They took up residence in our studio, next to the laboratories, back in March and have been working on a very exciting new body of
abstract work for their show which takes the history of Rose Madder production (closely connected to Winsor & Newton) as the central theme.
Not exact matches
For her exhibition with Gavlak Gallery, Tompkins is showing works that range from early sketches for paintings to now iconic «Cunt» paintings that in a more abstract manner recall Courbet's «L'Origine du Monde&raqu
For her exhibition with Gavlak Gallery, Tompkins is
showing works that range from early sketches
for paintings to now iconic «Cunt» paintings that in a more abstract manner recall Courbet's «L'Origine du Monde&raqu
for paintings to now iconic «Cunt» paintings that in a more
abstract manner recall Courbet's «L'Origine du Monde».
For 2015 BOS I've invited two dear painter friends, Scott Robinson and Meredith Hoffheins, to
show new paintings with me in a presentation we've titled, Land Ausländer (which roughly translates to «foreign country» or «land alien»), because the three of us each incorporate
abstract forms into a physical or imagined environment in our
work.
Then the
show turns to
work by the second group, an imposing cadre of trained artists
working in Los Angeles like Betye Saar, John Outterbridge, Senga Nengudi and Noah Purifoy, who
worked for decades at the margins of the mainstream, exploring aspects of assemblage and found materials as well as political expression in often
abstract forms.
The exhibition features Kusanagi's
abstract paintings paired with his illustration
work, which is being
shown for the first time outside of Japan.
Sanín's
work has been a part of the NMWA collection
for almost three decades, but this is the first time the museum has dedicated a
show exclusively to a geometric
abstract artist.
No press release
for this
show, but we figure there'll be a mix of
abstract and figurative
work on view.
In the piece, the kitchen is empty; in the nursery, a monster fills the cradle and a giant black spider climbs over an open egg shape; and in the studio, the artist's husband, naked except
for his cowboy boots, models
for an
abstract painting that's a miniature of «Silver Windows» (1967), a grid - based
work from the hard - edge period (that's also included in the
show).
The success of Gerhard Richter's
work can be attributed to the reception of the Tate
show in London but also the sheer volume of
abstract works on the market which have been building steady momentum
for several years now.
Of the last group of
works in the exhibition, John Cannaday wrote in the New York Times, October 14, 1972: «The Cityscape is apparently an inexhaustible source of motifs
for Mr. Inokuma, whose new
abstract inventions are even more engaging than those in his previous
shows....
The
abstract work of Hilma af Klint was
shown for the first time at the exhibition «The Spiritual in Art,
Abstract Painting 1890 — 1985» organized by Maurice Tuchman in Los Angeles in 1986.
Focusing its energies on the mounting of exhibitions onsite and off - space, and on the publishing of artist books, La Salle de Bains is
working towards new exhibition formats and methods of mediation, such as the 2012
show Tell the Children / Abstraction pour Enfants (an echo of Andy Warhol's Painting
for Children Pop art
show at Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich, in 1983), which introduced children (and adults) to very contemporary
abstract paintings by artists including Claudia Comte, Lisa Beck and Olivier Mosset — all hung at children's eye height, on vividly patterned wallpaper.
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These
abstract works were not
shown during her lifetime, and on her death in 1944 she stipulated that they remain concealed
for two decades.
Also seen the same day, down the block from Pace Gallery, in the
show at Lennon - Weinberg Gallery, «H.C. Westermann: The Human Condition, Selected
Works, 1961 - 1973,» some early drawings by H.C Westermann (1922 - 1981), done (as I overheard the gallerist explaining) when the artist was in the hospital being treated
for testicular cancer — which he survived: his wife had brought him some crayons and paper, and he
worked on a group of small drawings, some in the artist's characteristic graphic, cartoon - related style, some in a more
abstract and less over-determined mode — after he recovered, these were packed away and never
shown until now.
Entitled Drip, Drape, Draft, the
show presents
works by Robert Davis, a close friend of Johnson
for more than a decade; Angel Otero, who he has known
for some six years; and Sam Gilliam, an older artist from what Johnson refers to as «an almost lost generation of black
abstract painters», with whom he recently struck up a mutually significant friendship.
San Francisco's Jessica Silverman was
showing bright geometric
abstract paintings by Berlin - based artist Shannon Finley
for $ 5,500
for small
works and $ 24,000
for large ones.
In his first solo
show since the stunning three - hour theatrical
work The Humans (2014), Singh offers «The School
for Objects Criticized,» a witty light - and - sound installation in which a slinky, an
abstract sculpture, and a bottle of bleach are among seven protagonists that critique the artist's latest exhibition; the
work takes cues from Molière's The School
for Wives Criticized (1663).
One of our favorite young
abstract painters here at Supertouch is Brooklyn - based artist Eddie Martinez, whose
show of gorgeous new
work, Nomader, at Kohn Gallerycould easily be mistaken
for a MoMA retrospective if you managed to forget what building you walked into.
She sources inspiration
for her images from YouTube videos, Craigslist «free stuff» listings, and children's claymation projects to create
works that
show patterned repetitions of these
abstracted references.
Holyhead's practice is
abstract painting and the presentation of his watercolour drawings in this
show provides a kind of language through which he explores what seem to be compositional and colour strategies
for the larger
works on canvas.
It seems almost unimaginable that the sparse,
abstract works on
show here were made by an artist known
for canvases heaving under dense layers of paint.
For his first New York
show with Hauser & Wirth, Mark Bradford is presenting a slew of new canvases and video
works that reflect his ongoing engagement with what he calls «social abstraction» —
abstract art that points towards social and political realities without descending into didacticism.
The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection has outstanding holdings of geometric
abstract art, and
for this
show the Royal Academy has selected
works from a 50 - year period from the 1930s onwards.
For a new generation of
abstract painters, the process of making an artwork often becomes an indispensable part of
showing the
work as well.
Following her recent retrospective in Germany and her inclusion in the major
abstract expressionist
shows across the world, the market
for her
work should continue its upward trajectory.
It's the first solo presentation of the
abstract artist's
works in the UK
for over half a century (the previous was a
show at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1963), and displays his important late creations from the 1960s — paintings with gravitas that subtly take hold of your attention.
Seen in contrast to
abstract works in the
show by,
for instance, Sadie Benning, Wade Guyton and Vincent Fecteau, an artist whose
work I've long admired — all, granted, coming at formalism from very different positions — the figurative
works felt far more urgent.
For many years she painted isolated, precarious figures on break backgrounds reflective of her
work in mental hospitals but in more recent years she has dealt with lyrical
abstract landscapes in which paint or wax is layered in an open, free manner.She has had solo
shows in the United States and Europe and her
work has been reviewed in The Woodstock Times, Kouvolan Sanomat (Finland), Women Artist's News and The Village Voice.
At times, Taylor's shifts between the literal and the
abstract are uncomfortable, particularly when they appear as a strategy
for avoiding or dismissing the real - life implications of symbols and objects, as in his strictly formal rendering of the Confederate flag in the lithograph Dixie (1990); his series of prints portraying items in Hawaii with a tinge of wanderlust - inspired exoticism, «Ten Common (Hawaiian Household) Objects» (1989); and two bodies of
work showing his attempt to depict various African conceptions of multidimensional, nonlinear time: «Latin Studies» (1984 — 85), which includes the aforementioned Untitled (Latin Study), and «Wheel Studies» (1981 — 85).
Among the
works that did well were Lot 16, a charming small sculpture, one of three examples down in 1945 - 6, by David Smith,
shown above, that sold
for $ 220,000 (not including the buyer's premium) and had had a high estimate of $ 150,000; Lot 5, «Atantolone,» a gloss household paint on canvas of colored dots on a white field that sold
for $ 170,000 (not including the buyer's premium), well over its high estimate of $ 120,000; Lot 14, a large 1943 painted wood and wire sculpture, «Constellation,» by Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) that sold
for $ 1,982,500 (including the buyer's premium), more than double its high estimate, and Lot 24, a larger Calder sculpture, «Trepied,» that sold near its low estimate
for $ 1,542,500 (including the buyer's premium); Lot 20, a large and very interesting and
abstract but not very colorful 1953 Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992), «Two Figures at a Window,» that sold above its $ 1.2 million high estimate
for $ 1,542,500 (including the buyer's premium); Lot 27, «Tour III» by Brice Marden (b. 1938) that sold within its estimates
for $ 1,487,500 (including the buyer's premium), tying the artist's record; Lot 41, «Grillo,» by Jean - Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988) that sold
for $ 1,102,500 (including the buyer's premium), also within its pre-sale estimates; and Lot 31, «Vierwaldstätte See,» a large black and white 1969 landscape by Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) that sold
for $ 1,047,500 near its low estimate of $ 1 million.
Joshua Mittleman,
for his first exhibition at castillo / corrales, will
show a series of
works based on the 8 - page inventory of the torture tapes, a new development in his
work that looks at the politics of surveillance and government through
abstract and minimal forms.
Henner reaches back in time with other
works as well:
for example the 18 aerial landscape photos that
show a striking similarity to
abstract expressionist paintings from the 1940s.
For The Armory
Show 2018, Richard Saltoun will present a solo curated stand featuring
works by conceptual and
abstract artist, Li YUAN - CHIA (1929 - 1994).
Chanzit hopes the
show will help to integrate women into the history of
abstract expressionism, rather than kickstarting a flurry of similar
shows: «The takeaway
for me is to let our audiences know that there are more important
works out there,» she says.
For The Armory
Show 2018, Richard Saltoun will present a solo curated stand featuring
works by conceptual and
abstract artist,...
One of our favorite young
abstract painters here at Supertouch is Brooklyn - based artist Eddie Martinez, whose
show of gorgeous new
work, Nomader, at Michael Kohn Gallery could easily be mistaken
for a MoMA retrospective if you managed to forget what building you walked into.
At Victoria Miro, Wharf Road, where Something Curated met with the artist, Hernández is
showing abstract works that continue his investigation into gesture and form while extending the innovative techniques of accumulation and removal
for which he has become widely known.
Croisière (French
for «cruise») was among his earliest
abstract works,
shown at Calder's first exhibition of
abstract sculpture at the Galerie Percier in Paris in 1931.
Inkie: I have known Niels (Shoe)
for many years now and always keep up to date with his
work and particularly love the new Iridescent more
abstract calligraffiti, each artist is
showing a completely unique style
for the 3 Kings
show but I have also created a classic wild style co-lab canvas with Blade especially
for this event.
Works from the 96 - year - old artist, who is a pioneer of
abstract art in the Middle East, are on
show for the first time in the UK.
I've been seeing Wright's site - specific
abstract paintings
for years now - but usually in group
shows, where they are easy to overlook since he often
works on a relatively small scale on ceilings, cornices and high up in the corners of rooms.
Odessa Straub, Ariel Dill, and Christian Sampson, all
abstract artists, were asked to respond to the internal life of Gösta Peterson's image, which serves as the touchstone
for the
works seen in this
show.
These
shows let us see
for ourselves that New York became identified with
abstract expressionism because the artists who
worked there in the»40s and»50s were in general just better at what they did.
Taking and reinventing classicist and old masters paintings as principal elements and focal points
for his
work in this
show, he uses angular forms inspired by and
abstracted from his historical outdoor use of the alphabet to compliment the figurative
work that he pays homage to and slices - up in equal measure.
Shown together
for the first time as an entire group, these small - scale,
abstract works nevertheless contain different, recognisable «footprints» — ranging from an L - shape, a W - shape and an oval, to a crescent moon, an equilateral triangle and a figure - eight, among others.
«From narrative based
works dealing with friendship, loss and fatherhood to non objective and
abstract works this inaugural
show at Carneal Simmons will serve as both an introduction to my
work as well as a launch pad
for things to come.
In curating this
show Rich Jacobs and Jordin Isip have selected artists who have produced engaging
works rooted in both
abstract and figurative styles, though they may be more widely known
for one or the other.
The
show begins with Jeff Wall's photograph of a climbing frame in a suburban park — easily mistakable
for a piece of
abstract, geometric public art — and continues with diverse
works highlighting the varied meanings arising from such apparently basic forms.
The Geometric Abstractions
show at G262 Sofie Van de Velde featuring Charlotte Posenenske (who exhibited at Art Berlin Contemporary, read about it in the ABC 2014 article), Ilse D'Hollander and Svenja Deininger is a must see
for those that appreciate
abstract painterly
work while the gorgeous photography
work of Veronika Pot and Daisuke Yakota both look very tempting on the Contemporary Photography Route and finally the Vivian Maier — Who are You Vivian?