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ASO-0344, Archive catalogue designation: The Resistant Void, Augusto Salvatore Oppo
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Archive catalogue designation
Archive editorial register; designation not attributed to the artist.
Work number
ASO-0344
Author
Augusto Salvatore Oppo
Category
Painting
Year
1980
Materials
-
Dimensions
35 x 30 cm
Artwork location
Sassari
Collection
Famiglia Oppo

The white void advances into black and resists, irregular as a presence that will not be enclosed. A vast white space opens at the centre, compressed above and at the sides by great black masses with curved, jagged edges. At left, a vertical red and grey band suggests a wall or threshold; small upright nuclei in violet, green and black appear along the pale route, while fine marks and a suspended yellow form gather in the distance. Black strokes descend from above like a curtain, and a white cavity is cut out at right. Depth arises through the alternation of central emptiness and lateral encumbrances: minute presences measure the space without determining its function.