Mark Rothko's signature format of simple compositions of soft - edged bands of color, which he arrived at after experimenting with realism and surrealism, has come to be regarded by many critics as a sublime abstract expression. (thecityreview.com)
Mark Grotjahn gained renown beginning in the 1990s for his «butterfly» paintings and drawings — deceptively simple compositions of radiating lines that at once suggest perspectival space and lie flat on a surface rich in chromatic and textural nuance. (lacma.org)
That is how the image that seems merely to be covered all over in dots at first sight results in a complicated yet simple composition in which the viewer is left to gaze in all directions. (victoria-miro.com)