Cristina Ghetti
'Folding' Geometric Abstract Black and White Acrylic Painting
2017

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‘Folding’ is a medium size abstract geometric acrylic on canvas painting created by Argentinian artist Cristina Ghetti in 2017. Featuring a black and white palette, the painting showcases a series of parallel lines that play with our eye. Alternating linear and undulating effects, the painting reveals a subtle kinetic property. Leaving us feeling mesmerized and drawn in, the painter invites us into her own world. Set inside a square format, this piece is unframed. Placed anywhere in a home, whether above a chest-of-drawers, console table or buffet, this abstract geometric acrylic on canvas painting will enliven any wall beautifully. Cristina Ghetti was born in Buenos Aires but today lives in Valencia, Spain. If one were to describe Cristina’s work, some of the words that might come to mind would be energy, linearity, aberration and color… although she frequently creates monochrome pieces. Her work typically features a series of parallel lines with a variety of aberrations that tend to focus attention while at the same time enhancing the entire piece. Whether monochromatic or with dozens of colors, Cristina’s pieces always brighten up whatever space they occupy. If geometry comes to mind when viewing Cristina’s pieces, that is no accident. She received her Bachelor and Masters in Fine Arts, from UPV, Sant Carlos Polytechnic University Valencia, Spain. She has a Masters in Visual Arts and Multimedia from Valencia Polytechnic University and expanded on the subject in her PhD thesis: “Post Medial Geometry”. Cristina’s work very much epitomizes the notion of the intersection of art and science, and the world has indeed taken notice. She interrelates geometry, color, movement and sound, using the languages developed in the conceptual territory of abstraction. Her paintings are generated first in the computer, and then translated to traditional painting, mixing and playing with media crossings. Her works can be found in galleries around the world in cities such as New York, Miami, Toronto, London, Barcelona, Bonn, and Panama City among others. Shows 2017 Feria Barcú, Bogotá Colombia, Montichiari Art Fair, Brescia, Group Show, Lima, Perú, Medellin Art Fair, Medellín, Colombia, Positions Berlin, 100 kubik, Art Karlsruhe, Germany (100 kubik Gallery), “Art and Mathematics”, group show, Casa de l’ensenyanza, Cullera, Spain, Color enlightment, Solo show Panamá City. Panama. 2016 Gallery artists group show, Panamá, Arts and Mathematics, group show, Polythecnic University Valencia, sala d’exposicions Palau Comptal, Cocentaina, Spain, Pinazo com a pretext, group show, Sala d’expositions

Creator:
Cristina Ghetti (1969, Argentinian)
Creation Year:
2017
Dimensions:
Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 31 in (78.74 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Acrylic
Movement & Style:
Abstract
Period:
21st Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Rye, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU42532822501
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Cristina Ghetti

Cristina Ghetti is an abstract painter whose work mobilizes the visual languages of Op Art, Geometric Abstraction, and Kinetic Art to explore the intersection of perception and reality. Born in Argentina, she lives and works in Valencia, Spain. Ghetti earned her Master of Visual Arts and Multimedia at the Polytechnic University in Valencia, Spain, where she developed a strong interest in working with experts in adjacent fields, such as infomaticians and mathematicians. Her research into the development of new geometries in the visual arts culminated in her doctoral thesis, titled “Post Medial Geometry.” Ghetti has exhibited her work extensively, including recent exhibitions at MACBA (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Buenos Aires), the Argentine Embassy, Washington, DC, and Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL, among others. Her work is in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Contemporary Art and Design of San José Costa Rica, the Municipal Museum of Plastic Arts Eduardo Sívori, Buenos Aires, the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts of the Province of Corrientes, the Provincial Museum of Santa Rosa, Province of La Pampa, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, the Max Aub Foundation, and the Sculpture Park of Rincón de Ademuz, Spain, as well as in numerous private collections. Ghetti is interested in cross-disciplinary methods and tools. She originates her compositions on the computer, utilizing digital tools to develop images that trick the mind into perceiving things like movement and depth on a two-dimensional, static plane. She then translates her compositions into traditional paintings using acrylic paint on canvas. What is most interesting to her about this process is the perceptual and experiential relationships it uncovers. Digital media allows her to immerse herself within a virtual environment, while the work of translating that virtual image into a material image-object using paint and canvas raises questions about where the line can be drawn between reality and perception.