Deeply inspired by Matisse, his work is a negotiation of
the flat surface of the canvas in which figuration becomes form and deeply intimate things become neutral.
The show explores the artist's lifelong interest in perspective and
the flat surface of the canvas, through his latest series of works created in Los Angeles.
The sinuous lines combined with round cutout shapes create harmonious movements and unexpected surprises within
the flat surfaces of the canvas.
While from a distance (or reproduced in images) my paintings may seem illusionistic, the technique denies neither the physical texture of the paint nor
the flat surface of the canvas.
They invented perspective space to conceal
the flat surface of the canvas and used layers of underpaint to subtly helping to create form.
Here, Saville takes a crack at representing the human body, this time testing whether
the flat surface of a canvas can achieve the effect of sculpture.
In painting, the picture plane refers to
the flat surface of the canvas on to which the paint is applied.
Through this technique Frankenthaler emphasized the painting's
flat surface of the canvas; her methods proved influential among her contemporaries including Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland and led to her association with Color Field painting.
Moving into sculptural forms Remi creates a vision deeper than
the flat surface of a canvas.
Artists of the 1960s responded to the painterly character of Abstract Expressionism with a cool, linear approach absent of personalized brushwork, refocusing attention on
the flat surface of the canvas and applying pigment consistently to achieve «an all - overness.»
By contrast, the Monochrome art of the 1970s was an attempt to create an authentic Korean art, using
the flat surface of the canvas as the fundamental ground for expressing passive, calm, and meditative harmony.