ENCIRCLING WHITE

Guido Molinari was a Canadian painter who developed a systematic approach to color and rhythm through rigorously structured compositions. Working primarily in acrylic, he created compositions of vertical and horizontal stripes in carefully calibrated hues, investigating how adjacency and proportion alter color perception. His paintings emphasize optical interaction between bands of color rather than representational or gestural content. Based in Montreal, Molinari was instrumental in establishing a distinctly Canadian modernist practice during the postwar period.