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GRAHAM CANTIENI ABSTRACT COMPOSITION

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OTTAWA, Ontario, CA

GRAHAM CANTIENI (AUSTRALIAN/CANADIAN, B. 1938) OIL ON PAPER AND COLLAGE, SIGNED “CANTIENI 97” LOWER RIGHT A DYNAMIC ABSTRACT COMPOSITION FEATURING A CENTRAL BLACK RECTANGULAR COLLAGE ELEMENT SURROUNDED BY GESTURAL BRUSHWORK IN SHADES OF OCHRE, BLACK, AND WHITE 20 X 26 IN UNFRAMED GRAHAM CANTIENI (B. 1938) IS A DISTINGUISHED AUSTRALIAN-BORN CANADIAN ARTIST, CRITIC, AND EDUCATOR…

MACLEAN & ASSOCIATES INC
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OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada

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GRAHAM CANTIENI (AUSTRALIAN/CANADIAN, B. 1938)
OIL ON PAPER AND COLLAGE, SIGNED “CANTIENI 97” LOWER RIGHT
A DYNAMIC ABSTRACT COMPOSITION FEATURING A CENTRAL BLACK RECTANGULAR COLLAGE ELEMENT SURROUNDED BY GESTURAL BRUSHWORK IN SHADES OF OCHRE, BLACK, AND WHITE
20 X 26 IN
UNFRAMED
GRAHAM CANTIENI (B. 1938) IS A DISTINGUISHED AUSTRALIAN-BORN CANADIAN ARTIST, CRITIC, AND EDUCATOR WHO HAS BEEN A PIVOTAL FIGURE IN THE QUEBEC ART SCENE SINCE EMIGRATING IN THE LATE 1960S. AS A LONGTIME PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSIT� DE SHERBROOKE, HIS PRACTICE EXPLORES THE SEMIOTICS OF THE VISUAL FIELD, OFTEN INTEGRATING COLLAGE AND MIXED MEDIA TO PROBE THE TENSION BETWEEN SPONTANEITY AND RIGID STRUCTURE. HIS WORK IS RENOWNED FOR ITS INTELLECTUAL DEPTH AND TEXTURAL COMPLEXITY, REFLECTING A CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE WITH THE HISTORY OF ABSTRACTION. CANTIENI’S ARTWORK IS REPRESENTED IN MAJOR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING THE MUS�E NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QU�BEC AND THE MUS�E D’ART CONTEMPORAIN DE MONTR�AL.