Not exact matches
In the
context of Christian theology, the problem
of faith and reason asks this question: What is the relation between the certitude that God enters into a saving relationship with man (most effectively and uniquely in the historical existence
of Jesus
of Nazareth) and those certitudes that seem to spring from man's commonly held ability to
abstract and verify the
forms of events and processes in the world?
[50] In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassembled in an
abstracted form; instead
of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude
of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater
context.
He concentrated on elemental
forms found in nature, removed from their larger
contexts to create
abstract images
of astounding beauty and mystery.
Leaving Realism Behind approaches the development and evolution
of abstract art from a uniquely international perspective, presenting the differing
contexts of Eastern and Western
abstract art
forms and their respective developmental trajectories.
They were so fresh and inventive, yet from their complexity and the assurance
of the vocabulary — loose geometry, gridlike formations, unnamable shapes, and squiggly lines — I knew at once that this was the work
of a confident and mature artist, even though it fit into the
context of what many younger painters were engaged in at the time, when
abstract painting had returned to issues
of eccentric composition and irregular
forms realized through diverse approaches
of painting styles.
Operating outside the
context of Mas» Griffith performative actions are stripped down to their basic
form and
abstracted to create new images and narratives that respond critically and poetically to our socio - cultural environment.
Curated by gallery artist Clark Goolsby, Mysterious Muck focuses on artists whose work combines seemingly unrelated imagery, materials, environments (virtual or physical), and
abstract forms to illuminate the loss
of context in the internet - age.
By looking at examples
of how
context and politics are communicated through
abstract and formalist art practices, Rakes shows how
abstract forms can be used to represent lived experience.
Like most
of Ms. Shettar's work, it represents a strain
of Indian contemporary art still overlooked in a global
context:
abstract work that wears Indian - ness lightly but still stands apart from familiar international
forms, themes and styles.
Working mainly with industrial and salvaged architectural materials, Behr applies an
abstract language to his sculptural works, placing otherwise familiar materials out
of context and imposing a defiance to logic, gravity and
form.
His use
of script
forms, often within an
abstract context, creates a fluid and highly personal visual language.
For his solo exhibition with Chelsea» David Zwirner, Ming uses Francisco Goya «s Black Paintings as the starting point to explore a new
form of painted collage by
abstracting the content and appropriating an existing narrative into a contemporary
context.