Focusing on
figurative works throughout the early - part of his career, Richter nonetheless held a clear interest in the abstract, producing a number of non-figurative paintings during these formative years.
In this way the ribbon paintings and their title serve as a metaphor for the relational character of
the figurative work throughout the exhibition.
Not exact matches
Enjoy the combined living and
working spaces with an abundance of natural light, fresh air and stylish designer furnishings and large
figurative Blackman prints
throughout, or step out to the fabulous spacious balconies to take in many of Melbourne and St Kilda Road's distinguished sites.
Neel persisted passionately with
figurative painting
throughout the post-war period, gaining recognition for her
work from the 1960s onwards.
Although he continued to promote abstract
work produced in Britain and
throughout Europe, Sylvester believed at this time that
figurative art «was capable of going further... that [it] could be more complex, more specific, richer in human content».18 By 1958, however, Sylvester had undergone what he later described as a «Damascene conversion'to the profound achievements of recent American abstraction.
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.
Throughout this process a distinct distillation of choices developed for each artist that is wide - ranging but particular: both
figurative and abstract, sculptures and some
works on paper have been selected in addition to paintings, and historical as well as contemporary
works, are juxtaposed.
The exhibition is the first to explore Still's striking
figurative work created before World War II, which points to the significance of figuration
throughout the artist's oeuvre, even in his most apparently non-representational compositions.
Welsh portrait painter mostly
working in France and the Middle East, Andrew Vicari remained a
figurative artist
working in oil
throughout his career.
She remained active in the regional art scene
throughout the following decades, producing abstract and
figurative work in oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media and collage.
Throughout my career I have made
work that has tended toward the whimsical... I am drawn to
figurative work, enjoying the spirit expressing outward through human, cat and bird bodies, and even through the spirited vessel.
The book is a beauty... There is,
throughout Ms. Jones's essay and the book as a whole, voluminous documentation of
work by major artists who still rarely figure in most histories of American postwar art, like Betye Saar, who made intricate
figurative drawings on covered glass windows; Senga Nengundi, who was conjuring unusual forms from sand and pantyhose before Ernesto Neto was even a teenager; and John Outterbridge, whose multifarious assemblages took on a gamut of styles.
Throughout his career, drawings have appeared in series that sometimes only consist of a few
works: in the 1960s, representational and mechanical drawings from projected photographs; in the 1970s, abstract drawings; in the 1980s, drawings of people and objects; and in the 1990s, both
figurative and abstract ink drawings.
I'm a fan of his later
works, when he retreated upstate and made fun, painterly -
figurative canvasses
throughout the 1970s.
She creates a personal and contemporary fiction within her
works, bringing to light issues of race and representation
throughout the history of traditional
figurative painting: «My
work is a form of tribute, analysis and intervention: tribute out of sincere admiration for the
figurative tradition; analysis, by making something vast,» the role of race in the history of
figurative painting «comprehensible to both myself and to my viewers; and intervention, by positioning a woman - of - color as primary picture - maker, in whose hands the
figurative tradition is refashioned.»
The exhibition is rounded out by
figurative narrative art installed
throughout the gallery, including
works by Gabriel Morena from his «Fragility» series along with paintings by Margaret Bowland, Margo Selski, Donato Giancola and Pamela Wilson.
Neel
worked as a
figurative painter
throughout the decades of WPA realism, postwar abstract expressionism, 1960s Pop, and 1970s minimalism.
While his practice has remained consistent
throughout the years, with the re-emerging prominence of
figurative painting around him, his
work feels timely (and timeless).
The exhibition also shows a selection of Lüpertz's earlier
figurative bronze sculptures from 2001 to 2015 scattered
throughout the galleries, though they are not representative of the artist's finest
work and, with their blocky forms and sloppy neon coloring, look rather comical next to all these
works from antiquity and the Middle Ages — all the better for the drawings, the real centerpiece.
Paricio weaves art historical narratives
throughout his
figurative work by appropriating themes and configurations of old and modern masters.
Throughout the gallery space, Boyce has positioned several standing sculptural
works all of which take the form of standard lamps — a continuation of his «Dead Star» series, with each assuming a
figurative presence and individual character.
In fact, the abstract and the
figurative have lived alongside each other
throughout Richter's oeuvre, and have done so since his first photo - realist
works of the early 1960s.
While she has been grouped with the Abstract Expressionists, Sterne moved freely between
figurative work and abstraction
throughout her career.
Cronin recently turned 80 and, as many know from his Facebook postings, he offers a look at
work from various years
throughout his career, both abstract and
figurative.
Throughout this process a distinct distillation of choices developed for each artist that is wide ranging but particular: both
figurative and abstract
works have been chosen, sculptures and some
works on paper have been selected in addition to paintings, and historical as well as more contemporary
works have been juxtaposed.