Not exact matches
In soft shades of grey and
white these
biomorphic forms float ar...
Painting in 1950, this 18 - by -24-inch Sapolin enamel on paper reflects the artist's decision in the late 1940s to eliminate «color from his palette in order to focus on line,
form and imagery» resulting in «the birth of a confident and energetic synthesis of abstraction,
biomorphic forms and gestural «action painting»... The black and
white abstractions also demonstrate the crucial relationship between drawing and painting in de Kooning's oeuvre.
Rothko's evanescent «Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea,» with its delicate
biomorphic forms twirling on seeping
white, does a wonderful tango with the
white - cake - icing impasto of Pollock's «Shimmering Substance.»
«
White - Tipped Blooming» exemplifies many outstanding characteristics of Surls's oeuvre, which call to mind the artistic traditions on which he builds his practice: the unique oak - and - steel construction consists of expressively carved
biomorphic forms that conjure primitivist aesthetics and mythical imagery of early 20th - century avant - garde sculpture, while the humble, organic materials pay homage to American folk art.
Reinker's process begins with the detailed study of
biomorphic forms — from body parts to plants and animals — and ends with semi-abstracted black and
white line drawings.