Roberto Matta and the Fourth Dimension
Matta: at the meeting point of surrealism and abstract expressionismA protagonist in the tale of surrealism's influence on American art at midcentury, the Chilean painter Roberto Matta initially…
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Matta: at the meeting point of surrealism and abstract expressionismA protagonist in the tale of surrealism's influence on American art at midcentury, the Chilean painter Roberto Matta initially trained as an architect, and moved to Paris in 1933 to work for Le Corbusier. It was in Paris that Matta met the surrealists. Inspired by non-Euclidian geometry (like Duchamp, de Chirico and others), Matta tried to give shape to structures built in his mind, creating space beyond conventional perspective. Additionally, through the writings of Russian philosopher Peter D. Ouspensky, Matta became fascinated with the idea of the "fourth dimension," and, upon his move to New York, transmitted these ideas to abstract expressionist painters such as Gorky, Motherwell and Pollock.The first overview of the artist in many years, Matta & the Fourth Dimension features