Not exact matches
Both works are constructed with rhythmic, overlapping
shaped canvas planes, strings and struts, using an abstracted lexicon
of forms derived from crosses,
diamonds, zigzags and arcs.
Malcolm Morley (b. 1931) is an artist
of mirth and Lot 213, «A Passion for the Funeral
of Vincent Van Gogh,» is a
diamond -
shaped oil on
canvas, 83 by 48 inches.
In the early 60's, inspired by the work
of senior painters like Piet Mondrian and Josef Albers, Jackson moved away from the gestural style that had marked his work
of the» 50's, developing his signature style
of austere, hard edged geometric compositions on square and
diamond shaped canvases.
Many
of the
canvases were slanted and bolted together to create
diamond shapes that were combined with rounder
shapes that Mangold himself has described as looking like heads, or egg
shapes.
Physical applications
of volatile multicolor brush strokes to the
canvas, are the basis for the hurlubelu — like characters, while the abstractions are an investigation
of improvised construction based on the
shape of a lozenge (
diamond shape) and Catalan solids (geometric).
Noland pioneered the
shaped canvas, initially with a series
of symmetrical and asymmetrical
diamonds or chevrons.
There seemed at that time to be no emotional need that could not be satisfied by the chevron, the
diamond, the irregularly
shaped canvas and, as
of 1967, the long, narrow, horizontal striped images that stretched out forever.
From the late 1940s, Bolotowsky used
canvases shaped as
diamonds, circles, and ovals to show how the edge
of the painting could change the visual effect
of the lines and angles within.
Known first for his circle paintings, Noland became a defining Color Field painter by rhythmically exploring a wide range
of acrylic hues in a visual language
of chevrons,
diamonds, horizontal bands, and plaid patterns on variously
shaped canvases, one as wide as 7.3 meters.