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Artworks
Ricardo Brey
Ciprés, 2021Mixed media on paper27 3/4 x 39 1/4 in (70.5 x 99.7 cm)
31 5/8 x 43 1/8 x 2 in framed (80.3 x 109.5 x 5.1 cm framed)RBR273Further images
Unable to leave his home and studio in Ghent, Belgium, during the global Covid-19 pandemic, Brey turned to the color blue, which he associated with the sky and the sea,...Unable to leave his home and studio in Ghent, Belgium, during the global Covid-19 pandemic, Brey turned to the color blue, which he associated with the sky and the sea, symbols of an unattainable expansiveness and freedom. In his works from this period like Ciprés (2021), Brey adopts an almost exclusively blue palette, a significant departure from the earth-colored ochres and rusty reds of previous works on paper. These blues range from the deepest and darkest shades of indigo to the lightest, soft, gentle blues seen in Ciprés, which he created using pastel and gouache on paper prepared with indigo blue. The organic rhizome-like forms seen in Ciprés can be found across many other recent works on paper, drifting back and forth through the depths of blue, visually and thematically linking his latest body of works.
