Molto lontano 1982

Antonio Corpora made Molto lontano with oil paint, but when? It's a mystery. The colors here aren't quite naturalistic, but feel like a memory of a landscape. The yellow is like a haze, blurring the greens and blues. Look at the center of the piece, where the blue is, and see how the yellow paint splatters over it, making this amazing visual texture. It's as if the painting is a record of the act of painting, the way a Jackson Pollock painting is. There’s a transparency and layering that reminds me a little of Joan Mitchell, but with a softer, more diffused touch. Both artists capture light and atmosphere, but where Mitchell's paintings can feel explosive, Corpora's feels more like a quiet meditation. It shows that art is a language, spoken in different accents and dialects.