The Times story stressed that the works are primarily Abstract Expressionist, but the last three, of course, are
figurative painters from the Bay Area.
Ranging from street artists from Berlin & Toulouse, to hyperrealist
figurative painters from New York & Montreal, the roster spans the many styles & countries that the gallery is proud to be associated with.
Her work joins that of peers like Genieve Figgis and Vera Iliatova (as well as that of certain female
figurative painters from previous generations, such as Nicole Eisenman, Marlene Dumas, and Florine Stettheimer) in combatting art historical tropes with lyrical and complex depictions of women.
Müller is often grouped with other
figurative painters from the 1950s including Fairfield Porter and Bob Thompson - painters who married abstract expressionist technique and earlier influences, most notably the Nabis.
Ramonn Vieitez (born 1991) is a self - taught
figurative painter from Recife.
Exploring the themes of death and its place in different cultures has become a sort of an obsession for Ximena Rendon a young
figurative painter from Mexico.
A figurative painter from her student days in Philadelphia in the 1920s until her death in New York in 1984, Alice Neel became famous for her nudes.
In 2015, he received the John Koch Award for best young
figurative painter from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Milton Avery Little Fox River, 1942 - 43 Oil on canvas 36 x 48 inches Permanent Collection of the Neuberger Museum of Art Purchase College, State University of New York; Gift of Roy R. Neuberger This exhibition examines the contributions of Milton Avery as a significant
figurative painter from the late 1920s through the early 1960s.
Not exact matches
Moving
from figurative to abstract painting, British
painter Cecily Brown thinks about the qualities of paint itself:» When the body disappears it's almost like there's no» there» there,» she explains.»
When he returned to painting in the Bay Area in mid-1965 his resulting works summed up all that he had learned
from his more than a decade as a leading
figurative painter.
As is typical, many galleries are bringing out the big guns for the new season —
from Agnes Martin at The Pace Gallery in New York to a well structured survey of Bay Area
figurative painter, Nathan Oliveira, at John Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco.
From figurative sculpture at the Hayward Gallery to jazz - influenced canvases by
painter Sean Scully RA.
Whether appropriated by some contemporary
figurative painters or aligned with some sort of new figuration, where the
painters «find everything to be a matter of images» (to quote Barry Schwabsky
from the online catalogue for «A New Subjectivity»), Abstraction clearly and demonstratively engages with the problems of painting (and collage and sculpture) despite the surprising conservatism of Kerry James Marshall.
The dynamic group ranges
from young Los Angeles - based
figurative painter Becky Kolsrud to New York - based performance artist Justin Vivian Bond to the late Austrian
painter and sculptor Kiki Kogelnik.
MB: I am sure that the painting
from Cluj is associated with the term
Figurative Painting, which has regained more than a fashionable status in the art world, and the «old masters» have become key reference points for many contemporary
painters.
Marlene Dumas, a
figurative painter whose career has benefited
from Neel's trailblazing, first stumbled across a Neel reproduction as an art student during the 1970s.
The problem for the hard - core
figurative painter is how to stand out
from the herd — how to give the viewer something more than the feeling of, «Wow, that looks so real.»
Her influences range
from Eric Fischl, who taught her at NSCAD, to the surrealists, to Phillip Guston, a
painter who transitioned
from an expressionist into a
figurative painter during a period when successful expressionists didn't do that.
There were the Communist
painters,
figurative painting, traditional French painting, which was ridiculous, and the surrealists who had come back
from America.
They included David Butler (1898 - 1997), who fashioned animals, angels and people
from cut and painted tin and other found items; the religious
painter Sister Gertrude Morgan (1900 - 1980); Steve Ashby (1904 - 1980), who made raw
figurative assemblages out of scavenged materials; and Elijah Pierce (1892 - 1984), whose carved and painted wood reliefs depict biblical scenes and national figures like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr..
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.
He references the great
figurative painters, not so much of the 20th century, but
from earlier periods.
Over in Europe, I am following the
figurative painter Marwan, who originally hails
from Syria; though in his 80s, he is finally getting the recognition he deserves.
His work occupies a unique place within the practice of contemporary photography, employing anachronistic production techniques, borrowing
from the aesthetics of the finest
figurative painters of the 19th and 20th centuries, and drawing upon the longstanding tradition of vanitas imagery.
Midwest
Painters Demonstrate Realism and Its Discontents By Jud Yalkut Taking its cue
from Sigmund Freud's treatise on psychology and civilization, the current exhibition by the Midwest Paint Group tackles the place of realism and
figurative art in contemporary times.
Late in his life, the
painter of modern orientation attempted to re-introduce elements of abstraction into his new
figurative style, a feat that can be seen in several of his works
from 1980.
It was about time for a shift in the Houston
painter's work, which for the past several years has been characterized by cartoonish
figurative elements duking it out with a whirling array of abstract elements
from hard - edged to splashy.
Picking up the baton
from generations of male
figurative painters, such as Lucian Freud, to whom she is frequently compared, Jenny Saville is often credited with a «reappropriation» of the female figure.
This suggestion came
from my husband [Verne Dawson] who is also a
figurative painter, and who, by the way, also introduced me to Elizabeth Peyton and Rirkrit Tiravanija.
(New York, NY)-- VENUS is pleased to present Bernard Buffet: Paintings
from 1956 to 1999, an exhibition of important and historic works by the renowned late
figurative painter, who remains one of the most controversial French artists of the 20th century.
Because Abts is neither a conceptualist nor a
figurative painter, her work stood brazenly aloof
from this dialectic.
In this extract
from his new book, Timothy Hyman explores how the visionary Belgian
painter remade
figurative painting in his own macabre manner.
ESCAPE Landscape Painting exhibition running
from 25 April until 30 April at Percolator Gallery is a joint exhibition with Jane Ericksen and Noeline Lee who are primarily
figurative and still life
painters.
On November 5th, Corey Helford Gallery will present «Rainbeau Samsara,» the newest body of work
from Los Angeles - based
figurative painter Natalia Fabia and her first solo show in four years.
Amongst the frequent visitors of l'Equipe during 1937 was the then
figurative painter Serge Poliakoff, who borrowed much
from Lacasse's abstract sketches, to deliver his first abstract painting at the gallery in 1938.
BRUCE SILVERSTEIN GALLERY In the «Spotlight» section, showcasing a single artist in each booth, Bruce Silverstein is exhibiting three spectacular canvases
from the 1970s by Alfred Leslie, a
painter who started off as an Abstract Expressionist and later turned to
figurative realism.
It consisted very largely of drawings
from life by a selection of
figurative painters of that time and was explicitly intended to reassert the importance of a
figurative and humanist art in the face of what Kitaj saw as the increasing dominance of abstract, minimalist and conceptual art.
The peculiarity of the exhibition «The New Frontiers of Painting» lies in the fact that it presents 34 works, only
figurative paintings of 34
painters born
from 1960 onwards
from 17countries.
At Pratt, he studied with some of the foremost
figurative painters of the day including Richard Lindner, Philip Pearlstein and Alex Katz, but it was
painter Richard Bove who encouraged Williams to work
from intuition and memory rather than
from observation.
The fact he maintained a commitment to the
figurative tradition to some degree [1] makes this
painter truly stand out
from the rest of his famous contemporaries who opted for the pure abstraction style.
Probably benefiting
from the buzz around the New Museum's current exhibition Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon (until 21 January 2018), which features some of the same artists, Engender shows how contemporary
painters are complicating identity and the body with a range of abstract and
figurative strategies.
Jason Shawn Alexander is a self - described expressionist,
figurative painter, whose subjects embody the «vulnerability, fear, and underlying strength that comes
from [Alexander's] rural upbringing» in Tennessee.
Chapter 1: Things Must be Pulverized: Abstract Expressionism Charts the move
from figurative to abstract painting as the dominant style of painting (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko Chapter 2: Wounded Painting: Informel in Europe and Beyond Meanwhile in Europe: abstract painters immediate responses to the horrors of World War II (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Jean Dubuffet, Lucio Fontana, Viennese Aktionism, Wols Chapter 3: Post-War Figurative Painting Surveys those artists who defiantly continued to make figurative work as Abstraction was rising to dominance - including Social Realists (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso Chapter 4: Against Gesture - Geometric Abstraction The development of a rational, universal language of art - the opposite of the highly emotional Informel or Abstract Expressionism (1950s and early 1960s) Key artists discussed: Lygia Clark, Ellsworth Kelly, Bridget Riley, Yves Klein Chapter 5: Post-Painting Part 1: After Pollock In the aftermath of Pollock's death: the early days of Pop, Minimalism and Conceptual painting in the USA (1950s and early 1960s) Key artists discussed: Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly Chapter 5: Anti Tradition - Pop Painitng How painting survives against growth of mass visual culture: photography and television - if you can't beat them, join them (1960s and 70s) Key artists discussed: Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol Chapter 6: A transcendental high art: Neo Expressionism and its Discontents The continuation of figuration and expressionism in the 1970s and 80s, including many artists who have only been appreciated in later years (1970s & 80s) Key artists discussed: Georg Baselitz, Jean - Michel Basquiat, Anselm Kiefer, Julian Schnabel, Chapter 7: Post-Painting Part II: After Pop A new era in which figurative and abstract exist side by side rather than polar opposites plus painting expands beyond the canvas (late 1980s to 2000s) Key artists discussed: Tomma Abts, Mark Grotjahn, Chris Ofili, Christopher Wool Chapter 8: New Figures, Pop Romantics Post-cold war, artists use paint to create a new kind of «pop art» - primarily figurative - tackling cultural, social and political issues (1990s to now) Key artists discussed: John Currin, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, Neo Rauch, L
figurative to abstract painting as the dominant style of painting (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko Chapter 2: Wounded Painting: Informel in Europe and Beyond Meanwhile in Europe: abstract
painters immediate responses to the horrors of World War II (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Jean Dubuffet, Lucio Fontana, Viennese Aktionism, Wols Chapter 3: Post-War
Figurative Painting Surveys those artists who defiantly continued to make figurative work as Abstraction was rising to dominance - including Social Realists (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso Chapter 4: Against Gesture - Geometric Abstraction The development of a rational, universal language of art - the opposite of the highly emotional Informel or Abstract Expressionism (1950s and early 1960s) Key artists discussed: Lygia Clark, Ellsworth Kelly, Bridget Riley, Yves Klein Chapter 5: Post-Painting Part 1: After Pollock In the aftermath of Pollock's death: the early days of Pop, Minimalism and Conceptual painting in the USA (1950s and early 1960s) Key artists discussed: Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly Chapter 5: Anti Tradition - Pop Painitng How painting survives against growth of mass visual culture: photography and television - if you can't beat them, join them (1960s and 70s) Key artists discussed: Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol Chapter 6: A transcendental high art: Neo Expressionism and its Discontents The continuation of figuration and expressionism in the 1970s and 80s, including many artists who have only been appreciated in later years (1970s & 80s) Key artists discussed: Georg Baselitz, Jean - Michel Basquiat, Anselm Kiefer, Julian Schnabel, Chapter 7: Post-Painting Part II: After Pop A new era in which figurative and abstract exist side by side rather than polar opposites plus painting expands beyond the canvas (late 1980s to 2000s) Key artists discussed: Tomma Abts, Mark Grotjahn, Chris Ofili, Christopher Wool Chapter 8: New Figures, Pop Romantics Post-cold war, artists use paint to create a new kind of «pop art» - primarily figurative - tackling cultural, social and political issues (1990s to now) Key artists discussed: John Currin, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, Neo Rauch, L
Figurative Painting Surveys those artists who defiantly continued to make
figurative work as Abstraction was rising to dominance - including Social Realists (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso Chapter 4: Against Gesture - Geometric Abstraction The development of a rational, universal language of art - the opposite of the highly emotional Informel or Abstract Expressionism (1950s and early 1960s) Key artists discussed: Lygia Clark, Ellsworth Kelly, Bridget Riley, Yves Klein Chapter 5: Post-Painting Part 1: After Pollock In the aftermath of Pollock's death: the early days of Pop, Minimalism and Conceptual painting in the USA (1950s and early 1960s) Key artists discussed: Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly Chapter 5: Anti Tradition - Pop Painitng How painting survives against growth of mass visual culture: photography and television - if you can't beat them, join them (1960s and 70s) Key artists discussed: Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol Chapter 6: A transcendental high art: Neo Expressionism and its Discontents The continuation of figuration and expressionism in the 1970s and 80s, including many artists who have only been appreciated in later years (1970s & 80s) Key artists discussed: Georg Baselitz, Jean - Michel Basquiat, Anselm Kiefer, Julian Schnabel, Chapter 7: Post-Painting Part II: After Pop A new era in which figurative and abstract exist side by side rather than polar opposites plus painting expands beyond the canvas (late 1980s to 2000s) Key artists discussed: Tomma Abts, Mark Grotjahn, Chris Ofili, Christopher Wool Chapter 8: New Figures, Pop Romantics Post-cold war, artists use paint to create a new kind of «pop art» - primarily figurative - tackling cultural, social and political issues (1990s to now) Key artists discussed: John Currin, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, Neo Rauch, L
figurative work as Abstraction was rising to dominance - including Social Realists (1940s & 50s) Key artists discussed: Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso Chapter 4: Against Gesture - Geometric Abstraction The development of a rational, universal language of art - the opposite of the highly emotional Informel or Abstract Expressionism (1950s and early 1960s) Key artists discussed: Lygia Clark, Ellsworth Kelly, Bridget Riley, Yves Klein Chapter 5: Post-Painting Part 1: After Pollock In the aftermath of Pollock's death: the early days of Pop, Minimalism and Conceptual painting in the USA (1950s and early 1960s) Key artists discussed: Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Cy Twombly Chapter 5: Anti Tradition - Pop Painitng How painting survives against growth of mass visual culture: photography and television - if you can't beat them, join them (1960s and 70s) Key artists discussed: Alex Katz, Roy Lichtenstein, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol Chapter 6: A transcendental high art: Neo Expressionism and its Discontents The continuation of figuration and expressionism in the 1970s and 80s, including many artists who have only been appreciated in later years (1970s & 80s) Key artists discussed: Georg Baselitz, Jean - Michel Basquiat, Anselm Kiefer, Julian Schnabel, Chapter 7: Post-Painting Part II: After Pop A new era in which
figurative and abstract exist side by side rather than polar opposites plus painting expands beyond the canvas (late 1980s to 2000s) Key artists discussed: Tomma Abts, Mark Grotjahn, Chris Ofili, Christopher Wool Chapter 8: New Figures, Pop Romantics Post-cold war, artists use paint to create a new kind of «pop art» - primarily figurative - tackling cultural, social and political issues (1990s to now) Key artists discussed: John Currin, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, Neo Rauch, L
figurative and abstract exist side by side rather than polar opposites plus painting expands beyond the canvas (late 1980s to 2000s) Key artists discussed: Tomma Abts, Mark Grotjahn, Chris Ofili, Christopher Wool Chapter 8: New Figures, Pop Romantics Post-cold war, artists use paint to create a new kind of «pop art» - primarily
figurative - tackling cultural, social and political issues (1990s to now) Key artists discussed: John Currin, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, Neo Rauch, L
figurative - tackling cultural, social and political issues (1990s to now) Key artists discussed: John Currin, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, Neo Rauch, Luc Tuymans
This exhibition confirms that in many ways De Kooning was at heart a
figurative painter, one in pursuit of an elusive, semiabstract reality that taunted him
from the space between his canvas and the model.
Between 1962 and 1968 the
painter was experimenting with a realistic,
figurative painting style that is quite different
from his later abstract and photo - realist paintings.
Figurative painter and former Turner prize nominee Dexter Dalwood talks to Gemma Kappala - Ramsamy about his cultural highlights,
from the new Carl Andre exhibition to Kevin Spacey's political drama
Pure abstraction suffers
from its association to «Zombie Formalism,» what the
painter and critic Walter Robinson called abstraction made to feed the market, while the bulk of contemporary
figurative painting does little more than illustrate the conceptual and / or political leanings of the artist.
Julio Reyes is a contemporary
figurative painter and former promising soccer player
from Los Angeles.
Jordan Richardson paints
from a place of incredulity and with this approach he appears to deliberately defy easy categorisation as a
figurative painter.