The Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen exhibition spans the New York — based artist's five - decades - long career, featuring a rich selection of
early figurative paintings, mature pure abstraction and conceptual works, and her personal and political art that initially emerged during the aftermath of a life - threatening car accident that took place in 1979.
Howardena Pindell: What Remains to Be Seen traces the themes and visual experiments that run through the New York — based artist's five decades - long career, featuring
early figurative paintings, pure abstraction and conceptual works, and personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life - threatening car accident in 1979.
The exhibition spans the New York — based artist's five - decades - long career, featuring
early figurative paintings, pure abstraction and conceptual works, and personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life - threatening car accident in 1979.
Born and trained in Germany, Delaunay's work ranges from
early figurative paintings in the 1900s to the vibrant abstraction of the 1960s.
It would chronicle
the early figurative paintings of Richard Diebenkorn, a widely acclaimed artist who came to the forefront in the»70s with a highly prized series of luminous abstractions.
LG: I'm curious about your mentioning
your early figurative paintings, wonder if you could speculate about how painting the figure might differ from your still lifes?
Currently on view at MCA Chicago through May 20, the exhibition spans Pindell's five - decade career, «featuring
early figurative paintings, pure abstraction and conceptual works, and personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life - threatening car accident in 1979.
From
early figurative paintings, through collages and video installations, to her radical work in dance and performance, Ms. Schneemann has consistently — insistently — made the personal political, bridging divides between eras and cultures, even species.
His early figurative painting slowly gained attention, and his black - and - white abstractions of the late 1940s made him a leader among the New York Abstract Expressionists; but the early 1950s Woman paintings made him famous for the violence of their depiction.
«The vast horizontality of the land...» This idea of moving westward was something he had already explored in
his earlier figurative painting, Going West (c1934 - 35).
Tate Modern will present the first UK retrospective to assess the breadth of her vibrant artistic career, from
her early figurative painting in the 1900s to her energetic abstract work in the 1960s.
A rare, large,
early figurative painting by Kim Frohsin from 1998, featuring model / muse, Merav, in red stockings, wearing a blue dress, with grey, yellow and black stripe.
The mid -»40s picture marks the half - way point between
the early figurative painting and his breakthrough work.
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The earliest figurative paintings in Europe date back to the Aurignacian period, approximately 30,000 to 32,000 years ago, and are found in the Chauvet Cave in France, and in the Coliboaia Cave in Romania.
Not exact matches
The exhibit will include stunning hyper - realistic work by Churchill - Johnson — stark political statement contrasted with delicate, minimalist abstraction by Uyesaka — deeply engaging abstract oils by Scorzelli — dynamic and powerful ceramic insights by Rosenberg - Dent — fanciful, abstract adventures by Lehrer — an unsettling mixed - media installation with video by auto - expressionist, Metrov — striking
figurative vs abstract works by Ferris — a lively «abolish blandness»
painting by Lytle contrasted with fabulous yarn work from the
early 90's — and a pair of McCracken's, always delightful, miniatures.
His
early work was
figurative and often described as expressionist, but from the mid 1960s his
paintings became more geometric.
Diebenkorn speaks of his family background and
early life; his education and his service in the Marine Corps; his introduction to modernism; his
early abstract work; the formation of the Bay Area
figurative school and the relationship between art in New York and in the Bay Area; teaching; critical and public reaction to his work; important exhibitions of his work; vacillating between the
figurative and the abstract in his
painting; his working methods.
Even
earlier works like Fable II and Rite, both from 1957, earn their titles by the nonspecific
figurative connotations of their bunched shapes; it would take only a little bit of further manipulation to turn those forms into the kind of stylized figures found in the
paintings that Jan Müller was making around this time, or Bob Thompson just a little later.
Next to Nothing presents a group exhibition that revisits
early Modern
figurative painting and Symbolist poetry through the recent work of 12 contemporary artists.
The show includes
early works in oil, watercolor, gouache and ink; Abstract Expressionist
paintings done in California; and «Untitled (Horse and Rider)» (1954), considered one of his first mature
figurative paintings.
Where as Avery's
early figurative drawings and
paintings from the 1930s attest to affinities primarily with the work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, by the 1940s he was discernibly close to Henri Matisse.
The subject matter may not be as compelling as Katz's
earlier figurative work, but these
paintings, on view through July 7, aren't about garden design or abstract composition.
An amazing collection of
paintings and other works from the Centre Pompidou, Paris, traces the development of this extraordinary and inventive artist, from his
early figurative works to his most modern pieces.
Bringing together more than 90 works from pubic and private collections, the exhibition features
paintings and works on paper spanning the
early 1930s through the late 70s, from his
early depictions of African masks and
figurative works to the abstract images for which he is most recognized.
The book, edited by Trevor Schoonmaker, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher, brilliantly presents a masterful look at the
figurative painting, a selection of which can be seen in the next iteration of Soul of a Nation, which opened
earlier this month at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, as well as in the exhibition catalogue, available from the Tate, which features Hendricks»
painting «What's Going On» (1974) on the cover.
With almost 40 works, this exhibition proposes a complete view of the artist's aesthetic development, starting with his
figurative works, when he exhibited in Barcelona in the
early 30's, until his latest abstract
paintings of the 90's after going through the abstract expressionist stage that became so relevant in the United States during the 40s and 50s.
But when it comes to viewing David Park's body of work, this book shines with superb color plates dispersed throughout, showing Park's development as a painter from his
early days, his non-
figurative period, his return to
figurative painting, and his final
figurative work in gouache.
As in his
earlier Storm
paintings where scraping gestures that erased
figurative components became central to the composition, Cooke again uses abstract elements as building blocks for his new work.
«Figures had to be situated solidly in [their] environment» and a chair is an extremely effective visual anchor (J. Bishop, «Making Matisse His Own: Richard Diebenkorn's
Early Abstractions and
Figurative Paintings,» in J. Bishop & K. Rothkopf, Matisse / Diebenkorn, exh.
A couple of the
early abstract Berkeley
paintings feature here, these leading to the second gallery where we see Diebenkorn abandon abstract
painting and become part of the Bay Area
Figurative Movement.
But like Elmer Bischoff and David Park, with whom he made the turn to
figurative painting a few years later, Diebenkorn was asking questions that abstract expressionism couldn't always answer, even though, as the
early works in the show at the Royal Academy (until 7 June) suggest, he was a loyal and talented disciple: the LA Times described him as «one of the most gifted artists in the American non-objective field».
She returned to New York in the
early 1970s, where her practice turned towards
figurative paintings, many with erotic themes in response to pornography, popular culture, and concerns around representation.
Lonely Old Slogans traces Richter's
earliest, colour - intensive abstract improvisations through to his
figurative works, described by the artist as a new form of history
painting.
Whereas Bickerton's
early works tackle form, function, and communication, with sometimes single words acting as the entire
painting, his later
figurative pieces are visually deafening, with bright color and cluttered objects mirroring the over-the-top excess featured as the work's subject.
His
early work was
figurative but he moved towards abstraction from the late 1960s onwards, and is renowned for his large - scale
paintings saturated with colour.
Entire Diploma show of abstract
paintings taken down by order of President of Royal Academy, Sir Charles Wheeler, but Diploma awarded on strength of
earlier figurative work.
The work moves through several recognisable phases: from the carefully constructed
figurative pictures of the late 1940s; into various degrees of object - based abstraction; to an even simpler sort of still life
painting in the 1970s and
early 1980s.
In Paris in the
early 1950s, Copley developed a unique, ribald
figurative style that bucked prevailing trends toward abstraction, taking inspiration from Surrealist
painting, American, cartoon and silent - movie imagery.
What makes de Kooning such a great artist may be something far more subtle, far more interior to
painting itself and perhaps expressed best in his earlier works, those that are, again, often described as transitional, from figurative works of the early 40s to even abstractions such as Painting, Attic, or Exc
painting itself and perhaps expressed best in his
earlier works, those that are, again, often described as transitional, from
figurative works of the
early 40s to even abstractions such as
Painting, Attic, or Exc
Painting, Attic, or Excavation.
Featuring more than 100 works spanning from the
early 1980s to the present, including a number of new and never - before - seen pieces, the exhibition juxtaposes graphic patterns with abstracted,
figurative paintings, creating a fully immersive environment that underscores the artist's systematic dismantling of the hierarchy between design and fine art, and between three - dimensional form and two - dimensional representation.
First shown in a solo exhibition at Metro Pictures, New York, in 1986, this work was one of four
figurative paintings that featured iconic political figures and groups from the late 1960s and
early 1970s, including Angela Davis, the Black Panther leader Kathleen Cleaver, and the experimental troupe the Living Theatre.
Sotheby's started the evening's other 38 lots with the 2012
painting «Drown,» by the young Nigerian - born
figurative painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby, who
earlier this year was the subject of a one - woman show at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla..
The Columbus Museum of Art and Denver Art Museum present Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940 — 50, a major exhibition tracing the evolution of Rothko's work from his Surrealist - influenced,
figurative compositions of the
early 40s to the abstract, color field
paintings for which he is best known.
His
early paintings, his
figurative still - lifes, particularly - not the late, softly fluid, lyrical abstractions that would profoundly influence the course of American art - are often so densely built up, so airtight with
paint, that they've more or less had the life choked out of them; in the course of trying to keep them alive, they have in fact become dead things.
The RA's exhibition explores Diebenkorn's practice across four decades, focusing on the three different stages of his career from his initial embrace of abstraction in the
early 1950s, his shift to
figurative painting in the mid-1950s, and his return to abstraction in the late 1960s.
In the
early 1960s, Leslie's style evolved from pure abstraction to
figurative realism, distilling his background in film to be fully realized through
painting.
I learned
early on that while most people know Barkley for his
figurative paintings, he considered his practice much wider - ranging in nature, including landscapes and photography.
It wasn't until the
early 1990's that Peter Doig began to make a name for himself with his distinctive approach to
figurative painting.
His studio practice involves animated gifs,
figurative painting, social media,
early cinema, computer glitches, theatrical design, culinary exploration, alchemy, and folk magic.
In the
early 1980s Dokoupil emerged as a leading champion of a new generation of international artists who, in opposition to the minimal and conceptual art of the 1970s, rediscovered
painting and the use of
figurative, expressionist images.