francis picabia artist research check description

Francis picabia is one of the leading figures of the data movement. He explores many unconventional topics which even resulted in him presenting himself as a loser as dada is against everything, including success he did this through a photo montage with a portrait of himself in the middle and inscribed around he mocks himself. After the experimenting with various media and techniques that characterised his dada years picabia renewed his interests in painting resulting in works with a very lively palette and layering of multiple images highlighting the key features. Often stylised depiction of men and/or women with romantic or sexual connotations, merged in intricate patterns of lines, dots and shapes forming landscapes and other images. The simplified forms and lines painted in black and white surrounded by brighter colours are used to signify various elements of the composition. A style that came to be known as significant automatism. In these works which he refers to as his “monsters” He frees his hand from all controlled by reason in a way that it seems to be impulses from his subconscious. Another prominent feature of his works is that excessive or exaggerated eyes which draw your focus in as an audience and allows you to follow the guys to other key features. I feel as though there is a bigger reason as to why picabia was so fixated on their eyes but I was unable to find anything online.

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