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Editor: This is an Untitled acrylic painting by Horacio Garcia-Rossi. It has a very clean, almost graphic feel with the concentric bands of color and the bright yellow circle. How would you interpret this piece, focusing on its symbols? Curator: This untitled work presents a compelling visual field. The circle, historically and cross-culturally, often embodies wholeness, the self, or even the divine. Given Garcia-Rossi’s Argentinian background, the strong geometric shapes might evoke pre-Columbian art, a reach towards roots and cultural identity within abstraction. What emotional resonance do you find in that bright yellow disc nestled within the other colors? Editor: I didn't immediately think of that, but it does add another dimension! I felt a warmth from the yellow and a sense of containment or maybe protection from the blues and greens that almost cradle the sphere. Curator: Precisely. Notice how the colors graduate, almost mimicking a sunrise or sunset? Color-field painting often aims to evoke emotion directly, bypassing direct representation. Garcia-Rossi perhaps subtly explores cyclical themes of nature, the sun’s energy as life-giving and restorative. The hard edges lend it a sense of modernity, a clean break from more traditional forms, but do you think it totally detaches from those older symbolic meanings? Editor: Not entirely. The colors feel primal, connected to nature. It's a combination of forward-thinking design and something deeply ingrained. Curator: It's an excellent point. The strength of his hard-edged, geometric work lies in how it embraces both visual purity and a symbolic connection to history, creating a powerful tension. I wonder, how does this perspective shape your own viewing now? Editor: I appreciate the interplay between what feels very modern, the 'pop' of the colors and simple shapes, versus this potential reach back to ancient cultural symbols. It makes it far more layered than I initially perceived.