Luis Feito and Asia | The unique brushstroke

Son of a butcher with a spiritual vocation, Luis Feito (Madrid, 1929) studied in Paris using only black, ochre and white people. On his return to Madrid he founds El Paso (1957) with other Spanish artists, and discovers the potential of light, which leads him to use red in circular motifs. He confesses to being "an Indian madman", struck by the combination of colors worn by the peasant women on the roadside. The influence of Japanese art can be seen in the large black bands that begin on the ground, to work immediately without seeing the whole. Inspired by Chinese calligraphy, it highlights how the starting point of oriental art is the phrase that gives it meaning, as opposed to the pure gestures of western abstract art.
Eighth episode of the mini-documentary series entitled "Asia and I. Conversations with artists", which includes extracts from interviews with thirteen artists by the curatorial team of the exhibition "The Asian Principle. China, Japan and India and contemporary art in Spain (1957-2017)" as part of the oral history project "Asia and contemporary art in Spain".
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© 2017, Fundación Juan March, Madrid

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