Rothenberg's visceral canvases have continued to evolve, as she explores the boundary
between figural representation and abstraction; her work also examines the role of color and light, and the translation of her personal experience to a painterly surface.
Not exact matches
Seen this way, discussion of Islamic art can finally move from tired questions about the lack of
figural representation to more interesting conversations on, for example, the complex relationships presumed
between icons and idolatry or on Byzantine and patristic influences.
This process allows mediation
between access points of both
figural and abstract
representation within my work.
These artists, as pictorial cartographers in their own right, have utilized the human form in their compositions as metaphorical
representations; «
figural» signifiers of the continent, highlighting the innate interconnectivity
between man, visual culture and evolvements in the urban sphere.