Coates remarks: «In every painting there's a moment where the materiality of the paint asserts itself and becomes a sort of magical experience where you're aware of its physicality as well as its role in supporting pictorial content... I want there to be moments where the materiality of paint pushes up on the surface and is maybe even distasteful. (painters-table.com)
They seem to me to suffer from the Stella - ism of far too much intrusive «gubbins» (all those struts and strings) for very little pictorial content or result. (abcrit.org)
Pablo Rasgado creates abstract paintings by using strappo, a Renaissance technique that enables him to extract pictorial content painted or graffitied on walls around the world. (steveturner.la)