Portraying the unrepresentable: “the methodical eye” of the early modern meta-painting. “Las Meninas” , from Velazquez to Picasso
Oana Șerban Abstract The aim of this paper is to examine and define a new aesthetical paradigm, claimed by the speculative painting, following two different but connected artistic discourses: Las Meninas by Velazquez, and its 58 replicas of Pablo Picasso, the self-portrait being possible only as representation of the fictional author and its authorial Ego. … [Read more…]