Sentences with phrase «figuration and abstraction since»

Fluid strips of bright colour blend into one being; it's a union between male and female and between figuration and abstraction since, being headless, the pair happily occupy the middle ground between portraiture and colour field painting.

Not exact matches

The painter Nina Chanel Abney, now 35, has been on a tear since she first unveiled her visceral fusions of abstraction, figuration and politics at the Kravets Wehby Gallery in Chelsea in 2008.

I've always thought of Peter Doig as something of a guilty pleasure, even though the 49 - year - old painter's mixture of figuration and abstraction, reverie and factuality, has won him a renown since his 1994 New York debut as a freshly - minted Turner Prize nominee.

At least since the days of Delacroix and Manet, painting has vacillated between figuration and abstraction, with attention sometimes given to the smears of paint and at other times to the object those smears depict.

Since the 1950s, artist Maria Lassnig has incorporated painting techniques from various art - historical periods into her practice — realism, surrealism, and expressionism alike — in an effort to develop a distinct style of painting that blends figuration with abstraction.

Since the 1970s Merz has explored and expanded upon the threshold between abstraction and figuration in her mixed media works on paper, expressionistic clay heads and larger sculptural installations.

Known for his innovative blending of figuration and abstraction, deft use of color, «hybrid juxtaposition of high and low,» and inspired interpretations of folkloric myths and Roman poetry, the survey features six bodies of work including layered paintings from the 1990s, Afromuse watercolor portraits, and new works created since Ofili began living and working in Trinidad.

The works exhibited all refer to Henri Matisse's work which had a strong influence on Toby Ziegler ever since his childhood, starting from Large Reclining Nude (1935) that blurred the lines between figuration and abstraction.

His work has since oscillated between figuration and abstraction, a dynamic that Oehlen constantly renews through the creation of rules and limitations that yield unpredictable results.

Spanning pure abstraction and poetic figuration, Smith's deeply humanist vision has inspired generations of sculptors for over 50 years since his death.