Abstract Expressionism: Other Dimensions — An Introduction to Small
Scale Painterly Abstraction in America
Not exact matches
This exhibition present new large -
scale painting and sculpture which feature exuberant pop references mixed with
painterly abstraction and stoic minimalism, unified by the over-arching motif of funerary form.
Different in
scale and style, his
painterly production contemplates both intimate and delicate paintings where figuration fades into
abstraction, as well as more exuberant and confrontational works that deploy references to pop culture, sexuality and consumerism.
Emblematic of Wylie's tendency to work across multiple canvases, this work elaborates on her series of large -
scale monochromatic paintings that utilized the forms of animals to explore the conventions of
painterly abstraction.
At the forefront of this new paradigm was HALE WOODRUFF, whose integration of African - design motifs into his colorful, large -
scale canvases stood alongside an enigmatic and symbol - laden
painterly abstraction in works by other painters.
He is best known for large
scale abstractions that express concerns about the destruction of the global ecological balance — from
painterly musings on the destruction of the Mesoamerican Olmec, Maya...
This large -
scale presentation of Scheibitz's work will retrace the conceptual and
painterly development of his career with a particular focus on the human figure and the determination of form between figuration and
abstraction.
This large -
scale presentation of Scheibitz's work retraces the conceptual and
painterly development of his career with a particular focus on the human figure and the existence of form between figuration and
abstraction.