Accordingly, Grosse seeks to pictorially open up and dive into the space and surface of the images, contesting the two -
dimensional quality of paint on canvas.
By letting them lean against the wall, which reveals the gap between the two planes, I attempt to show the hidden three -
dimensional qualities of painting and its relationship to the wall that it always relies on.
Not exact matches
Every single one has extraordinary color: the variety and brightness each piece carries, detail: the amount
of work that is put into every aspect
of each
painting that make it look so realistic and abstract, lighting: the bright light shining throughout each image giving each piece an intriguing positive / enthusiastic energy, shading: the detailed shadings on each face giving them that 3 -
dimensional look, definition: the
quality of the defined lines that are portrayed through every
painting (piece) and every small detail in the
painting (like the faces and body parts) line: the complex and balanced lining that is seen in both, the abstract and realistic images in these works, texture: somewhat giving off an appealing texture to the works by the dimensions, as if you can reach out and grab the images, dimension: the realistic look that each women has (3 -
dimensional), spacing: the space is used wisely in each work, very nicely spread out adding to its originality, touch: the clear and powerful finishing touch that every piece has, and the most visible that is seen in every piece here, is simply life.
Roger Brown: The first group
of sculptures was inspired by the feeling that the
paintings themselves had a three -
dimensional quality, so they very easily could be taken as models for three -
dimensional works.
Characterizing the
qualities of this new work in a 1965 essay
of the same title, Judd assessed the importance
of the
paintings of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Clyfford Still in the development
of three -
dimensional work and references the work
of his contemporaries, such as Lee Bontecou, John Chamberlain, Dan Flavin, and Claes Oldenburg, among others, as examples
of this new kind
of art.
Her works push the boundaries
of a two -
dimensional medium; the irregular triangles in the «Giant Maiden» series (1972) strain against the edges
of canvases
painted in high relief, while the explosive colors on an intricate collage - like canvas in Do the Dance (2005) lend the
painting a kinetic, almost optical
quality.
The other nominees include Michael Raedecker, from Amsterdam, whose
paintings use thread and wool along with thick layers
of paint, giving a three -
dimensional quality to his work.
There is, in fact, a distinctly sculptural
quality to the sunset
paintings, with their undulating three -
dimensional surfaces made up
of painted bars — McLean, typically unpretentious, describes them as «real lumps
of stuff».
The three -
dimensional quality of Halley's work asserts the object status
of the
paintings in a way that photographic reproduction simply can not represent.»
Sculpture, along with the architecture
of Manhattan, offers the three -
dimensional inspiration for her two -
dimensional works, and the geometry
of such jaunty
paintings as Blue Swag has some
of that built
quality.
She was drawn to the fragility and hardness
of glass, its liquid
quality as well as its capacity to adapt to the two -
dimensional status
of painting.
Although Athanasios Argianas's «Song Machine» works possess a similar minimalist aesthetic — unlike Stamkopoulos's sculptures, which tackle the formal
qualities of painting in three -
dimensional space — Argianas's interest lies in the limit between material and immaterial structure i.e. information.
Yli - Mayry's dynamic work is distinguished by her deft use
of the pallet knife which she employs to achieve multiple effects, from a thin, even coat to thick lines, to a three -
dimensional quality made by scraping lines into the
painted canvass.
This exhibition, to be shown at Museo Picasso Málaga until 17 September 2017, brings together Francis Bacon's powerful solitude, Lucian Freud's carnal angst, Michael Andrews» encapsulated ego, Frank Auerbach's three -
dimensional painting, David Bomberg's emotional force, William Coldstream's rigorous measure, Ronald B. Kitaj's multiplicity, Leon Kossoff's visceral
quality, Paula Rego's subversion and Euan Uglow's proportion, all
of them artists associated with what has come to be referred to as the School
of London, a label that has not, however, been accepted by art historians or by the artists themselves.
Taking a monochromatic grey palette as its organizing principle and aesthetic theoretical vehicle, this exhibition reveals the emergence
of that which subtracts or divides — a polemics
of black and white or the search for a middle ground, a shade
of grey — in the work
of artists from around the globe: including Shiva Ahmadi, Yasima Alaoui, Ayad Alkadhi, Afruz Amighi, Reza Aramesh, Shoja Azari & Shahram Karimi, Bruce High
Quality Foundation, Dilip Chobisa, Seth Cameron, Arthur Carter, Noor Ali Chagani, Nick Farhi, Nir Hod, Rachael Lee Hovanian, Joseph Kosuth, Liane Lang, Farideh Lashai, Shirin Neshat, Enoc Perez, and Dan Witz, Grisaille: originally derived from a 19th century term for monochrome
painting, especially the portrayal
of three
dimensional objects in two
dimensional form,
of which the work
of British based Liane Lang in this exhibition approaches the closest contemporary example
of this art historical origin, the gris or grisaille is updated in this exhibition to reflect the embattled gesture
of not simply the monochromatic, but also any opposition to color as such, in at once its aesthetic and political modes.
Figurative works by Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti, which explore the human body and add a psychological dimension by means
of painting, are followed by works
of Josef Albers, Piero Manzoni, and Lucio Fontana that emphasize the support as such in its three -
dimensional character and material
quality.
The works on paper are attempts to bring some
of the
qualities of Devine's earlier abstract
paintings into a kind
of three -
dimensional reality.
The strange
quality of the
paintings comes from their landscape feeling without any traditional three - dimensionality; they have a strong two -
dimensional feel in spite
of perspective devices, some
of which act in contradiction to each other.
His career seemed to move inexorably toward creating an extra dimension, as his
paintings took on the sculptural
quality of shaped canvases and pushed into the gallery space, becoming more and more three -
dimensional.
Renowned for his bold use
of colour, inventive forms and, more latterly, the three -
dimensional quality he achieved with thick layers
of acrylic
paint, Hoyland was strongly influenced by his experience
of American Abstract Expressionism in the late 1950s and 1960s and was friends with many
of the acclaimed American artists
of the time (including Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler).
Like many
of Edge's earlier resin pieces, they are painterly yet have a three -
dimensional quality that plays with the tension between illusionistic
painting and literalness
of sculpture.
This problem causes our
paintings to appear flat or at least lacking the vibrant 3 -
dimensional quality present in many
of the masters we admire.