Sentences with phrase «definitions of abstract art»

It is worth remembering, when considering the ever - expanding definition of abstract art, that the term refers to the act of abstracting from reality.

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«Richard Diebenkorn cited the definition of abstract as simply «to draw from or separate,» expressing his frustration with the limitations of the term in regards to art.

Danto's definition of art as being about something is so entrenched it is hard for the counterexample of abstract painting to be appropriately appreciated.

The connection between abstract painting and painting's self - definition is always seen as central part of Greenbergian doctrine, an extension of the grand narrative's account of the arts «coming into their own» in the 18th and 19th centuries which Wolterstorff describes.

The work of these artists — decidedly abstract and expressionistic yet at times referential to Africa, black America, and to the evolving civil rights struggle — necessitated an altogether different definition of what was then described as modern Negro art.

It worked, or perhaps the definition of the abstract expressionist was relaxed or Kline's use of sketches was forgotten, such that the art critic and poet Frank O'Hara could later write: «[Kline] is the Action Painter par excellence».48 Emphasising the moment of breakthrough served to give an impression of compressed time, so that this unique episode could stand in for all of the works, which Kline had painted much more slowly and with sketches.

Today, abstract art is often an umbrella term that encompasses a wide range of styles and art movements, each with their own style and definition.

How did space, an entity by definition imperceptible, become a central theme of abstract art and, in particular, of sculpture?

Over the past three decades, private collectors Peter and Rosemarie Ruppert have amassed an enormous range of works focused on the definition of concrete art as an aesthetic form that stands only for itself, and not for an abstracted or symbolic representation of the visually perceptible.

Johns helped change our definition of art coming out of the period of abstract expressionism and gesture....

The romantic bias of Pollock's individualism and his sense of freedom as expressed in his art stand out in sharper definition when his work is compared with the abstract painting of the new European generation.

DEFINITION OF SCULPTURE The art of making three - dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood, or by casting metal or plasteOF SCULPTURE The art of making three - dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood, or by casting metal or plasteof making three - dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood, or by casting metal or plaster.

Bromirski and LaBine are both abstract painters who extend the definition of paint on canvas by subjecting their works to a variety of «assaults,» including hole - cutting, pasting, sprinkling material such as sand (Bromirski) and layering non art - materials such as pillow cases (LaBine).

So much so that its definition has become somewhat unstable, to the extent that it might be better to think of it as an «indiscipline» as Daniel Sturgis et al did in the exhibition The Indiscipline of Painting, that opened at Tate St Ives in October 2011 and toured to Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre in January 2012, presenting a «partial and partisan» survey of abstract painting from the 60's until now.

His bold, abstract style has expanded the art community's definition of street art, and has been featured in numerous publications.