Untitled 1962

This untitled artwork is a lithograph by Esteban Vicente. The stark contrast immediately captures your attention. It's a play between dense, dark masses and the subtle, lighter areas of the paper, creating a visual tension. The composition is an intricate web of marks. Vicente’s use of line and texture is prominent, with layers of hatching and cross-hatching that suggest a deep, almost impenetrable space. This density evokes both a sense of mystery and invites closer inspection. Vicente’s engagement with Abstract Expressionism reveals itself in the spontaneous and gestural nature of the marks. The absence of a clear focal point challenges traditional notions of perspective and invites a more decentralized reading of space. The lithograph destabilizes fixed meanings, engaging with new ways of thinking about perception. The overall structure and interplay between the dark marks and subtle grey of the paper create a dynamic tension. This is not just an aesthetic choice but part of a larger discourse on abstraction and the exploration of space.