Blanton Museum of Art - Los geólogos [The Geologists]

Los geólogos [The Geologists]

1962
20th century
50.1 cm x 35.2 cm (19 3/4 in. x 13 7/8 in.)

Jorge de la Vega (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1930 - 1971, Buenos Aires) Primary

Object Type: drawing

Artist Nationality: Latin America, Argentinean

Medium and Support: Ink on paper

Credit Line: Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of Barbara Duncan, 1974

Accession Number: G1974.18.11

Object Description: Jorge de la Vega explores in his drawings a new way of representing human and animal figures, which became key subjects of his work during the early 1960s. In “Los geólogos,” three figures seem to stand above animal skeletal remains, which the passage of time will transform into fossils. De la Vega’s intense, bold outlines lend his figures a sense of anxiety as they contemplate the grim destiny of all things alive.

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