Francis Celentano Edition 1/7

For over 30 years, Celentano has made paintings composed entirely of narrow stripes of brilliant color that modulate in intensity and from hue to hue.  “I am interested in creating dramatic visual compositions by means of manipulating various relationships between color and shape…I intend the painting to be the thing represented…By manipulating pigment in a certain way I generate color independent of how it appears in our familiar world of ambient light by removing the illusion of atmosphere, distance and shadow.” –Francis Celentano statement