VITAMIN L: The Disruption of Color in Contemporary Landscape

The term "Vitamin" refers to the studies on the "expanded art fields" that Phaidon Editorial has launched in the last ten years, aimed at the expansion of manifestations such as painting, sculpture, and photography, named with their initials as in medical nomenclature. Because of the nature of this project — focused on the most contemporary landscape postures — we have decided to call this renovation process "Vitamin L," referring to the Landscape category. VITAMIN L: The Disruption of Color in Contemporary Landscape proposes to discuss the contemporary variants of one of the most traditional themes in the history of art: the landscape. Works of different formats and manifestations are presented, selected intentionally for their range of grays. The minimalist action of avoiding color and highlighting the white, black, and intermediate ranges in the representation is a turning point in desacralizing all the contemplative aura that has historically accompanied the landscape. Although they still contain that contemplative spirit, these representations end up reversing appearance if they assumed it as a pretext. It is a way to break the limits of such an old concept — to break through, disturb, and transcend its traditional and hermetic codes. Curated by Claudia Taboada.