Matias Spescha's Abstraction of Inner Spiritual Space
Matias Spescha's painting practice rejects passive contemplation, aiming instead to release accumulated energy. Over decades, he has pursued reduction, becoming a painter of abstraction focused on humanity's inner spiritual space. His work cultivates contradiction: a varied richness within asceticism, despite repetitive spectacle. The local becomes an abstract, empty space where the viewer stands without being the center. Spescha acknowledges his painting as European, yet his attempts to separate Being from Appearing align him with Asian practices.
Key facts
- Matias Spescha's paintings aim to liberate accumulated energy, not invite passive contemplation.
- He has conducted decades-long research on reduction.
- He is described as a painter of abstraction of man's inner spiritual space.
- His work cultivates contradiction between multiple richness and asceticism.
- The local space in his work is abstract and empty, with the viewer not at the center.
- Spescha recognizes his painting as European.
- His attempts to separate Being from Appearing align with Asian practice.
- The article was published in artpress in May 1994.
Entities
Artists
- Matias Spescha
Institutions
- artpress
Sources
- artpress —