Liu Ye Mrs. Schroeder, 2020
Acrylic on canvas
38 x 60 cm (15 x 23 5/8 in) (unframed)
40 x 62 x 4,5 cm (15 3/4 x 24 3/8 x 1 3/4 in) (framed)
40 x 62 x 4,5 cm (15 3/4 x 24 3/8 x 1 3/4 in) (framed)
Mrs. Schroeder depicts a detail from the façade of the Rietveld Schroeder House. The nestled rectangles of windows, protruding balconies and handrails can be read as near abstract composition.
Comparing this work with the artist’s 1998-2003 painting of the entire building with a small figure looking on, makes clear Liu Ye’s statement from his 2014 catalogue raisonné of wanting “to strip away as much of the feeling, narrative, and plot points as possible and rely on the foundations of the painting like scale, color scheme, and composition.”
Comparing this work with the artist’s 1998-2003 painting of the entire building with a small figure looking on, makes clear Liu Ye’s statement from his 2014 catalogue raisonné of wanting “to strip away as much of the feeling, narrative, and plot points as possible and rely on the foundations of the painting like scale, color scheme, and composition.”
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