Composizione n. 317. 1979

composition no. 438, 1988

composition no. 327. 1979

composition no. 327. 1975

composition no. 163. 1968

i stumbled across ferruccio bortoluzzi’s work in my last year of high school and randomly found myself thinking about it again this morning. everything feels worn down and weathered, almost like it’s been through something, but the compositions still feel surprisingly modern. there’s a really nice balance between rough surfaces and structure that keeps the work from feeling dated.

i think that’s what i’ve always liked about concretism in general… how much it can do with so little. it’s mostly shapes, lines, structure, and composition, but somehow it never feels boring when it’s done right. everything just clicks into place. there’s something simple to it but not in a lazy way. his work is built on strong compositions rather than trends, and that’s probably why it holds up so well… definitely in my books of cool shit. by tnt