In the prevailing philosophy of the Orient, the immeasurable (i.e. that which cannot be named, described, or understood through any form of reason) is regarded as the primary reality. . . . To Western ...

“This is a man who never stopped laughing, who always spoke in riddles, who identified with the joker, and is Roberto Matta's 1982 "Architecture du temps (un point sait tout)." “This is a man who ...

Energetic and charismatic, Matta was able to translate European Surrealism to a generation of young American artists in a way that would galvanize them to experiment with its techniques. This ...

“Burn, Baby, Burn,” the monumental, recently acquired 1965-66 painting by Chilean-born Roberto Matta (1911-2002), was installed the other day at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, on the fourth ...

Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren -- known for Surrealistic images of cosmic wonderlands and apocalyptic dreams, executed under the name of Matta -- died Saturday in Italy, at ...

Sheet size is 26 x 20 inches (66 x 50.8 cm). Framed size is 28.4 x 22.5 inches (72.4 x 57.2 cm). This 1977 print shows Roberto Matta working in a style informed by the automatism and biomorphic ...

It’s difficult to think of another Latin American artist who has left deeper footprints on art history than Roberto Matta. When he died in November 2002, his native Chile declared three days of ...

The former London home of Chilean artist Roberto Matta came to the market on Wednesday for £4.95 million (US$6.67 million). Matta, who was one of the most important Surrealists of the 20th century, ...

The real Roberto Matta, the surrealist artist who has died aged 91, existed somewhere between the widely diverse judgments of two Americans, the critic Clement Greenberg, to whom Matta, cruelly, was ...

Roberto Matta, the Chilean Surrealist painter who has died aged 91, is regarded in his native country as one of the great figures of 20th century art. Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren was ...