This is reflected in
contemporary figurative painting with image overlays, and the fracturing of forms.
Not exact matches
BB: I consider myself at the moment an abstract painter enthralled
with observational
painting, but one issue I have
with post-war and
contemporary figurative painting is how overbearing the «abstraction» can be sometimes.
Whether appropriated by some
contemporary figurative painters or aligned
with some sort of new figuration, where the painters «find everything to be a matter of images» (to quote Barry Schwabsky from the online catalogue for «A New Subjectivity»), Abstraction clearly and demonstratively engages
with the problems of
painting (and collage and sculpture) despite the surprising conservatism of Kerry James Marshall.
A key figure of Australian art since the mid-1980s, Linda Marrinon has developed an idiosyncratic language of
figurative painting and sculpture that merges
contemporary cartoons
with neoclassic tropes of the nude, reclining figure, and bust or standing portrait.
MB: I am sure that the
painting from Cluj is associated with the term Figurative Painting, which has regained more than a fashionable status in the art world, and the «old masters» have become key reference points for many contemporary p
painting from Cluj is associated
with the term
Figurative Painting, which has regained more than a fashionable status in the art world, and the «old masters» have become key reference points for many contemporary p
Painting, which has regained more than a fashionable status in the art world, and the «old masters» have become key reference points for many
contemporary painters.
Over 300 pages illustrated
with Zeller's own exquisite drawings and
paintings as well as works by nearly 100 historical and
contemporary figurative art masters, the book includes some of the finest
figurative art of the past and the present day.
FRANCIS PICABIA: OUR HEADS ARE ROUND SO OUR THOUGHTS CAN CHANGE DIRECTION Picabia was on the ground
with the Dadaists in Paris, but this exhibition includes his later work, which has influenced
contemporary painters — perverse
figurative paintings that look like precursors to Pop Art, or pulp fiction book covers.
Widely associated
with a re-emergence of the
figurative in
contemporary painting, she has always maintained the primacy of color,
with her narratives intricately based in her use of
paint.
Abney's
figurative paintings deal
with contemporary urban life.
One of Australia's foremost
contemporary artists working today, Barton's distinctive use of line across
painting, illustration, video and collage creates a vibrant
figurative dream world, rich
with personal references and poignant juxtapositions.
Many of his
paintings are
contemporary figurative in style
with emphasis on design and are done
with both oil and watercolor.
The exhibition — a collaboration between Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG), the country's premier public museum and host venue for this show, and The New Church Museum, a private collection
with a
contemporary focus — juxtaposes historical and
contemporary works by 27 artists (20 men and seven women) to offer various critical insights about patriarchy and gendered tropes within
figurative painting.
Widely associated
with a re-emergence of the
figurative in
contemporary painting, Lisa Yuskavage has developed her own genre of portraiture in which lavish, erotic, vulgar, angelic women (and more recently men) are cast within fantastical landscapes or dramatically lit interiors.
During 2014's «Prospect.3: Notes for Now» — the third iteration of the city - wide
contemporary art triennial in New Orleans — the Contemporary Arts Center was filled with a selection of abstract paintings, figurative works, video installations, and fish tanks full of coral — all pieces created by artists from aroun
contemporary art triennial in New Orleans — the
Contemporary Arts Center was filled with a selection of abstract paintings, figurative works, video installations, and fish tanks full of coral — all pieces created by artists from aroun
Contemporary Arts Center was filled
with a selection of abstract
paintings,
figurative works, video installations, and fish tanks full of coral — all pieces created by artists from around the world.
Altered States looks at
contemporary artists who explore psychedelia (mostly
painting and some constructions
with a mix of figuration, geometric and Op imagery) against a back drop of 1960s Op Art,
figurative and Color Field
paintings, as well as original rock posters from concerts at the Fillmore West, Avalon Ballroom and other San Francisco venues to set the stage and create the mood.
Kehinde Wiley's canvases, which repopulate Old Master portraits
with young black men in
contemporary streetwear, have been hailed inside and outside art - world circles as triumphant examples of
contemporary figurative painting.
Currin's accomplished and alluring
paintings of distorted and disfigured women and men, including portraits, genre scenes, and still - lifes, bring back the
figurative in
contemporary painting with an informed nod to art history.
With the resurgence of figurative contemporary painting, painters of the 1980s — who experimented with appropriated imagery and photographic resources while critics challenged the relevance of their medium — offer a fruitful compari
With the resurgence of
figurative contemporary painting, painters of the 1980s — who experimented
with appropriated imagery and photographic resources while critics challenged the relevance of their medium — offer a fruitful compari
with appropriated imagery and photographic resources while critics challenged the relevance of their medium — offer a fruitful comparison.
Francisco Vidal Art Specializing in a
Figurative Paintings and Works on Paper Visual Dialogue
with Series about The Artist, The Music and more works also
with Classic Genre like Nude, Figures, Still life and Landscape on
Contemporary way I live and work on New York
The
painting, which blends
figurative expressionism
with Pop aesthetics reminiscent of artist Larry Rivers, is often deemed a landmark in Cannon's career — and in the course of
contemporary Native art.
In more cryptic, abstract
paintings than the ones
painted in Maine, he had memorialized the young Prussian lieutenant Karl von Freyburg in Germany,
with whom he was in love and who would die in World War I. His Maine
figurative paintings and drawings depict brawny loggers and men in swimsuits, reflecting what to a
contemporary eye is clearly homoeroticism, though apparently it was not construed as such when Hartley made the
paintings.
With both an indoor gallery space and an impressive sculpture garden, visitors can enjoy abstract, landscape and
figurative paintings amongst
contemporary fine art sculptures as they roam around A Gallery.
Drawing +
Painting Anatomical Figure Drawing Beginning Water - based Media Color Theory for Painters + Designers Color Theory for the Painter
Contemporary Figuration
Contemporary Techniques for
Figurative Painting Continuing the Indirect Method of Oil
Painting Creating Innovative Comics Drawing +
Painting the Figure Drawing for Comics Drawing Fundamentals Drawing in Color Drawing Outside in RVA Drawing
with Ink, Charcoal + Wax Resist Exploring Water - based Media Figure Drawing Intensive Impressionism, Mark - making + Your Sketchbook Intermediate Classical Drawing Intermediate Drawing Intermediate Pastel Drawing Intermediate to Advanced Watercolor Introduction to Acrylic
Painting Introduction to Children's Book Illustration Introduction to Classical Drawing Introduction to Oil
Painting Introduction to
Painting with Gouache Introduction to Pastel Drawing Introduction to the Figure Introduction to Watercolor Mixed - Media Drawing +
Painting Mixed - Media Image Transfers
Painting the Still Life + Figure in Oil Pen + Ink Drawing The Expressive Figure The Portrait in Oil The Traveling Sketchbook Value Into Color Visual Storytelling Through Illustration Watercolor + the Figure
Widely associated
with a re-emergence of the
figurative in
contemporary painting, Lisa Yuskavage has developed her own genre of portraiture in which lavish, erotic, angelic and at times grotesque characters are cast within fantastical landscapes or domestic spaces.
Altered States looks at
contemporary artists who explore psychedelia (mostly
painting and some constructions
with a mix of figuration, geometric and Op imagery) against a back drop of 1960s Op Art,
figurative and Color Field
paintings, as well as original rock posters.
Istanbul
Contemporary Art fair made an invitation to Syria, and a friend and artist BP National Portrait prize winner in Britain, Sara Shamma was included
with a very
figurative Florence Nightingale
painting that illustrated her asleep, in the New Horizans space,
with art galleries like Ayyam included Beirut, Damascus, Syria and the Middle East.
This year plenty of good
paintings are on view, though some of the
figurative work seems out of synch
with the most compelling
contemporary work in that vein.
The Osborne Studio Gallery specialises in sporting
paintings and bronzes by leading
contemporary artists,
with an emphasis on horse racing, and has additionally branched out over the years to handle the works of many respected landscape and
figurative painters.
It is a simple
painting, which offers a subtle and ironic statement on
contemporary art: these dandies, who seem to epitomize an art world obsessed
with abstraction and minimalism, are themselves the subject of a traditional
figurative painting.
His work of the last three years has witnessed an increasing interplay of
figurative motifs
with more formal abstracted
painting in a manner that explores the nature of the medium and its history in relation to the shifting imagery of
contemporary life.
From the pieces which accentuate the beauty of their subjects, such as those of Anna Rose Bain, to pieces
with psychological connotations seen in the works of Zack Zdrale,
Contemporary Figuration will present a collection of artworks that blend styles, genres, and themes to shed light on the many - sided world of
figurative painting.
Her signature use of rich bright color and dynamic composition continues to captivate viewers
with its
contemporary content and references to the history of
figurative painting.
Be sure to check out booths by Galerie Flox from Dresden, focusing on realism
painting and graphics; Galerie Klose
contemporary tomorrow from Essen, focusing on
figurative painting, sculpture and sculpture; La Galeria / Unique from Torino, exhibiting art
with an interesting
contemporary proactive quality; Square Rock Ltd. from London; and PontArte from Maastricht; a tailored «on - demand art gallery»; among others.
We hope the exhibition will encourage more dialogue around Wróblewski and reaffirm his importance and contribution to
contemporary European
figurative painting; not only in relation to artists from Poland and the former Soviet Union, such as Wilhelm Sasnal, but also
with regard to figures such as Luc Tuymans and Marlene Dumas.
Altered States: A Psychedelic Legacy, features
contemporary artists who explore psychedelic art — mostly
painting and some constructions
with a mix of figuration, geometric and Op imagery — against a back drop of 1960s Optical Art,
figurative and Color Field
paintings, as well as original rock posters from concerts at the Fillmore West, Avalon Ballroom and other San Francisco venues, which sets the stage and creates the mood.
His works deal
with contemporary, historical and literary themes, and are marked by
figurative imagery executed
with spontaneous and vigorous handling of the
paint and often done on large - scale formats.
At the time I was thinking about both
contemporary figurative painting and gestural abstraction, and these solidify in Linhares's work
with a rare conviction.
Lisa Yuskavage is widely associated
with a re-emergence of the
figurative in
contemporary painting.