Dots Dots Dots: Abstractions - curated by Juliana Angulo

A curation by Juliana Angulo, Art Historian, Curator, and Advisor at FAREX & Singulart - Art history has long been fascinated by dots. During the 19th century, French Pointillist artists applied small dots of color in their paintings rather than mixing pigments, creating innovative and vibrant compositions through repetition. In Modern and Contemporary times, Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein reimagined the dot as a symbol of mass culture and made it central to his work. Damien Hirst on the other hand, introduced dots in his “Spot Paintings,” where colorful circles explore chance and order. Yayoi Kusama, for her part, became the most well-known dot-obsessed artist in the world, taking these types of patterns to new levels. Since childhood, she experienced mental visions of polka dots covering her surroundings and adopted the dot as her main creative language. Throughout her career, she produced paintings, sculptures, and immersive spaces filled with dots that symbolize notions such as infinity, rhythm, and continuity. This collection presents works where dots are at times calculated and static, while others float freely across the canvas, creating a sense of movement and depth oscillating between control and spontaneity. Ultimately, this series pays tribute to Kusama’s life and emblematic artistic motif while revisiting the use of dots as explorations of form and space.

12 Artworks

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