«The highly structured surfaces (of these works) would
change his approach to painting» (M. Friedman, 1983).
In those 9 months, he radically
changed his approach to painting.
Not exact matches
Braque was his first god, followed by Miró, but gradually he became involved in an effort
to tell a story with his
paintings, so he
changed to a more introverted
approach, meanwhile developing an admiration for Gauguin, Van Gogh and de Staël.
«Whenever I
approach what looks like an existing modernist
painting, I know I have
to change something,» says Rommel in an interview with Art in America, «I try
to mess up the
painting to prevent a fixed reading that reflects an established tradition.»
Ryman remarks in his essay, «When I complete each group of
paintings, I try
to change my
approach, as it gives me a new challenge so that I don't become too comfortable with my
painting.
Yet she displays a knowledge and familiarity with academic theory and art history: Clement Greenberg; the
changing applications of portraiture from Holbein through
to Freud; different
approaches and time - scales
to painting a canvas; the allusive history of certain attitudes for sitters
to adopt.
It is in the nocturnal
paintings that Plimack Mangold not only switched from acrylic
to oil but also
changed her
approach.
Dan's new collection of
paintings brings a more subtle and controlled
approach to his work, triggered, in his words, by a
change of surroundings from the city
to the countryside and also his impending fatherhood (Baldwin Jr. attended the opening in utero!).
Has your
approach to painting the body
changed?
Coming out of the tail end of a legacy of abstraction at the region's art schools and in the midst of the ascendency of new figurative
painting and
changing approaches to sculpture via clay, etc, (eg, Voulkos) in the Bay Area, the work they made in that period of transition shows the freedom with which they
approached art - making.
Art critic Louisa Buck recalls first edition fig - 1 in 2000,
painting a picture of the second edition of the project and the
changes in the contemporary art world in the intervening fifteen years; Director of the Contemporary Art Society Caroline Douglas explores shifting models of philanthropy and patronage in the arts; Serpentine Gallery co-director Hans - Ulrich Obrist discusses curatorial
approaches and the role of the institution with Fatos Ustek; Writer and lecturer Gilda Williams uses the fig - 2 programme as a vehicle
to explore language and differing
approaches; Tate Modern Curator of performance Catherine Wood dissects the role and impact of performance?
Ito's
paintings have gone through
changes: in addition
to a new
approach of arranging various motifs in the diorama and
painting all images as they are in her mind, Ito has begun using various new motifs.
Eschewing dramatic
changes in her
approach to painting as much as dramatic conflict within any particular work, Martin depends for her surprises on the degree
to which the effects of her
paintings can vary within severe limits.
Considering the 15th century example of the head of an angel in Verrocchio's Baptism of Christ (1472 - 1475) that was famously
painted by his workshop prodigy Leonardo da Vinci, we ask ourselves, does it
change our understanding and appreciation of a contemporary artwork if we know that it was executed by an assistant whose own independent work we have come
to associate with an altogether different
approach?
The topic of how digital imaging has
changed the way young artists
approach painting is too broad
to tackle here but in the exhibition, some of the most interesting
changes are the most subtle.
Looking back on the trajectory of these solo shows, I can see that my
approach to the subject matter and
painting changed over time.