François Morellet, 2 trames (10°-100°) strip-teasing 4 fois n°3, 2008, FM364 | Artworks | Mennour

2008

Medium

Acrylique sur toile sur bois / Acrylic paint on canvas on wood

Dimensions

123 × 123 cm

Status

For Sale

Price

On request

Collect24 Art ID

C24-189316

Since 1952, ‘geometric’ lines suddenly appear and gradually invade almost all of François Morellet’s works. These lines have been the basis of all the creative “systems” developed by the artist. In the 2000s, François Morellet began a series humorously entitled “Strip-Teasing”. It originates in the “perverse and perhaps senile pleasure to provoke the confrontation, on the same segment of a straight line, of two absolute antagonists, the line and the strip”. On a white background, thin pencil lines are either interrupted, contradicted or highlighted by the thickness of large black acrylic paint strips. In 2006, Morellet explained the title of this series as follows: “strip-teasing recalls both the act of undressing and the teasing of a strip.” The work 2 trames (10°-100°) strip-teasing 4 times n°3 diverts a grid system he developped since the 1970sby superposing four times a strip on top of the lines.