Index Code:

ART-SPR-DAD

Orgin:

Italy

Field Notes:

Serial holes and slits turn monochrome grounds into measured fields of air and light

Defining Moment:

The Volumi and Ricerca del colore works where removing material makes the wall itself part of the structural image

Dadamaino

(

1930–2004

)

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Dadamaino built a world where cuts and punctures open painting — voids operating as active spatial intervals.

Her works clarify absence as structural form.

Structural Focus

Boundary as Event

Edges, margins, thresholds, or limits carry meaning. Structure concentrates where form nearly disappears.

In Dadamaino’s work, this approach appears where punched and perforated surfaces allow absence to function as structure.

Position

Boundary as Event

Edges, margins, thresholds, or limits carry meaning. Structure concentrates where form nearly disappears.

In Dadamaino’s work, this approach appears where punched and perforated surfaces allow absence to function as structure.

Constructed Surfaces

Surfaces are built through layering, joining, and controlled fabrication.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Gesture

Gesture functions as structure through disciplined, repeatable action.

Material

Material behavior governs form through weight, resistance, and constraint.

Structure

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Art

Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.

Concrete Art

Geometry and logic replace expression and illusion.

Dadamaino

Structural Focus

Boundary as Event

Position

Boundary as Event

Observartory

In Dialogue

Dadamaino

Structural Focus

Boundary as Event

Position

Boundary as Event

Observartory

By Structural Focus

In Dialogue