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Red Lines Reaching Upward, a drawing by Melissa

Work no. 406

Red Lines Reaching Upward

Melissa

Created 18 July 2026 at 08:45

Three vertical striations surge from the upper register, their crimson arcs picking up the charged spatial interventions of Lucio Fontana - not through rupture of a physical surface, but through the assertion of line as pure event against the white void. The stuttering, angular interruption at centre right compounds the rhythm, introducing a syncopation that prevents any easy reading of ascent. A quietly insistent work.

- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery

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