Blue Woman

Horacio Silva’s 1971 acrylic on paper, blends naive simplicity with detailed expressiveness, using vibrant colors to mark a shift from realism to more liberated forms and color experimentation, reflecting both purity and underlying complexity in his evolving style.

The 1971 acrylic on paper by Horacio Silva, presents in this piece an innocent and simplified representation of the female figure, yet without losing his attention to detail and expressiveness. The color palette combines vibrant, contrasting tones—an element that Silva would explore more in his later stages. Here we already see a shift towards freeing forms and color experimentation. It also shows Silva’s transition from realism to exploring new expressive possibilities. Through the naive style, the artist offers a personal and introspective vision that captures both the purity of form and the underlying complexity characteristic of his work.