Meeting Point
2014-2015
Bruno Pacheco
oil on canvas
174,8 x 390 x 5,1 cm
currently not on display
acquired in 2016
inventory number 3394
met steun van / with support of Stichting Promotors Van Abbemuseum
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Description
Pacheco invites the viewer to look for possible stories. Here we see a procession of people with backpacks walking through tall grass. Are they festival-goers, protesters, or perhaps refugees? From which perspective should we look at this image? Pacheco uses realism to investigate the nature of collective action. But Pacheco’s painting light, transparent, homogeneous – can’t be pinned down in a statement. The pastel colors and the lack of identifiable features result in an image that transcends reality and takes on a timeless aspect.
[exhibition text 2017]
