Sentences with phrase «edge abstraction»

Hard edge abstraction seemed to be the one to take a look at as it's probably the most ubiquitous and the one that tends to get the most formal.

She painted hard - edged abstraction in the 1960s, with some of very first examples of computer - assisted design in painting.

We are proud to exhibit her mixed - media works of unique hard edge abstraction.

Her works feature geometric compositions and solid fields of color — a revisit to the traditions of the hard - edge abstraction in the 1950s and»60s.

The selected works range from the pioneering geometric abstraction of Rafael Soriano, Mario Carreño and José Mijares executed in Cuba in the 1950s, the concrete art of Carmen Herrera and constructive experiments of Zilia Sánchez produced in the diaspora, to the hard - edge abstraction of Fernando García from the 1980s and the more recent multi-dimensional installations by Cuban - Americans María Martínez - Cañas, Leyden Rodríguez Casanova, and Vanessa Díaz, to name only a few.

A painting such as «Untitled (CR1403)» (2014) easily takes its place in a lineage of hard - edged abstraction with roots in Russian constructivism and including painters such as Frederick Hammersley (1919 - 2009) and Ellsworth Kelly.

An original hard edge abstraction by American artist James Koenig.

Brendan S. Carroll reviews the exhibition Against Nature: Hard Edge Abstraction at Graham Gallery, New York, on view through October 12, 2013.

ROBERT MOTHERWELL: I might have or they might have asked me to join and I said sure or something like that, because I've always been sympathetic to hard - edge abstraction as well as to Abstract Expressionism.

Ronay's hand - carved basswood sculptures, while often heavily patterned with dimples, curves and cairn - like stacks, eschew hard edge abstraction for a molecular, spore - like affect coupled with a kind of suggestive figuration in the form of disembodied hands and tongues.

Four Abstract Classicists features hard - edge abstractions from LACMA's collection by Karl Benjamin, Lorser Feitelson, Frederick Hammersley, and John McLaughlin.

In 1949 he moved to Paris, where he developed his own version of hard edge abstraction painting.

Held's Alphabet paintings from the early 1960s — large, flatly painted hard - edge abstractions based on letter forms — preceded Schapiro's Ox series by a few years, and his black - and - white series are from 1967 — 69.

«Herrera is someone we had identified a long time ago as a key player in this hard - edged abstraction conversation, one that we didn't have properly represented,» Panetta says.

Enrico Gomez makes hard - edged abstraction mixed with abstract line paintings reminiscent of Brice Marden.

The Automatiste movement gave way in the mid-1950s to a rigorous form of hard - edge abstraction first marked in the work of Leduc and the Plasticiens, a group that was formed in 1954 by the critic Rodolphe de Repentigny (who painted under the pseudonym Jauran) and 3 other painters; it first exhibited in 1955.

Harvey Quaytman's interpretation of 1960s Minimalism and Hard - edge abstraction culminated in work that swayed between two and three dimensions.

Thomas Downing, Fahrenheit, c. 1961 Acrylic on canvas, 901⁄2 x 87 inches October 4 — December 1, 2007 Gary Snyder's first year of programming will focus on Hard - Edge Abstraction circa 1955 — 1975.

His Doors series, which brought him this early success, are based on real doors found in public institutions like hospitals and schools, but Hume represents them sparsely and richly, liberally borrowing strategies from the color field and hard - edge abstraction movements.

In one group of works from 1976, paint is applied in layers of subtle color (a signature of her work in all media); a 1966 series of distilled, hard - edged abstractions evoke the architecture of the artist's childhood home with its white clapboard siding and picket fence.

He often brings multiple styles into a single painting: shapes pulled from Ellsworth Kelly's hard - edged abstraction serve as canvases - within - a-canvas for more amorphous objects, which sit on backgrounds of flat color.

Critic Jules Langser and his friend Peter Selz coined Hard - Edge Abstraction because they needed a name for a show linking Lorser Feitelson, John McClaughlin, and Karl Benjamin — all California artists with a preference for sharpness and clarity.

Inflected by subtle shading relationships and a geometry that abandons the hard - edge abstraction used by many of his contemporaries, his work is grounded in the physical process of painting and in the interplay of color.

With this acquisition, the High would further its commitment to this increasingly important young artist and complement its core areas of Color Field and hard - edged abstraction holdings by extending those traditions to the present day with Finch's light works, which are neurologically hardwired into our visual perception.

He extends the vocabulary of geometric and hard edge abstraction through an engagement with sculptural forms and architecture to exploit time and duration in order to create an unfolding contemplative experience for the viewer.

Inspired by the hard - edged abstraction of Frank Stella and the shaped supports of Ellsworth Kelly, Parazette builds his paintings meticulously by adding layer upon layer of acrylic until each plane of color is flawless, its edges accentuated with precise pin stripes.

Alongside her female peers in the New York scene like Agnes Martin and her friend, Eva Hesse, she has infused her hard - edged abstraction with intimations of natural formations and human physiology while preserving that style's contemplative strength and — let's face it — its mesmerizing opacity as well.

Hard - Edge Abstraction at Mid Century: Charles Biederman, José de Rivera, Burgoyne Diller, Leon Polk Smith, and Tony Smith

The newest art star in the New York scene is Carmen Herrera, a Cuban - born 101 - year - old woman who has been doing her own brand of geometric, hard - edged abstraction for more than 50 years, virtually unknown.

JW: My background was first in gestural abstraction, then in a rejection of it and moving onto hard edge abstraction in which gesture is completely suppressed.

At Weiss Berlin, four beautiful soft - edged abstractions made since 1980 by Edward Clark.

From diagrammatic installations comprised of found and transformed materials (Imig) to folk - inspired painted canvas tapestries (Proski) and small - scale, hard - edged abstractions painted on small wood panels (Sall), each artist's contribution is the result of rigorous working methods and visual vocabularies inspired by a town known for its cheery disposition and relentless tenacity.

I've never thought of Ellsworth Kelly's hard - edged abstractions as having much to do with the clumsy upside - down figures of the German Neo-Expressionist Georg Baselitz, but the colors and diagonals of Kelly's Green Black (1958) and Baselitz's The Lamentation (1983) parallel each other enough that the pairing grew on me.

Hard - edged abstractions by Ad Reinhardt, Piet Mondrian and Josef Albers huddled together and a 1946 Clyfford Still brushed incongruously against Sherrie Levine's Untitled (White Knot: 9)(1986).

Presenting a focused booth of hard edge abstraction, Vallarino Fine Art of New York made it easy for viewers to perceive the work was installed as an exhibition with the title «Hard & Edgy» presented beneath the gallery name in the front of its booth.

March 2011 featured many wonderful painting blog posts on diverse topics ranging from hard - edged abstraction to the Danish Golden age of figure painting and by a mix of established art writers and artist bloggers.

The hard - edge abstractions of the painter Frederick Hammersley (1919 - 2009), who began his career in Los Angeles and later moved to New Mexico, have never enjoyed much of a New York presence.

Calling up diverse references, from still life vanitas to hard - edge abstraction, color theory diagrams, and optical illusions, Eaton's work deeply engages with vision on physiological, technological, and philosophical terms.

Herrera paints or draws daily even now, and her work has remained an exhilarating example of hard - edged abstraction.

Admittedly, this is an odd characteristic to ascribe to hard - edged abstraction, a style best known for cool formalism.

The horizontal bands of bright colour makes it highly reminiscent of an abstract painting somewhere between colour field painting and hard edge abstraction, and the precision of the representational drawing is close to being undermined by the paint drips and runs that become visible on close inspection.

His diverse painting practice weaves together impulses of minimalism and hard - edge abstraction with those of the California Light and Space movement, to forge an entirely singular creative vision.