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Rodolfo Abularach Untitled, c. 1970s
Oil on canvas, 14 × 14 in. Private collection, Santa Barbara
It was in 1966, as Abularach once explained, while experimenting with lithography at the Tamarind Institute in Los Angeles, that “suddenly the eye came out.” From then onward, it remained a recurring motif in his work. This painting presents the organ in a disquieting state. Demonstrating the influence of Surrealism—and echoing the title of the exhibition, In the House of the Trembling Eye —it may act as a portal to a different mode of consciousness or an unknown interior world. —HJ
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