Skip to main content
Filter artworksArtworks
Close

Select a category:

  • Painting
  • Sculpture
  • Photography
  • Works on paper
Filter by keyword
Width range
- inches
Height range
- inches
Filters

Date

Edition

Medium

Nationality

Style

Price range
$
-
$
19th, 20th, 21st Century Art
Taylor Graham
American and European Art
Search submit
Wishlist
0

Enquiry list

This artwork has been saved in your enquiry list. You can either review your list and make an enquiry, or continue to browse and find other artworks.
View enquiry list
Continue browsing
Menu
  • Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Paintings
  • Sculpture
  • Photography
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
  • Notable sales
  • Transport
  • Corporate art
  • Contact

Works on paper

Play video
Wildwood P16.36
Wildwood P16.36
Wildwood P16.36
Wildwood P16.36
Wildwood P16.36
Wildwood P16.36
Wildwood P16.36
Wildwood P16.36, 2016
Caio Fonseca
Ink on paper
23 x 30 1/4 inches
Framed: 32 x 39 inches
Signed: Caio (l.r.) Ciao [in script] (verso), Marked: Wildwood P16.30 2016 / 23 x 30 1/2 / ink on paper / Ciao Fonseca (verso)
Add to enquiry list
Remove from wishlist
Share
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
15 
of 116
artist Description provenance

artist

Well known for his abstract tonal paintings which have over several decades explored the interplay of forms interacting with each other, Caio Fonseca's work is in part influenced by his training and interest in classical musical composition. In Fifth Street C11.70, 2011 Fonseca has begun to distill his vision and approach to painting, which results in a boldly minimalist painting with shades of grayish blacks punctuated against a white background. Fonseca aspires toward abstraction in the purest sense, or, as he explains, that which can be communicated in paint alone as a medium. There are musical and mathematical allusions in his works, and a reference to his studio on Fifth Street in the title. His works are avidly collected because they just look great on the walls. At the young age of 42 in 2001 Fonseca joined an elite club of living artists whose works have been acquired by major contemporary museums such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. It is interesting to note that few of Fonseca's pictures turn up in the auctions rooms or in the secondary market, because his collectors simply do not want to part with them.

Description

Fonseca's 2016 Wildwood series represents a notable departure for the artist: vertical striations are laid upon largely white paper substrates speckled with ink, and atop those marks Fonseca has superimposed dots, circles, curves, and thick lines of brilliant color. As in all of Fonseca's painted oeuvre, these works on paper are titled primarily after the location that inspired their creation-in this case, the town of Wildwood-and secondarily, on a numeric scale, by their year (16) and number in the series (36). Prevalent in the Wildwood series is an atmosphere of control. Though Fonseca's marks appear spontaneous in form and placement, they rest upon a deliberate grid. To Fonseca, Composition forms content. The vertical lines within Wildwood P16.36 provide an essential substrate upon which to "read" the composition; as the artist himself states, legibility and forward motion are paramount:

 

"The relationships and interconnectedness between many forms, especially when read almost from left to right, creates a sensation of movement. It is perhaps the one aspect that I wouldn't want to give up even as my work continues to evolve in many ways."

—Caio Fonseca

                                                            

provenance

Studio of the Artist

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences

New York

5 East 82nd Street

New York, NY 10028

 

203.216.3088

646.422.7884

 

Monday - Friday

9am - 5pm

And by Appointment

GREENWICH

80 Greenwich Avenue

Greenwich, CT 06830

 

203.216.3088

203.489.3163

 

Tuesday – Saturday

10am – 5pm

PORT CHESTER

168 Irving Avenue

Suite 301B

Port Chester, NY 10573

 

914.937.2070

 

By Appointment

Send an email
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Artsy, opens in a new tab.
Copyright © 2022 Taylor Graham
Site by Artlogic
Cookie policy

NEW YORK

5 East 82nd Street, New York, NY 10028 203.216.3088 - 646.422.7884 info@taylorandgraham.com
Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm and by Appointment

PORT CHESTER

168 Irving Avenue, Suite 301B Port Chester, NY 10573 914.937.2070
By Appointment

GREENWICH

80 Greenwich Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830 203.489.3136 – 203.216.3088 info@taylorandgraham.com
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm