Elsewhere in the exhibition, next to a black - and - white
abstract calligraphy ink painting by Hasegawa and an untitled piece by Robert Motherwell featuring an oil paint — splash «wave» cresting through the air, Asian - American AbEx artist Satoru Abe presents The Idol (1958), an equally delicate copper and bronze skeletal monument.
To celebrate this landmark edition, acclaimed ink artist Wang Dongling will create new
abstract calligraphy work during a public performance on Wednesday, February 28, at 5:30 p.m. in association with his Chambers Fine Art presentation at The Art Show.
From the blockbuster Constable show in London to Fiona Banner's
abstract calligraphy in Wakefield, Skye Sherwin and Robert Clark find out what's happening in art around the country
CLEVE GRAY Each Other, 1979 Acrylic on canvas 107 x 69 inches Included in the exhibition «Cleve Gray -
Abstracted Calligraphies» at Loretta Howard Gallery, spring 2017.
Not exact matches
Over the years the human figures in his prints have filled more and more of the space, leaving less and less for the plant forms,
abstract patterns and
calligraphy that appeared in early works.
Twombly is viewed as an famous
abstract American
calligraphy - painter.
Above all, it is the hallmark of a businessperson who is both self - aware and aware of their particular niche, whether that is hand - done brush
calligraphy, jewelry made out of discarded computer parts,
abstract metal sculpture, or whatever.
These works often combined
calligraphy and
abstract shapes.
The
abstract landscape painting from a private collection in New York is a vast white expanse magnified by the presence of delicate, coloured
calligraphy.
Most viewers are familiar with the notion that Informel and
Abstract Expressionism were indebted to Japanese and Chinese
calligraphy, but too little attention has been paid in the West to the emergence of a vibrant
abstract practice in postwar East Asia.
Are the Asian - American artists inspired by
abstract expressionists, or are they drawn to the Asian elements of the style, in turn appropriated from Chinese, Japanese and other non-western art and culture, from
calligraphy, Sung painting and Zen Buddhism, from John Cage and DT Suzuki, from the Gutai artists and Sung painting?
In the early fifties, as he was embarking on a major phase of
abstract painting, Guston explored the power of simple lines in drawings reminiscent of exercises in
calligraphy.
She is inspired by
abstract expressionism, Japanese
calligraphy, Nikki Giovanni, poetry, hip - hop, street art and our culture's obsession with consumption and waste.
Being in a classroom environment allowed me to be around all kinds of diverse young artists with many different interests, and also to discover artists I had not studied before who were using writing — linguistic
abstract gestural expressionism, such as
calligraphy — in their contemporary works of art.
Traditional
calligraphy and symbols infuse the work of Qatari artist Yousef Ahmad, who distills Arabic letters into
abstract shapes, while Syrian artist Khaled Al - Saa «i draws on Sufi philosophy, painting words into spacious landscapes.»
Shen focuses on the expressive texture of the medium by meditating on
calligraphy, the body, and western painting, perhaps finding inspiration in Monet's Impressionist Water Lilies (Nympheas, 1920 - 26, Musee de l'Orangerie), surrealism, and
abstract expressionism.
Spanish painter, sculptor, and printmaker Miró — known for his biomorphic sculptures and
abstract compositions inspired both by the Dada scene he had been involved with in Paris and by Japanese
calligraphy — had grown up spending time in Mallorca with his grandmother.
His
abstract painting was related to the Chinese
calligraphy he had learned from his... Read more»
His
abstract painting was related to the Chinese
calligraphy he had learned from his father, and Woo's interest in the glazed surfaces of Chinese ceramics.
She spent six weeks studying Chinese
calligraphy with Wang Dong Ling and Chinese landscape painting with Professor Yang at the Zhejiang Art Academy in Haungzhou, an experience which has inspired the unification of Eastern and Western ideologies in her
abstract paintings.
Farhat uses the characters of various texts to invent
calligraphy - like
abstract forms out of cast resin.
He combines «iconic urban
calligraphy with a contemporary form of
abstract expressionism» said his gallery.
``... [Tobey's] use of Chinese
calligraphy become [s] more and more
abstract.
is a renowned Chinese
abstract ink brush artist whose work explores the «physical» potential and emotional expression of contemporary Chinese
calligraphy.
In his works, Lan successfully transmits traditional Chinese
calligraphy's freehand strokes into the structure and expression of modern painting, resulting in an
abstract language that marries the traditional and contemporary, simultaneously capturing the Chinese mind but appealing to the Western thought as well.
Lan Zhenghui is a renowned Chinese
abstract ink brush artist whose work explores the «physical» potential and emotional expression of contemporary Chinese
calligraphy.
His black - and - white compositions combined European
abstract art with the gestural style of Japanese
calligraphy.
Striking a delicate balance between contemporary
abstract design,
calligraphy and traditional graffiti letterform, JURNE's artwork is a seamless combination of timeless and modern.
Consistently working in just shades of grey, Feldman has developed an
abstract sign system that alludes to systems of writing and the transmission of information: the viewer might be reminded of the monochrome of newsprint and
calligraphy, or the grey scale of early TV.
Mark Tobey (1890 - 1976) American painter noted for
abstract works fusing Pollock with eastern
calligraphy.
For contemporary
abstract works, see Cy Twombly (1928 - 2011), famous for his signature style of painting, combining elements of
calligraphy and graffiti; Frank Stella (b. 1936) a pioneer of experimental minimalism; and Sean Scully (b. 1945), noted for his large - format
abstracts.
Twombly's signature style of
abstract art is a blend of drawing and painting, which combines elements of
calligraphy and graffiti as well as
abstract expressionism, with references to Antiquity and the Italian Renaissance.
She moved beyond traditional
calligraphy towards an expressive,
abstract style.
There were three kinds of works in Beatrice Caracciolo's recent exhibition: exquisitely animated
abstract expressionist drawings; others that look more like landscapes (and which introduce art - historically familiar material in the form of allusions to Chinese landscape and Japanese
calligraphy), and unexpectedly bold suspended or freestanding sculptures comprised of zinc sheets mounted on wooden substructures.
Cleve Gray explored
abstract gestures, color and emotional resonance, renouncing figurations, and was known for his large - scale sweeps of
calligraphy - inspired marks.
Inspired by Nicolas de Staël's
abstract landscape paintings, Chu abandoned figurative painting and adopted a unique style using bold strokes of colour which evoked Chinese
calligraphy.
Katrin is known for fusing natural energies of her native Iceland with an organic,
abstract expressionism together with Japanese
calligraphy, sometimes filtered through conceptual installations.
Khaled Al - Saa» i: Memory of a City @ Kashya Hildebrand This Syrian artist mixes
calligraphy with images of protest to create
abstract works that have aesthetic beauty and deeper political meaning.
Her tangled
calligraphy leaps and coils across the paper like vines, folding in associations with visual language; the disparate sensations of walking through dense vegetation and reading a scrawled manuscript are flattened into one experience, such that the idea that the two were ever separate seems like an
abstract theory.
Her time in Japan and study of
calligraphy followed by a move to New York City influenced her seminal works from the 1960s and 1970s, which shifted dramatically from the purely gestural to more representational and illusionistic — albeit highly
abstract.
Striking a delicate balance between contemporary
abstract design,
calligraphy and traditional graffiti letterform, -LSB-...]
The figurative subject matter is reminiscent of the rich artistic traditions of Persian miniature painting and
calligraphy, while the
abstract use of vibrant colours reveals the artist's spiritual inspiration grounded in the millenary tradition of Persian poetry.
Striking a delicate balance between contemporary
abstract design,
calligraphy and traditional graffiti letterform, Jurne's artwork is a seamless combination of timeless and modern.
David Smith (1906 - 1965) The most influential and original American sculptor of the pre-war generation, famous for his
abstract compositions of different metals and junk materials, once described as «3 - D metal
calligraphy.»
Or when you take in Sam Middleton's Love Day, with its nods to the ebullience of midcentury
abstract expressionism and the restraint of Asian
calligraphy.»
Other important contributors to action painting include: Mark Tobey noted for his White Writing style of calligraphic gesturalism; Franz Kline, an artist whose works include colour field compositions as well as vigorous gestural work, sometimes compared to gigantically enlarged fragments of Chinese
calligraphy); Robert Motherwell (in his series entitled Elegy to the Spanish Republic, and his powerful black and white paintings); Cy Twombly (in his gestural works based on calligraphic, linear symbols) and Adolph Gottlieb (noted for his
abstract surrealist series including Pictographs, Imaginary Landscapes and Bursts).
Other highlights include Julie Mehretu's 15 - foot - long
abstract etching Auguries (2010), a combination of delicate markings reminiscent of Chinese
calligraphy and bolder architectural shapes.
Romare Bearden, often referred to as the nation's foremost collagist, was a prolific and innovative artist whose work referenced a variety of artistic heritages — from Mexican muralists and cubist modernism to
abstract expressionism, Chinese
calligraphy and Eastern philosophy, and African art — and contained many cultural references: music (especially jazz), southern and urban culture, African and Greek art, family, religion, and politics.
«Unscripted, Naturally» brings together my love for language,
calligraphy, collage and the process of
abstract expressionism all together in this new suite of paintings as a dedication to my cross cultural heritage and identity as a Filipino American.
Song's silk paintings use
calligraphy techniques that are translated into more
abstract patterns.