Sentences with phrase «figurative abstraction»

I find that a common ground for all of these artists was the ability to create, through figurative abstraction, a world parallel to the one we live in.

He is interested in further developing his interest in figurative abstraction by using only a silhouette, which is placed within the composition using graphite.

In the front gallery, two large sculptures dominate the space and appear at first glance to be monumental figurative abstractions.

Then, in 1980, I left minimalism for a return to a more expressive figurative abstraction.

The essay connects abstract expressionism to modern European painting and advances the appreciation of figurative abstraction of Soutine's work among his contemporaries, especially de Kooning (see Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan.

ArtSpace / Virginia Miller Galleries March - May 2009 Reception: May 1, 2009, 7 - 10 pm New works by Matt Carone, whose figurative abstractions sometimes bore suggestions of his 45 - year friendship with Chilean master artist Roberto Matta, have turned onto a different route in the one - person exhibition titled «Autocycles» at ArtSpace / Virginia Miller Galleries in Coral Gables.

The exhibition highlights the inter-blending of traditional and figurative abstraction as the foundation for more fluid and inclusive expressions of identity, engendering a new visual pronoun.»

(January 10, 2012) Reminiscent of Arshile Gorky and Paul Klee, Jaqueline Cedar is reinvigorating figurative abstraction.

New works by Matt Carone, whose figurative abstractions sometimes bore suggestions of his 45 - year friendship with Chilean master artist Roberto Matta, have turned onto a different route in the one - person exhibition titled «Autocycles» at ArtSpace / Virginia Miller Galleries in Coral Gables.

Character Traits brings together nine young artists who reinvigorate the rich intersection of figurative abstraction via distinctive compositions, materials and processes.

Colorful figurative abstraction that looks considered yet lightly touched.

Earlier this year, former Interview editor and Vanity Fair special correspondent Bob Colacello made his curatorial debut with THE AGE OF AMBIGUITY: ABSTRACT FIGURATION / FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION at the Vito Schnabel Gallery in St. Moritz.

Second is the slightly figurative abstraction seen in Amy Sillman, Math Bass, Sadie Benning, and two late works by Robert Colescott.

Participants will have an opportunity to create their own photocopy - based art works such as concrete poems and figurative abstractions from provided source material from the exhibition library.

He also continues to interrogate figurative abstraction and the relationship between pigment and ground in new and innovative ways.

His late 1960s and early 1970s figurative abstractions paid tribute to Duke Ellington, James Baldwin, and Nina Simone.

Miotte represents European «Art Informel» (non figurative abstraction).

Monique Prieto Monique Prieto is a Los Angeles - based artist whose paintings combine figurative abstraction and text, with a sense of playfulness and balance in her use of form and color.

After his segue through figurative abstraction in the 80s and 90s, Fleming made a return to geometric abstraction in the 2000's with an emphasis on dynamic compositions and bold color palettes that explore space and the illusion of objects in front of or passing through another.

The exhibition highlights the interblending of traditional and figurative abstraction as the foundation for more fluid and inclusive expressions of identity, engendering a new visual pronoun.

Jaqueline Cedar's new paintings manifest an admirable attempt to synthesize and reinvigorate figurative abstraction and to reconnect with themes and formal issues that have mostly been retired into art history books.

Although the artist's figurative abstractions may appear crude at first glance, closer examination reveals works vibrating with energy and pulse, creating an all - out assault on the viewer's concept of reality.

Tworkov's figurative abstractions are a little known part of his oeuvre as he is primarily celebrated for his Abstract Expressionist period of the early 1950s.

The works begins with his early realist, figurative abstractions, to a «proto - synthetic cubism,» straight through the famous series of women that dominated the 1950s, ending in his increasingly «expansive,» looser renderings of the 1960s.

Known for his figurative abstraction, Taylor will spend January living and working at Museo Taller Jose Clemente Orozco (the historic former residence and workshop of the late Mexican muralist) and, at the end of the month, the works produced during that time will be presented in an exhibition in the space.

Vito Schnabel Gallery is pleased to present The Age of Ambiguity: Abstract Figuration / Figurative Abstraction, a group exhibition that will mark...

Paintings and some small sculptures, predominantly black and white, ranging from pure to figurative abstraction; photo collages on paper and aluminum panel.

The paintings include large, textured, stained, all - over canvas creations like Schwabacher's Antigone I, from 1958, a 51 x 82 1/4 inch canvas of blood red, ochre, black, blue, gray and white markings that is a figurative abstraction of the Greek myth.

Vito Schnabel Gallery is pleased to present «The Age of Ambiguity: Abstract Figuration / Figurative Abstraction», a group exhibition that will mark Bob Colacello's curatorial debut.

Is it any wonder, then, that many younger American painters and sculptors have long abandoned the bygone absolutisms of Minimalism on one hand and Hyper - Realism on the other and are making works today that hover in a hard to define space that might be called Abstract Figuration or Figurative Abstraction?»

Many of the works are composed of multiple, fragmentary objects made of plain canvas or lead wrapped around stretchers, which build up to loopy, engaging, figurative abstractions.

Besides all the high - end artworks, the special thing about this exhibition, The Age of Ambiguity: Abstract Figuration / Figurative Abstraction is the curator, who is responsible for the subject and selection of works.

Is it any wonder then, that many younger American painters and sculptors have long abandoned the bygone absolutisms of Minimalism on one hand and Hyper - realism on the other and are making works today that hover in a hard - to - define space that might be called Abstract Figuration or Figurative Abstraction?»

If you'll be in Switzerland this month, stop by St. Moritz's Vito Schnabel Gallery to see The Age of Ambiguity: Abstract Figuration / Figurative Abstraction.

While Ofili's earliest etchings were dense geometric abstractions, this work exemplifies the artist's exploration of racial and sexual themes in figurative abstraction.

It was there that Mr. Colacello, the man perhaps known best for being a sidekick to legendary artists like Andy Warhol who he worked alongside for 12 consecutive years at Interview Magazine, leapt from writer to curator with the debut of «The Age of Ambiguity: Abstract Figuration / Figurative Abstraction,» a selection of works all tied together with a theme of abstraction rooted in tangible objects and concepts.

Vito Schnabel Gallery Via Maistra 37 7500 St. Moritz, Switzerland Hours: January 29 — February 5, Daily 11 am — 7 pm February 6 — March 5, Wednesday — Sunday 11 am — 6 pm Vito Schnabel Gallery is pleased to present The Age of Ambiguity: Abstract Figuration / Figurative Abstraction, a group exhibition that will mark Bob Colacello's curatorial debut.

Nanette Olson is a Utah artist who uses oil paints and a combination of oil / mixed media to create realistic figurative paintings, figurative abstractions and abstract paintings.

It brings together a wide variety of his works, ranging from classic nudes to figurative abstractions.

Chelsea, Upper East Side and Downtown galleries will showcase American realism, art for a ballet production, geometric abstraction, figurative abstraction, and film and photography dealing with identity across two cultures, giving New Yorkers a wide range of work from modern and contemporary artists to choose from.

In themselves and in comparison with one another, his minimalist painting series» are far from one - note exercises in figurative abstraction.

After his segue through figurative abstraction in the 80s and 90s, Fleming made a return to geometric abstraction in the 2000's with an emphasis on illusory compositions and visual perception.

(Flat - footed, as in an intentional awkwardness to the handling of the medium best exemplified by Philip Guston's return to figurative abstraction — his thick, deliberate marks forced critics to talk about things like «the speed» of his paint as they tried to understand his aesthetic decisions.)