Sentences with phrase «calligraphic abstraction»

From there, he sought to dissect this characterization and, as Iftikhar Dadi has written in his essay «Calligraphic Abstraction: Anwar Jalal Shemza,» he brought «the dangerous question of ornament and its relation to modernism» to a point of crisis in his work.

«Calligraphic Abstraction,» at the Seattle Asian Art Museum through Oct. 4, is a centuries - and culture - spanning look at the form.

Polke Letter, 2010 — 11, a trademark calligraphic abstraction on linen, continues Marden's ongoing «Letters» series, whereas the marble painting For Blinky, 2011, which uses a similar palette to some of Palermo's work, reminds the viewer that these works, which might otherwise feel withdrawn from the present, are responses to his contemporaries, making them not only meditations on the relationship between paint and surface but also dialogues between Marden and his generation.

His expressive painting style and layers of ephemera and found objects combined with calligraphic abstraction have a lyrical feel to them, are uniquely his.

• CALLIGRAPHIC ABSTRACTION Mark Tobey (1890 - 1976) Noted for his White Writing, a form of calligraphic gesturalism; tachisme art.

Often cited as the father of contemporary art in the United Arab Emirates, Sharif began making art in the 1970s, but soon departed from his region's dominant art form of calligraphic abstraction and embraced the radical approaches of avant - garde movements such as Fluxism and British Constructivism.

Nearby is a gorgeous late Jackson Pollock, Untitled, 1951 that is semi-figurative; a Franz Kline black and white calligraphic abstraction, Untitled from 1953; an architectural collage of rectangular shapes by Conrad Marca - Relli from 1965; and, from 1976, the Larry Rivers pop - historical Big B Signs Up, a lithograph of two hands clasping a quill pen created by Rivers to mark the U.S. Bicentennial and honor Benjamin Franklin's signing the Declaration of Independence.

This exhibition, featuring forty works from 1932 to 1952, will trace Boris Margo's development from Surrealism in the 1930s; through abstraction imbued with biomorphic imagery in the 1940s; and finally, to luminous calligraphic abstractions of the early 1950s.

The gallery describes Gimblett's paintings as «glossy, calligraphic abstractions in high - keyed hues, many of which feature large expanses of gold, silver, and aluminum leaf.

The heeches Tanavoli makes take the form of calligraphic abstractions of the word.

Gulgee adapted action painting's energy and gesture to a Pakistani context, using virtuoso brushwork to produce large, free - flowing calligraphic abstractions that captured the mystical dance of Sufi dervishes.

The exhibition represents a narration of some of Parlá's most significant life experiences embodied in expressive calligraphic abstractions, some kind of journal that recounts everything from his childhood memories to his extensive travels around the world told through his «method of conceptual and abstract storytelling» and that in many ways have shaped his art.

Best known for his striking calligraphic abstractions and serene early monochromes, Brice Marden is among the most esteemed and influential artists working today.

Not exact matches

Simultaneously there were surfacy, colorful abstractions, latter - decade paintings feature enamel paint — he was too poor for anything else — with black and white calligraphic forms.

Such duality was at the heart of his artistic practice, which employed representation and abstraction; geometric and organic forms; somber calligraphic markings and brilliant fields of color.

Eventually, Saito abandoned his theater work to focus on developing his particular style ofColor Field abstraction, often featuring calligraphic characters drawn from an alphabet of his own creation.

Eventually, Saito abandoned his theater work to focus on developing his particular style of Color Field abstraction, often featuring calligraphic characters drawn from an alphabet of his own creation.

Trends included the abandonment of figurative designs and of painting on glass in favour of a mix of biomorphic and rigorously geometric abstraction and the calligraphic non-functional use of leads.

In his large - scale oil painting Mother Tongue (2013), a hybrid geometric and gestural abstract work, Gerber has been informed by French lyrical abstraction, more precisely the calligraphic style of the German born painter Hans Hartung (1904 - 1989).

Treib's calligraphic - like brushstrokes read like some mysterious language, other forms feel grounded in the vocabulary of early modernist abstractions.

During the late 1980s Brice Marden, who held a spiritual / emotional view of abstraction, began a more multi-colored and calligraphic form of abstract painting.

«His late work consists of calligraphic, predominantly white canvases that demonstrate the artist's ultimate synthesis of figuration and abstraction, of painting and drawing, of color and line.»

In identifying different qualities of abstraction, it helps to know that a calligraphic drive is evident in Valerie Mankoff's abstract work, which has a mannerist, stylized signature.

In the late 1980s, influenced by his growing interest and travels in Thailand, his style took a dramatic turn towards gestural abstraction incorporating calligraphic intricate lines on monochromatic panels — a nod to Asian characters and odes to nature.

Considered the founder of Lyrical Abstraction — a movement distinct from geometric abstraction in the organic style of its forms — and the organizer of the «Abstraction Lyrique» exhibition held in Paris in 1947, Georges Mathieu is best known for his large - scale paintings featuring curving calligraAbstraction — a movement distinct from geometric abstraction in the organic style of its forms — and the organizer of the «Abstraction Lyrique» exhibition held in Paris in 1947, Georges Mathieu is best known for his large - scale paintings featuring curving calligraabstraction in the organic style of its forms — and the organizer of the «Abstraction Lyrique» exhibition held in Paris in 1947, Georges Mathieu is best known for his large - scale paintings featuring curving calligraAbstraction Lyrique» exhibition held in Paris in 1947, Georges Mathieu is best known for his large - scale paintings featuring curving calligraphic lines.

Sanya Kantarvosky: Sanya Kantarovsky does not like to hear his work discussed neatly in terms of figuration or abstraction; instead, he relates it to the graphic, calligraphic, and historic influences that guide his practice.

The repetitive abstractions in this unique work depicting a night bazaar recall the artist's signature calligraphic style.

Through her painterly mark making, raw textured surface, large fields of color, and calligraphic details, Fitzgerald creates contemplative gestural abstractions with an emotional resonance.

From his early monochrome paintings to his calligraphic loops and webs, Brice Marden has unwaveringly adhered to modernist principles of abstraction.

Goldberg's 21st - century work is more overtly calligraphic, and perhaps in tune with the abstraction of the 90s and later: it is more layered, historically conscious, process - oriented, and indexical.

Becoming known in the 1980s for anecdotal figuration, he has moved through alternations and combinations of abstraction and representation, deploying varied technical means: geometric pattern; stenciling; apparently casual daubing; stipple and spatter; ornamental calligraphic design.

From his early monochromes to his calligraphic compositions of the last three decades, Brice Marden has extended and refined the traditions of abstraction.

Both Zhao Wuji and Zhu Dechun settled in Paris and developed into Abstract Expressionists of great distinction, although their abstractions, painted with free calligraphic gestures in oils and acrylics, are still Chinese in their suggestions of landscapes.

Brice Marden has furthered the traditions of abstraction with his exploration of surface, material, and color, from his early monochromatic work to his more recent calligraphic compositions.

Sam Francis (1923 - 1994) Influenced by Tachisme, Lyrical Abstraction and Japanese calligraphic art.

A key member of the Art Informel movement (the European variant of Abstract Expressionism), he was associated initially with the Lyrical Abstraction wing, before becoming more calligraphic in style, not unlike the painting of Pierre Soulages (b. 1919).

The exhibition features paintings ranging from the late 2000's, highlighting Saito's use of vibrant color, calligraphic gestural abstractions, and rhythmical brushstrokes.