Iridescent Interpenetration
Italian: Compenetrazione iridiscente
ArtistGiacomo Balla
Year1912 (1912)–1914 (1914)

Iridescent Interpenetration (Italian: Compenetrazione iridiscente) is the title of several artworks and studies in a series by Italian Futurist painter Giacomo Balla, created between 1912 and 1914, which feature intersecting triangles and other geometric patterns in kaleidoscopic color.

In Iridescent Interpenetration, Balla attempts to separate the experience of light from the perception of objects as such, in an approach he had experimented with in Welcome to Düsseldorf. The works suggest an extension of the pictured surface beyond the borders of the frame.[1]

The earliest known study in the series was on a postcard which Balla mailed to his friend and student Gino Galli on November 21, 1912. He referred to the images as iride ('spectrum' or 'rainbow').[1]

Works in the series include:

Title Year Dimensions Material Gallery References
Iridescent Interpenetration No. 1191299 cm × 59 cm
(39 in × 23+14 in)
oil and wax crayon on canvasLydia Winston Malbin Collection[2]
Compenetrazione iridiscente n. 4 – studio della luce
(Iridescent Interpenetration No. 4 – Study of light)
1912 or 191349.5 cm × 42 cm
(19+12 in × 16+916 in)
oil and pencil on paperGalleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy[3][4]
Iridescent Interpenetration No.5 – Eucalyptus1914101 cm × 120 cm
(39+58 in × 47+14 in)
oil on canvas[5][6]
Iridescent Interpenetration No. 7191283.0 cm × 83.0 cm
(32+1116 in × 32+1116 in)
oil on canvasGalleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy[7][8]
Iridescent Interpenetration191325 cm × 50 cm
(9+1316 in × 19+1116 in)
[9]
Iridescent Compenetration1913watercolor on paperprivate collection[10]
Compenetrazione iridescente n. 13
(Iridescent Interpenetration No.13)
1914[11]
Study for Compenetrazione iridiscente191218.6 cm × 24.0 cm
(7+516 in × 9+716 in)
pencil and watercolor on paperGalleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy[12]
Study for Compenetrazione iridiscente (dai Taccuini di Düsseldorf)
(Iridescent interpenetration [from the Düsseldorf notebooks])
191217.6 cm × 18.7 cm
(6+1516 in × 7+38 in)
pencil and watercolor on paperGalleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy[13]
Study for Compenetrazione iridiscente n. 2 (Iridescent Interpenetration no. 2)191222.1 cm × 17.6 cm
(8+1116 in × 6+1516 in)
pencil and watercolor on paperGalleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy[14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Poggi, Christine (2009). "Photogenic Abstraction: Giacomo Balla's Iridescent Interpenetrations". Inventing Futurism: The Art and Politics of Artificial Optimism. Princeton University Press. pp. 109–149. ISBN 9780691133706.
  2. "BALLA, GIACOMO; Iridescent Interpenetration No. 1; 1912". University of Michigan. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  3. "Iridescent Interpenetration No. 4 - Study Of Light". WikiArt. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  4. Dell'Arco, Maurizio Fagiolo (September 15, 1988). Balla, the futurist. Rizzoli. p. 72. ISBN 0847809196. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  5. "Iridescent Interpenetration No.5 - Eucalyptus". WikiArt. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  6. Alfieri, Bruno (1969). "Metro". Metro (16–17): 112. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
  7. "Iridescent Interpenetration No.7". WikiArt. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  8. "Compenetrazione iridiscente n. 7 (Iridescent interpenetration no. 7)". Inventing Abstraction 1910–1925. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. "Iridescent Interpenetration". WikiArt. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  10. "Iridescent Compenetration". WikiArt. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  11. "Iridescent Interpenetration No. 13". WikiArt. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  12. "Study for Compenetrazione iridiscente (Iridescent Interpenetration)". Inventing Abstraction 1910–1925. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  13. "Study for Compenetrazione iridiscente (dai Taccuini di Düsseldorf) (Iridescent interpenetration [from the Düsseldorf notebooks])". Inventing Abstraction 1910–1925. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  14. "Study for Compenetrazione iridiscente n. 2 (Iridescent Interpenetration no. 2)". Inventing Abstraction 1910–1925. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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