Henrietta Dubrey's paintings oscillate
between figurative elements and abstraction.
Not exact matches
The Last Painting of the Century (1999) and Ultrazoomazipzamapopdeluxa (1998), two large acrylic, oil, and spray paint works, use
figurative and abstract
elements to represent energy, motion, and the relationship
between reality and imagination, freedom and control.
The works in exhibition seek to exist
between genres of
figurative or abstract, highbrow or lowbrow, sentimental and academic, and all the other limiting binaries of interpretation to be both volatile and conservative, soulful and austere, containing
elements that appeal to both sides in these paintings, or as the artist puts it, «ambassadors
between the two mindsets.»
Yet the best of his wacky compositions on view, such as «Cement Truck» and «At the Door,» maintain a delicate and impressive balance
between abstract and
figurative elements.
His work oscillates
between figurative and abstract
elements, and embodies his lifelong research about the interactions
between form, content and critical thought.
During these years and those that followed, her paintings reflected some major influences, such as Hofmann's color principles and structural relationships
between figurative and nonfigurative
elements.
We love these collaborative works
between Morgan Spry - Young and Daniel Giantomaso because you have to really focus on each piece to find a narrative and
figurative elements.
Altmejd's work often draws a corollary
between the body and architecture with architectural landscape punctuated by
figurative elements or
figurative sculptures blown up to gigantic scale or infected with inorganic material.
In the
figurative elements, objects and landscapes, repetition from one canvas to the next is exploited so that the clear similarities
between them become more obvious then their differences.
But Schnabel's work always oscillates
between reduced, gestural abstraction and some
figurative elements, and I think you see that through all of his works.
Also included are a number of paintings with collaged
figurative elements which can be seen as transitions
between the earlier Door paintings and the
figurative imagery he currently uses.
Jansen's work is a result of working
between abstract and
figurative elements, crossing action painting with objective subject matter.
Bartlett is best known for her paintings and prints in which familiar subjects — ranging from houses and gardens to oceans and skies — are executed in a style that combines
elements of both representational and abstract art; indeed, she has commented that she does not accept a distinction
between figurative and abstract art.