Maurizio Valch Abstract Painting / Territory and Thought
Vertical abstract painting featuring deep red and burgundy tones. Multiple thin, white or light gray lines cross the textured surface horizontally. Small, reddish, highly textured quadrangular forms are irregularly dispersed across the composition. The artwork displays a pronounced material texture.
In STRATA VI — DISPERSA, Maurizio Valch creates a vertical painting featuring deep reds, incised lines, and suspended forms, exploring territorial stratification.
Vertical abstract painting in deep reds and blacks with incised lines and textured quadrangular forms. It hangs on an exposed concrete wall. To its left, an arched stained-glass window casts colored light onto a wooden floor and the surrounding wall.
Maurizio Valch, 'STRATA VI — DISPERSA'. This vertical abstract painting explores territorial abstraction through color fields, incised lines, and monolithic forms, engaging with the surrounding architecture.
Vertical abstract painting in deep red and black tones with white incised lines and textured square shapes. The artwork leans on a terracotta floor against a rustic stone wall. Warm side light casts sharp shadows on the environment and the canvas texture.
In 'STRATA VI — DISPERSA,' Maurizio Valch presents a material abstraction where deep reds and incised lines construct a powerful visual architecture.
Close-up of a vertical abstract painting in deep red tones with white incised lines. The canvas edge is visible, showing the color extending along the side, and the artwork's material texture. The piece hangs on a rough concrete wall.
Maurizio Valch's 'STRATA VI — DISPERSA' highlights spatial tension and material continuity along the canvas edge.
Vertical abstract painting 'STRATA VI — DISPERSA' by Maurizio Valch on a textured wall. Features deep reds, clear incised lines, and subtle quadrangular forms. Warm light from tall windows casts vegetation shadows in a room with exposed wooden beams and a concrete floor.
'STRATA VI — DISPERSA' by Maurizio Valch, with its deep reds and material texture, integrates into a space of light and architecture, dialoguing with the forms and structure of the environment.
Vertical abstract painting by Maurizio Valch, in crimson and black tones, featuring incised lines and textured forms, leaning on a concrete floor. Warm sunlight casts diagonal shadows on the concrete wall.
Maurizio Valch's 'STRATA VI — DISPERSA' is a striking vertical abstract painting. Deep red color fields and incised lines explore stratification, creating a textured, large-format terrain. A powerful statement piece.
Close-up of the bottom-right corner of a vertical abstract painting in deep red and black tones, featuring white incised lines and quadrangular forms. The canvas, with its rich material texture, rests on a terracotta brick floor. Its painted side edge is visible next to a blurred rustic stone wall, illuminated by warm light.
Maurizio Valch's 'STRATA VI — DISPERSA' showcases its materiality, in intimate dialogue with the warm light and rustic environment.

Published work / STRATA

DISPERSA

Incised Lines and Suspended Forms in Deep Red Fields

Medium
Pintura
Size
31.5 × 47.2 in / 80 × 120 cm
Series
STRATA Painting series STRATA 2026–Present · 14 works Maurizio Valch's STRATA series features contemporary abstract painting, showcasing artwork with stratified surfaces. Crafted with acrylic and oil on canvas, this series stands out for its dense chromatic fields and profound incisions, evoking an inner, archetypal territory. View series
Orientation
Vertical
Context studies
7

Conceptual Note

Against a field of deep reds that plunge into shadows, fine, light-toned lines emerge, drawing divisions that suggest contained horizons. These lines, with an undulating trace and appearing incised into the surface, traverse the vertical composition, generating a silent tension between stillness and the implied movement within the material.

The canvas surface, rendered with acrylic and oil, reveals a rich, material texture. Impasto and scraping create visible layers that expose the sedimentation of color, offering a tactile and almost geological presence. This surface depth underscores the artist's idea of territory as a space of origin and transformation.

Among these stratifications, small quadrangular forms, with a skin-like texture and lighter reddish hues, are dispersed. They rest like suspended monoliths or blocks, marking anchoring points within an abstract and contemplative territory. In the STRATA series, Maurizio Valch constructs a space where memory and origin manifest through matter, inviting a deliberate engagement and a deep interaction with the work within its environment.

In DISPERSA, the field of deep reds plunging into shadows establishes a contemplative atmosphere that aligns with the path of Mark Rothko, where the emotional weight of color invites an immersive engagement within the pictorial environment. This expansive space is given tactile presence through the surface's rich material texture, where layers of impasto and scraping expose a geological sedimentation of color. To organize these vast fields, fine, light-toned lines emerge as minimal interventions in the lineage of Barnett Newman, traversing the vertical composition with an undulating trace. These incised lines generate a silent tension between stillness and movement, transforming the simple divisions of the canvas into an active spatial event. These linear divisions suggest contained horizons that connect the work to the structural landscape of Richard Diebenkorn, allowing the abstract planes to retain a sense of territorial distance and transformation. This sense of territory is further emphasized by the canvas surface, which is rendered with acrylic and oil to suggest a space of origin. Within this layered composition, small quadrangular forms with a skin-like texture and lighter reddish hues are dispersed to serve as primitive architectures. Operating in the manner of Paul Klee, these small geometric presences rest like suspended monoliths, introducing scale and rhythm while marking quiet anchoring points across the contemplative territory.