A mark, thus, that excavates, little by little, the surface of the silver faced foam panel, revealing the density of an aggressive and intense force — in a rainbow of different dark shades, as the final aesthetic outcome; a mark also clearly crystallized in kaleidoscopic patterns inspired by the Arizona Petrified Forest; a mark condensed, finally, in a system that re-draws all the complexity of a structure that is
expressed by abstraction.
Not exact matches
Whitehead's «method of extensive
abstraction» is used not only in his early writings in the philosophy of natural science but also in his later, more metaphysical, writings to abstract from the complexity of the relations which comprise the datum of sense - perception and to isolate
by a conceptual analysis those relations which
express a uniform metric structure, that is, to «exhibit» a basis of uniformity in nature.21 It is the sense in which this uniformity is «required» that is the crucial point for further investigation.
[T] he point of the definition [of straight lines
by the method of extensive
abstraction] is to demonstrate that the extensive continuum, apart from the particular actualities into which it is atomized, includes in its systematic structure the relationships of regions
expressed by straight lines.
This
abstraction has ultimately to be
expressed precisely in some mathematical form that will give us a new description of implicate order, which is as systematic and coherent as that given in classical physics
by the Cartesian co-ordinates.
Entitled Tworkov Paints a Picture, the piece walked readers through Tworkov's approach to painting and demystified
abstraction by presenting it as a deliberate process in which an artist uses color, line, and flame - like brushstroke to
express a subject, much like in figural representation.
Her text was widely read
by young artists after its publication in 1962, and many were impressed
by the Russian artists» ability to
express revolutionary ideas through pure
abstraction.
Whereas the forms of his wooden panel paintings feature the careful precision and hard - edges of geometric
abstraction, the imperfections and «accidental noise» innate in Biltereyst's cardboard relief prints appear exploratory and rapidly configured,
expressing not only the raw energy of creative problem - solving usually revealed in artists» preparatory sketches, but also an interest in graphic elements battered
by everyday use, exposure and interaction.
As if hit
by lightning, Caziel's commitment to
Abstraction was momentarily halted
by his need for a more immediate figurative style to
express his passion for Catherine, witnessed in a series of large black ink and wash drawings.
In a similar fashion, the new
abstraction that appeared in the late 1980s and 1990s across Canada, which was
expressed in the work of René Pierre Allain (Ottawa and New York), Bobbie Oliver (New York), Gina Rorai (Toronto), Arlene Stamp (Calgary), Monica Tap (Halifax), David Urban (Toronto) and Robert Youds (Victoria), was proof that
abstraction had not run its course, contrary to the opinions put forward
by some of its critics.
Works that
expressed a personal or political viewpoint through figuration were considered to be retrograde in comparison to the radical
abstractions created
by the great American painters of the forties and fifties.
Inscape — the Inner Nature of Things contrasts twelve artists» diverse approaches to
expressing emotion through
abstraction, ranging from basic forms combined with loose, expressive lines in paintings
by Louisa Chase, Mary Heilmann, and Perle Fine; to pure abstract gesture that governs the work of Friedel Dzubas, John Ferren, Hans Hofmann, Raymond Parker, and Esteban Vicente.
Flirting with
Abstraction brings together some seventy - five works by Philadelphia artists who have used the language of abstraction — color, line, texture, scale, and form — to express the ideas, emotions, and sensuality of life's e
Abstraction brings together some seventy - five works
by Philadelphia artists who have used the language of
abstraction — color, line, texture, scale, and form — to express the ideas, emotions, and sensuality of life's e
abstraction — color, line, texture, scale, and form — to
express the ideas, emotions, and sensuality of life's experiences.
Ruth Hardinger's socially conscious artwork, signified
by abstraction and influenced
by environmental issues, is
expressed in her sculptures, installations, paintings, works - on - paper, pigment prints, and photographs.
One can divide painting abstracted into two groups: - on the one hand the geometric
abstraction characterized at the beginning
by the suprematism of Malévitch in Russia and the constructivism of Piet Mondrian in Holland, - and on the other hand, the abstracted expressionnism in which form and color are often posed arbitrarily while
expressing the unconscious feelings and emotions of the painter.
Lundeberg's later work,
by contrast, shifted focus to
expressing psychic moods through more forthright
abstraction, while continuing to engage both the material and spiritual worlds through her use of form, color, shape, and line.
Such ideas could not be
expressed by pure
abstraction alone.
In Matthíasdóttir's case, she
expressed her synthesis of
abstraction and representation
by dividing the picture plane into discrete sections of color, as if she were creating a map.
I had some high hopes of using my show as a rallying point for Pro-European, anti - fascist, socialist feeling in the South West.Instead my many visitors
expressed very varied and questioning responses to
Abstraction, which was fascinating in its own way.They were well informed and regular visitors to shows in London and I was generally impressed
by their perceptions.