Mark Tobey poetically abstract

Mark Tobey poeticamente astratto/Mark Tobey, poetically abstract is the anthological exhibition, curated by Philippe Daverio and Dominique Stella, which presents about ninety works from 1925 to 1974, mostly never seen before and all certified by the “Tobey Archive” of Muenster (Germany).
The works on display, made using different techniques, from ink to tempera, from ballpoint pen to pencil, from plaster to pastel, reflect detailed abstractions, which are the distinctive features of Tobey’s work. His canvases, spaces heavy with unvarying colour and repeated lines, are at the same time simple and complex, conceptual and intuitive. The dark colours, the greys and the light touch characterize the majority of these paintings and they often remind the viewer of the natural world, especially showing nature close-up. They remind us of a network of cells, seen through a microscope, a rocky surface marked by the weather or the bark veins of a tree.