In the little temporal space in - between celebrating the success of Truth to Power and the stress of the upcoming new projects, I speak to
the artist about abstract painting and trauma.
Not exact matches
It allows students to find
about artists using similar approaches and aerial photographs to explore making an
abstract painting, so covers AO1 2 and 4 nicely.
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The first solo show in an Italian museum of Chinese
artist Ding Yi will propose a journey of
about forty
paintings and drawings, a sculpture and an installation that requires the interaction of visitors, which aims to bring the public closer to the man considered to be the most important
abstract painter in contemporary China, by presenting his complex artistic practice and evolution from the nineties to the present day to the public.
I think the skeptics, at least over the past five years or so, were proven right with regard to the
artists who are making
abstract paintings that are perfect for the way they are consumed: They make a lot of them, there's a green one and a blue one and a pink one, and you can collect them all like toys in a Cracker Jack box, which is what they're all
about.
About five years ago, the
artist Gabriel Orozco started printing colorful stickers that mimic the geometry of his
abstract paintings: semicircles and quarter - circles in red, gold, white and blue.
After learning
about how
abstract artists like Wren Ross make decisions as they create, we will discover the hidden meaning within our own
paintings.
But each of the
artists» works are also
about the misjudgment of a real environment — a real chair made out of special rope (Campana); a box made of terracotta and glaze (Cherubini); a lamp made out of found metal (Coolquitt); an
abstract painting titled after a transsexual (Ferris); and collage, deceptively flat - looking, made from among other things, feather and beads (Alvarez).
He wants to subvert the standards of judgment integral to our understanding of
abstract painting, while being committed to the act of making... He is interested in — to use his own words — perversely cultivating the tenuous relationship between «creative seeing» and the randomness of nature without becoming explicit... By finding ways to foreground his conflicts
about painting, while also expanding its definition, Burckhardt has become one of the most interesting
artists of his generation.»
The young
abstract artist Gabriel Orozco knows a thing or two
about painting, though touch isn't yet one of them.
enamel
paint and metallic powders on archival paper 10.5 x 8.5 inches in 20 x 16 inch matte
abstract work on paper, small
abstract, colorful
abstract work on paper, soft colors, light blue, purple
About the
artist: Bruce Weldon Murphy was born and raised in Tyler, Texas.
THIS PAST NOVEMBER, to kick off a panel discussion
about the exhibition «Oranges and Sardines,» curator Gary Garrels asked Amy Sillman — one of the six
artists participating in the show — to «describe the situation of
abstract painting today.»
Artist Rajan Sedalia will teach a class
about graffiti art,
painting, airbrushing, cartoons, comics, color and
abstract forms.
I'm thinking
about artists like Jack Whitten, who is now being recognized for his pioneering investigations in
abstract painting or Carmen Herrera, who is having her first show at the Whitney this fall at the age of 101.
(Photograph of the
artist in his studio in New York City, c. 1960) About the Artist: In the 1960's, Edward Avedisian was one of the youngest of those luminaries producing a grand new abstract pai
artist in his studio in New York City, c. 1960)
About the
Artist: In the 1960's, Edward Avedisian was one of the youngest of those luminaries producing a grand new abstract pai
Artist: In the 1960's, Edward Avedisian was one of the youngest of those luminaries producing a grand new
abstract painting.
The juxtaposition of the
paintings of these
artists encourages conversations
about three very different forms of
abstract personal expression.
I've never seen Hernández's
paintings in the flesh, but I've heard a lot of good things
about the Spanish
artist mostly known for his large scale
abstract painting and his interesting (and contrasting) use of colour.
It was also the exhibition that confirmed Richter's status as one of the leading
artists in the world, and was described by Storr in his introduction as «long overdue» in the United States.2 In 2003 Richter embarked on a small but substantially sized series of
paintings entitled Silicate [CR: 885/1 -4] inspired by an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from 12 March 2003
about the shimmering qualities of certain insects» bodies.3 The resulting four large
paintings are perhaps the most overtly biological of the
abstract works in Richter's oeuvre, suggestive of cell formations and genetic sequences seen under the microscope.
During that period, the art galleries he visited were filled with the
paintings of
abstract expressionists and pop
artists who were exploring new ways of creating, and thinking
about, art.
I was reading an article recently
about Jackson Pollock, an
abstract artist famous for his «drip
paintings,» and I became intrigued when I found out his art falls under the category of «process art.»
The exhibit, which will run through Jan. 3 and was co-curated by grad student Sequoia Miller, is all
about artists» relationships, experimentation and juxtaposition — shapely ceramic art pieces backed by modern art's
paintings, drawings and even welded - steel sculptures of
abstract expressionism.
«I was conflicted,» the
artist explains, «I was trying to find a clever way to approach
painting because I felt like it wasn't acceptable to earnestly make
abstract work, even though I was earnest
about it.
Perhaps this is what
abstract artists are aiming for when they go on
about their
paintings being
about painting.
When
abstract artists chuck
paint about with abandon, what does it mean?
Memories are fresh
about the craze from 2013 to 2015 for process - based
abstract paintings made mostly by young, male
artists whose prices reached hundreds of thousands of dollars as investors flipped the works repeatedly — until the bubble burst last year.
Tworkov's work from this period is commonly referred to as geometric or minimal, and it has been often misinterpreted as a repudiation of
abstract expressionism; however, while it is true that the
artist did believe that the painterly self - expression of the 1950s had become hackneyed, his late
paintings were more
about the addition of the intellect, vis - à - vis formal structure or planning, than
about the elimination of the subconscious impulse.
The work proceeds from a cartoon Graham found in a 1950s men's pulp magazine, where two persons are standing in front of almost identical caricatured representation of two
abstract paintings by the
artist «Picado» made
about 40 years apart.
Bois worked directly with Kelly on the book and will share insights
about the
artist's years as a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and as a young
artist living in Paris, where he began
painting his signature
abstract forms.
I had a terrific time with Joan Waltemath, Raphael Rubinstein (who has a new article
about abstract painting underway), Jennifer McCoy, Archie Rand and so many other interesting
artists.
Artists of our generation tend to be self - taught because our instructors, many of them older
abstract painters, liked to talk
about content and form, but not necessarily
about how to
paint.
Bois, who worked directly with Kelly on the book, will share insights
about the
artist's years as a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and as a young
artist living in Paris, where he began
painting the
abstract forms that would later define his career.
Toby Kamps, Director and Chief Curator of the Blaffer Art Museum, Houston and curator for the section Spotlight talks
about its incarnation at Frieze New York 2018, with themes and through - lines including
abstract painting, Conceptualism, African diaspora traditions, and West Coast
artists; Kamps alights on two fascinating
artists whose careers are brought to light this year in the section: Cameron (1922 - 1995), presented jointly by Marc Selwyn Fine Art and Nicole Klagsbrun and Mestre Didi (1917 - 2013), presented by Galeria Marilia Razuk.
Spanning the six decades in which O'Keeffe was at her most productive and featuring over 100 major works, the forthcoming exhibition at Tate Modern will chart the progression of her practice from her early
abstract experiments to her late works from the 1950s and 1960s, aiming to dispel the clichés that persist
about the
artist and her
painting.
My favourite works are all by female
artists, who are so often absent from Italian art history: Carla Accardi's fluorescent and candy - coloured Rotolo Arancio and Rotolo Verde (Orange Roll and Green Roll, both 1967),
painted on sheets of rolled - up transparent plastic sheeting; Irma Blank's Twelve Chapters (1977), 12 laboriously hand - written books filled with the
artist's elegant
abstract signs, and Lisetta Carmi's I Travestiti (Transvestites, 1965 — 71), a pioneering and much censored photographic project
about the trans community in Genoa.
It's great to hear a young
artist speak so frankly
about abstract painting that is accessible.
The painter and professor talks
about her feminist,
artist - first approach to the Biennial and the women driving
abstract painting today.
In discussing the place of
painting and sculpture in the culture of our time, I shall refer only to those kinds which, whether
abstract or not, have a fresh inventive character, that art which is called «modern» not simply because it is of our century, but because it is the work of
artists who take seriously the challenge of new possibilities and wish to introduce into their work perceptions, ideas and experiences which have come
about only within our time.
My guest, Allison Gildersleeve was generous with her time and candor as she opened up
about her journey as an
artist and her work with
abstract paintings.
Six contemporary
abstract painters — Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, Mary Heilmann, Amy Sillman, Charline von Heyl, and Christopher Wool — select one of their own recent
paintings as well as works by other
artists who have been significant in their thinking
about their work.
If
abstract painting, to quote Matthew Collings on Mali Morris, is
about «constantly coming up with visual metaphors for experience», and the
artist's job is to produce this metaphor - world «in the form of visual pleasure, or beauty», that's a great metaphor for what Mali Morris does.
Portland, OR
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artist and illustrator Lisa Congdon is best known for her colorful
abstract paintings, intricate line drawings, pattern design & hand lettering.
Austin, TX
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abstract artist specializing in large oversized and commissioned
paintings.
About Blog Colorado artist Kimberly Conrad posts daily paintings, aspen tree paintings, contemporary abstract landscape, abstract seascape, palette knife paintings Frequency about 3 posts per
About Blog Colorado
artist Kimberly Conrad posts daily
paintings, aspen tree
paintings, contemporary
abstract landscape,
abstract seascape, palette knife
paintings Frequency
about 3 posts per
about 3 posts per week.
Austin, TX
About Blog Local Austin
abstract artist specializing in large oversized and commissioned
paintings.