In a series of experiments that withstand rigorous and even hostile scrutiny, Alex and Griffin have shown themselves intelligent enough to comprehend and juggle
abstract images of the objects that make up their world — skills once thought to be the exclusive property of humans.
Not exact matches
Moreover, these condensed
images contain a surprising élan vital ---- in no small measure because
of the the tightly sprung curves
of the window grillwork, radiating out from the still life like
abstract signs or the inner force
of the
objects.
While Stella's assumptions regarding Minimalism as well as contemporary
abstract sculpture \ are based on the relationship between a moving spectator and a stationary
object, cinema posits a moving
image in front
of a stationary spectator, reversing the terms
of the equation,
In an attempt to avoid the trappings
of abstract and figurative art, the artists made extensive use
of collage and assemblage, appropriating
images and incorporating real
objects into the work.
From a distance they appear
abstract, planes
of glitter and graphic shapes; a closer encounter reveals pasted
images and
objects, inscribed texts, names.
«Also, forcing a pile
of similar, well defined
objects into a tight space makes them overlap, which creates an
image that's
abstract.»
Mary Bucci McCoy's intimate
abstract acrylic paintings reconcile intention and acceptance, action and stillness,
object and
image, and conceptual rigor and intuitive process through a poetic material language that negotiates and exploits the opportunities and exigencies
of her chosen medium.
We're not sure what exactly to call Lena Henke's printed - on boxes
of transparent plastic — in the traditional
of Donald Judd's «specific
objects,» they hang on the wall but are clearly sculptural, and they use photographic
images, but in
abstracted forms.
Attracted to vibrant colors in tonal and spatial harmony, his
abstract images evoke figures and suggest
objects which become traceable motifs across a distinctive body
of work.
On display are some hundred pictures
of the German artist: portraits, still - lifes, landscapes,
abstract images, two glass
objects and sixty - four opverpainted photographs.
His practice manifests itself in various forms, including paintings, unique photographs
of paintings, found
objects infused with
abstract images and -LSB-...]
For example, the film «Wounds and Absent
Objects», a homage to Kapoor's hero, American
abstract expressionist Barnett Newman (1905 - 70), suggests a deep journey from colour to darkness; on the screen, viewers see a single - coloured
image, very much like one
of Newman's painting, that shifts from brighter to darker shades.
His practice manifests itself in various forms, including paintings, unique photographs
of paintings, found
objects which he infuses with
abstract images, various multiples plus limited edition CD and 12 ˝ poly - carbonate recordings
of impromptu performances he has been involved with or heavily orchestrated.
By zooming in closely and skillfully framing reflections cast by a vast array
of structures and
objects, such as buildings, boats and flags, she creates stunning
abstract images.
In the process
of visual documentation, the original functional properties
of the
objects are replaced by their visual properties, so that they gradually devolve (or rise) to the level
of basic geometric outlines that the artist has randomly drawn into the
image to form parts
of unique
abstract paintings.
The Help examines the roles
of the artist, the muse and the «help,» mixing found
objects with
abstract forms; Incidents
of Travel in Yucatan is a mixed - media installation including a wall
of pedestals, autonomous sculptures and video; and the Sunset Series comprises 31 photographs
of a single source
image, a photograph
of a sunset.
Micah Danges» (Pew Fellow, 2015) work hovers between
image and
object, pushing the limit
of what a photograph can be and using optical distortions that create
abstract scenes from everyday items and places, in a distinctive merging
of materials and process.
The press release states that «Charline von Heyl's paintings are not abstractions
of objects or figures; rather, she is interested in creating
abstract images that stand for themselves.
Since the late nineties he has been creating a greater number
of camera-less,
abstract images that develop from his direct work with and on photographic paper, some
of which acquire a sculptural,
object - like character.
Also significant is that although the original documentary
image may sacrifice some
of its figurative quality through the artists» manual reproduction
of particular parts
of the
image, it simultaneously gains spatial quality as an
abstract object.
Combining painting, sculpture, and found
objects alongside her projected
images, Prouvost lures the viewer - turned - participant into an
abstracted, preverbal state
of consciousness from which to rediscover the joy
of learning language, words, and meanings.
In his exploration
of the
abstract image he focuses on
images and forms found in daily life
objects, in this case packaging materials or shopping bags, which can offer a universe
of a pictorial language inherent to Modern Art.
French artist Marie Angeletti uses the repetition and re-presentation
of photographic
images to capture a range
of subjects and
abstracted objects.
At L.A. Louver, a sharply focused show zeros in on LeWitt's capacity to transform
abstract ideas into concrete
objects that viewers experience as slippery interminglings
of drawing, painting and sculpture — while comparing and contrasting such physical entities with idealized
images of geometric perfection, which inhabit the mind's eye but never appear in the real world.
When we look at an
abstract image, we do not have the benefit
of objective imagery to help us recognize
objects or narratives.
«Often combining paper and acrylic collage with
images of everyday
objects, Youngblood juxtaposes the figure with the
abstract, raising questions
of what is familiar versus what is unknown,» the museum states.
The first full - scale monograph on the work
of New York — based artist Ryan Sullivan, this book explores the relationships his
abstract paintings propose between
image and
object.
What we are left with is a series
of abstract feelings forcefully made figurative — small precious
objects that are catalysts for further
images that we will never be able to visualise as they do not exist but in (y) our memory.
During the early 1920s he collaborated with the writer Blaise Cendrars on films and designed sets and costumes for performances by Rolf de Maré's Ballets Suédois; in 1924 he completed his first film, Ballet mécanique, which was neither
abstract nor narrative but a series
of seemingly unrelated
images (a woman's teeth and lips, machines, ordinary
objects, and routine human activities).
The celebrated Combines, begun in the mid-1950s, brought real - world
images and
objects into the realm
of abstract painting and countered sanctioned divisions between painting and sculpture.
Approaching Op Art, carefully rendered three - dimensional
abstract objects (segments) combine together on a grey ground to make an
image that is more than the sum
of its parts, appearing to generate light as much as reflect it.