He developed a group of symbols, presented as a language, that synthesized the two most important international movements of that time – Pop Art and Kinetic Art. Unlike his colleagues working on Concrete Poetry, Slepak didn’t chose the alphabet, but used common and invented symbols as subjects for experimentation, repetition and deformation, developing a personal language: the multiplication of shapes on the surface of the painting, paired with the violent chromatism or contrast of black and white. The repetition and distortion of the same element, created a pattern that was eventually perceived as a whole. This also eliminated the meaning inherent to certain letters and words, positioning him closer to geometric abstraction. The project for Artissima 2019 features distinctive groups of work: one composed by Slepak’s particular cross over between Pop and Concrete Universalism acrylic on canvas; a series of everyday symbols in repetition and deformation; and one that presents Slepak’s personal universe of symbols. — #staytuned #Artissima26 #ArtissimaBTTF #waldengallery #art #artfair #artecontemporanea #contemporaryart #fiera #fair #collectors #artgallery #galleriadarte #Torino #Turin #artist #instaart #arte #exhibition #contemporary #artcollector #contemporaryartist #collecting