This thesis analyses the artistic career of Rafael Armengol (Benimodo, 1940) and the exhibition Blanc (Galería Thema, Valencia), understood as the radical culmination of a research path lasting more than sixty years, focused on colour, visual perception, and the construction of the image. Through a historical-critical approach and direct investigation based on a visit to the artist’s studio and a personal interview, the study examines the evolution of Armengol’s pictorial language, from experimentation with the grid and halftone reticle to the extreme reduction to white as material and structural principle. The first chapter reconstructs the artist’s formation and poetic development, highlighting the use of the reticle, the pixel, and other analytical tools for visual perception and critical dialogue with art history. The second chapter explores the exhibition Blanc, analysing the works, curatorial choices, and spatial organisation within Galería Thema, showing how the sixteen canvases presented constitute a coherent synthesis of light, space, and pictorial corporeality. The third chapter introduces a methodological perspective grounded in direct experience with the artist and in the relationship with the gallery, understood as a place of cultural mediation.
L’elaborato analizza il percorso artistico di Rafael Armengol (Benimodo, 1940) e la mostra Blanc (Galería Thema, Valencia), considerata come esito radicale di una ricerca lunga oltre sessant’anni sul colore, sulla percezione visiva e sulla costruzione dell’immagine. Attraverso una prospettiva storico-critica e un’indagine diretta basata su visita allo studio e intervista personale, l’elaborato indaga l’evoluzione del linguaggio pittorico dell’artista, dalla sperimentazione con la griglia e il retino fino alla riduzione estrema al bianco come materia e principio strutturale. Il primo capitolo ricostruisce la formazione e lo sviluppo della poetica di Armengol, evidenziando l’uso del retino, del pixel e di altri strumenti di analisi della visione e di dialogo critico con la storia dell’arte. Il secondo capitolo approfondisce l’esposizione Blanc, analizzando opere, curatela e allestimento nella Galleria Thema, mostrando come le sedici tele presentate costituiscano una sintesi coerente tra luce, spazio e corpo pittorico. Il terzo capitolo introduce una prospettiva metodologica fondata sull’esperienza diretta con l’artista e sul rapporto con la galleria, intesa come luogo di mediazione culturale.
Il bianco come approdo. Blanc di Rafael Armengol tra pratica espositiva e riflessione pittorica.
SARVESE, DANIELA
2024/2025
Abstract
This thesis analyses the artistic career of Rafael Armengol (Benimodo, 1940) and the exhibition Blanc (Galería Thema, Valencia), understood as the radical culmination of a research path lasting more than sixty years, focused on colour, visual perception, and the construction of the image. Through a historical-critical approach and direct investigation based on a visit to the artist’s studio and a personal interview, the study examines the evolution of Armengol’s pictorial language, from experimentation with the grid and halftone reticle to the extreme reduction to white as material and structural principle. The first chapter reconstructs the artist’s formation and poetic development, highlighting the use of the reticle, the pixel, and other analytical tools for visual perception and critical dialogue with art history. The second chapter explores the exhibition Blanc, analysing the works, curatorial choices, and spatial organisation within Galería Thema, showing how the sixteen canvases presented constitute a coherent synthesis of light, space, and pictorial corporeality. The third chapter introduces a methodological perspective grounded in direct experience with the artist and in the relationship with the gallery, understood as a place of cultural mediation.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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