Untitled: Study towards ‘Green Sanctuary’

London, 1964

Graphite on paper

65 x 149 mm

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‘I wanted to make space, to make something that you could disappear into.’ Jaray’s realisation that space itself could be the subject of art was largely inspired by her trip to Italy in 1960. Here, she witnessed first-hand the Renaissance fusion of art, mathematics and architecture, not only in the art itself, but also in the space that surrounded it. For example, the geometric patterns and cavernous interiors designed by the Florentine architect, Brunelleschi, greatly influenced Jaray’s awareness of the ‘physicality’ of emptiness. She subsequently sought to capture the intangible substance of the void that envelops us.

Purchased from Karsten Schubert, London, 2019 (No. 2019.2)