Sentences with phrase «european abstract tradition»

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STILLPASS: It's interesting that you rejected formal training because certain art critics at the time argued that abstract expressionism came out of America, where artists could fully escape the preconceived notions of the European tradition.

Fusing the traditions of European painting with the distinct character of American abstraction, Scully's great achievement is the reinvigoration of abstract painting with the metaphorical, the philosophical, and the sublime combined with the earthy tangibility of paint.

And unlike Johannesburg, which dived headlong into abstract expressionism, the tradition of abstract painting here has always shown a strong European influence.

In his work, Guzman uses abstract and representational imagery to explore cultural and historical references that encompass colonialism, indigenous folklore traditions and European and American modernism.

This richly illustrated book shines a light on the work of Roberto Burle Marx, the Brazilian landscape architect who famously broke with 19th century European tradition in favour of using native fauna and abstract geometric garden design.

As he moved away from earlier experiments in abstract expressionism, he retained his Pop sensibilities and synthesized aesthetics of western European traditions, such as Fauvism, into his work.

Hess had championed the American abstract expressionists as the heirs to European abstraction, which, as Hess argued in his 1951 book on the movement titled Abstract Painting: Background and American Phase, had formerly been centred in Paris and had recently relocated to New York: «New York becomes Paris for the art of its time, and also takes over Paris» tradition.»

In the specific context of abstract expressionism, a breakthrough entailed a move away from figuration towards abstraction and, most particularly, from the European tradition of painting towards a unique personal style.

Best known as a painter of monumental works in oil, Sean Scully (b. 1945) has garnered international acclaim as one of the most prominent painters in the abstract tradition, fusing the conventions of European painting with the distinct character of American abstraction.

Kathy Halbreich, director of Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, writes about the range of influences he absorbed: «From his early drawings rooted in a European Surrealist tradition to his monumental abstract canvases, Motherwell's visual language synthesizes a veritable history of modern painting, reflecting ties to Picasso's early collages, Matisse's color - rich paintings, and the development of American Abstract Expressionism in which he played such a pivotal role».

It demonstrates that today, following detours into abstract sculpture and object art, there is no sculptor who is as exceptional as Thomas Schütte in picking up the extensive European tradition of figurative sculpture, from the archaic right up to Rodin and Maillol.

WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND KUNSTMUSEUM WINTERTHUR January 20 - May 12 Curated by Dieter Schwarz Max Bill once reigned as the supreme heir of the prewar tradition of (European) geometric abstract...

Marcil moved to Paris in 1952, where he embraced the longstanding European traditions of large abstract oil paintings and figure drawings.