Yet from the mini-survey of his often klutzy - looking
figurative paintings on view in «Cher Peintre,» I sensed a full - tilt Kippenberger retrospective might be in the offing at the Pompidou, and Gingeras has said, in fact, she would like to do such a show.
Not exact matches
While Edelson, Alexander, and Hershman Leeson focus largely
on the female body, Graham Anderson's
figurative paintings, which were
on view at Klaus von Nichtssagend, dissolve the nude male into a decorative abstraction.
The subject matter may not be as compelling as Katz's earlier
figurative work, but these
paintings,
on view through July 7, aren't about garden design or abstract composition.
Currently
on view at MCA Chicago through May 20, the exhibition spans Pindell's five - decade career, «featuring early
figurative paintings, pure abstraction and conceptual works, and personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life - threatening car accident in 1979.
Similarly, one of Philip Guston's mid-1960s brush - heavy
paintings (or even one of the 1970s
figurative paintings, with their flurries of dirty, wet - into - wet brushstrokes) would have been preferable to the Cy Twombly
on view, especially since Reed encountered Guston at the Studio School.
I've never turned down
viewing a Philip Guston show because I can't imagine chosing to miss out
on his juicy red and white
figurative paintings.
The works
on view are all
on loan from the Center for
Figurative Painting in Manhattan.
Through the exhibition Energy / Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction, 1964 — 1980 (2006)-- which highlighted numerous black artists working in abstract
painting or sculpture — and her scholarly work
on African American conceptualists, Jones has prompted a reevaluation of the
view that African American art of the period was predominantly
figurative or representational.
Reengaging with the iconography of previous bodies of work, the new
paintings on view mark Osborne's return back to
figurative painting after a period of total abstraction — utilzing bookcases, her studio
painting storage, and windows as a point of departure for further play with blocks of color within the
paintings.
Also
on view are
figurative paintings by Lawrence McAdams.
The portrait
paintings, drawings, and assemblages
on view highlighted Washington's vast technical ability to successfully make work in both
figurative and abstract styles.
Simon Carr reviews Elmer Bischoff:
Figurative Paintings continues at George Adams Gallery, New York,
on view through August 30, 2015.
At the National Portrait Gallery private
view earlier in the evening we were welcomed by the director, who praised our stance
on figurative painting, and we again handed out leaflets which were extremely well received
on the whole.
On his wall above his mantel hangs a
figurative painting that is described as «pseudo Flemish» of a
view of Carcassonne.
Half Gallery has a selection of
paintings by Genieve Figgis
on view, all of which look like someone's taken a classical
figurative painting, held a candle to it, swirled the
paint around, and repainted the figures to look creepy and sad — a successful exercise in enlivening history.
(
View original article at www.galerie-ling.de/en) Until today people still tend to distinguish between «
figurative» and «abstract»
painting based
on whether it depicts anything.
This year plenty of good
paintings are
on view, though some of the
figurative work seems out of synch with the most compelling contemporary work in that vein.
They range from the well known
figurative painter Susanna Coffey at Boston's Alpha Gallery to one of the West's best abstractionists, and best kept secrets, Robert Kelly, whose carefully considered
paintings are
on view this month at James Kelly Contemporary in Santa Fe.
On the occasion of his show at Betty Cunningham, Bailey, in an interview published in the Huffington Post, mentions a wealth of
figurative painting being done by young artists, «at a time when
painting is being
viewed more and more as a niche activity» and «with little recognition among the museum curators and the galleries.»
Currently
on view is a densely hung exhibition of
figurative work called «CON - Figuration,» a big, bawdy show of digital collage,
painting, woven tapestries of porn web pages, and... read more... «Lunchtime dystopia: CON - Figuration at Postmasters»
What's
on view: The gallery, which is separated into two exhibition spaces, contains a series of Fraga's amorphous,
figurative paintings on crinkly found paper in one space, while in the other, his collection of altered found objects and materials forms the basis of a spacious, room - sized installation.
All the
paintings on view present
figurative narratives taking place around a swimming pool and explore the dimmer side of suburbia and America.
Currently
on view is a densely hung exhibition of
figurative work called «CON - Figuration,» a big, bawdy show of digital collage,
painting, woven tapestries of porn web pages, and 3D renderings.
The startling
figurative paintings that resulted are
on view in Mistressworks at Vancouver's Franc Gallery until Oct. 23.
Parasnis, whose vivid new «Serenity»
paintings are
on view at Caldwell Snyder Gallery, cites Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area
figurative painters — namely Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira and Willem de Kooning — among his influences for their expressive marks and «spirituality and color.»
Though this line may touch upon Katz's hard - edged realism or earnest
figurative subjects, the group of recent
paintings on view here flaunts an uninhibited brushstroke and unrestrained scale.
The 81 - year - old artist opens up about fundamental matters of his work, life and mental health, explaining why he abandoned
figurative works for Color Field
painting, why purple is his favorite color, how his frameless
paintings came about, and his
views on fatherhood (««Dad» is the sweetest word I've ever heard.»)
On view from Jan. 31 though April 27, and co-organized by the Kunsthalle Bielefeld in Germany and The Menil Collection, the exhibition introduces lesser - known
figurative and semi-abstract
paintings and drawings from the late 1950s and early 1960s, assembled from public and private collections in Europe and the United States.
On view are numerous examples of Katz's iconic
figurative works, including the monumental
painting Pas de Deux from 1983, a gift from Paul J. Schupf in honor of Hugh J. Gourley III, director emeritus of the museum.
On view May 2 through August 12, 2018, these large - scale
figurative paintings rethink the tradition of historical European compositions by depicting daily life in southern African nation - states and post-colonial ideals of democracy.