Sentences with phrase «consider figuration and abstraction»

Or consider figuration and abstraction.

Not exact matches

With regard to the conflicting ideas of abstraction and figuration, Butler has always considered this conflict to be a natural and unavoidable effect of putting paint on canvas.

Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Procession considers the complexity of Lewis's art in its entirety, examining his use of figuration within his abstract expressionist style, his ability to integrate social issues and abstraction, and the surprising and expressive palette he championed throughout his career.

Works that expressed a personal or political viewpoint through figuration were considered to be retrograde in comparison to the radical abstractions created by the great American painters of the forties and fifties.

Could we consider this to also represent figuration, as much as we consider the disfigurement of a body in Blue Nude by Henri Matisse, or in Pablo Picasso's famous work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, as examples of work that focus on the move towards abstraction, and the erasing of the figure?

It was the artist Francis Bacon who always considered his work to exist in the middle ground between figuration art and abstraction.

Burgard also speaks about de Kooning's influence on Diebenkorn noting that «deKooning moving from abstraction to figuration... that gives Diebenkorn the license and permission to consider that option as well.

As often in her work that she considers «Digital Tapestry,» the video slowly wanders between abstraction and figuration.

7 When Pollock and de Kooning returned to figuration and more colour in these works, it was considered a reactionary retreat from the historic adventure of abstraction.

Considered one of the great American post-war painters, Richard Diebenkorn famously diverse career saw him switch from abstraction to figuration and then back again.

A constellation of paintings, sculptures, and found objects, this show dramatically expands upon the artist's practice including a carefully considered investigation of color and figuration amidst his signature abstractions.

Procession considers the complexity of Lewis» art in its entirety: It examines the role of figuration within Abstract Expressionism, considers how Lewis integrated social issues with abstraction, and highlights the surprising and expressive palette the artist championed throughout his career.

Featuring sculpture and paintings (including HENRY TAYLOR's «The Darker the Berry, the Sweeter the Juice»), this group exhibition organized by Hammer Museum curator Jamillah James considers the intersection between figuration and abstraction.

Each and every artwork's place in the gallery, and the transformation of the space, has been wholly and elegantly considered incorporating figuration and abstraction in equal doses.