An annual prize given to a student whose paintings «embody
the formal elements of painting, composition and the principles of structural design».
ART21: What do you think the relationship is between
the formal elements of your painting and the story you're telling?
She hopes to «get content and
the formal elements of the painting locked in an equal and eternal battle,» amounting to what I would tentatively deem a feminist formalism.
We will investigate
the formal elements of painting such as composition, space, form, color temperature and intensity, while maintaining an appreciation for the immediacy of the medium.
Not exact matches
I have long remembered the remark
of a notable art critic — though I have forgotten which one — that many modernist
paintings could be understood as fragments
of classical
painting blown up for their own sake, displaying the
formal and technical
elements by which
painting is accomplished but eschewing the narrative depiction within which such patches
of paint on canvas would earlier have had their place.
Sculptural processes can be a wonderful «way in'to students who are frustrated by the more
formal elements of art such as drawing and
painting.
In addition to being a mobile studio environment, the truck interior became a
formal element, framing the landscape in many
of Miller's
paintings.
A few
formal elements of small circles or lines are added or excavated from under -
painting.
Throughout Resonating, viewers will note Green's various uses
of a fan shape: in early works such as For All & None (1978), the fan acts as an essential symbol, suggestive
of deeper spiritual meaning; in Taxes (1993), one
of her later black and white
paintings, the fan shape becomes a central
formal element that unifies the composition; in She Dreams (1996), the fan shapes create a complex
formal variation which co-exists with other images.
We can analyze how line or texture, for example, can contribute to the overall impact
of various
paintings, sculptures, and prints, but these single
formal elements can also be a subject worthy
of inquiry.
For the show, running May 1 through June 7, she assembled nearly 50 collages, drawings,
paintings, and photographs from the 1960s through the 1980s that reveal DeFeo's dogged ursuit
of specific
formal elements across media - say, the sculptural qualities
of wadded Kleenex, in one surprisingly affecting group
of photographs, photocopies, and
paintings.
For those unfamiliar with their work, the exhibition at Maureen Paley's is typical
of their mode
of presentation in being more
of an environment or a set — vividly coloured wall
paintings with strong
formal and graphic
elements unite and frame the various sculptural and pictorial components into an integrated whole.
The masterful processing
of the
formal elements in her work, whether it is
painting or lithograph print, provides and affirmation
of life and reveals the truth about enjoyment and appreciation
of the «small» things that makes our world.
This
element is a reminder that the faceted
formal language
of Cubism haunts many Abstract Expressionist
paintings (look for it in Hans Hofmann and de Kooning, for example) just as the figure lingers beyond its dismissal in the push to abstraction.
Dana Miller, curator
of the upcoming Whitney show, says, «She was right there dealing with the same issues that Stella and Kelly played with, using the structure
of the
painting and the canvas edge as a
formal element to riff off.
Created as a synthesis
of painting, drawing and collage, the works fuse
formal concerns with the representational image, which can be seen in Phillips» inclusion
of photographs
of exterior spaces and architectural
elements.
Furthermore, although his
paintings are emphatically abstract (in fact, he believes in the historic inevitability
of abstraction), they are not about the relationships
of formal elements such as color, shape and line.
Formal yet liquid, amorphous yet figurative, the sculptures explore notions
of traditional architecture while encompassing
elements of painting, stagecraft, and suggestive, open - ended narratives.
The brilliance
of Untitled [black
painting with portal form] is that one can simultaneously appreciate the artist's complex handling
of paint across an array
of uneven surfaces while acknowledging the ways that the artwork, in its use
of newspaper as a
formal and almost sculptural
element, bridges
painting, collage, and assemblage.
For Fonda, the
formal qualities
of painting — the emphasis on color, line, shape and texture — are equally as important as the conceptual
elements being interpreted on the canvas.
Formal elements within the work reference various art historical movements: from the gesture
of Abstract Expressionism to the flatness
of Minimalist
paintings, to the spatial considerations
of architectural theory.
In a way, as critic Charles Darwent has written, Ofili «seems to be reliving 20th - century modernism backwards,» cycling through clear
formal periods wherein his compositions have become more stripped - down, foregoing the dense layering and collaged
elements of earlier works, and often focusing on a limited color palette — including the red, green, and black
of Marcus Garvey's pan-African flag in the series
of paintings he began in 2000 and showed in concert in an immersive environment at the 2003 Venice Biennale's British Pavilion.
Whereas the painters in Nature Studies I may have found creative impetus from photographically - reproduced work or used it as part
of their method, these eight artists employ a host
of respective photographic processes that, for the most part, draw our attention to the concerns, formats and styles typically seen in and expected
of painting such as the artifice
of arrangement, the manipulation
of formal elements, and the projection
of symbolic meaning or narrative content.
Clement Greenberg, the most influential
of apologists for modern
painting of the period, placed particular stress on the
formal elements of abstraction, while artists» more otherworldly ideals tended to be played down.
Formal elements within the work reference various art and architectural movements: from the gesture
of Abstract Expressionism to the austerity
of Minimalist
paintings, to the spatial considerations
of architectural theory, specifically the work
of Frank Gehry.
By appropriating and re-contextualizing Lichtenstein's flat graphic look, wavy brushstrokes, and Ben - Day dots, Nieto's digital prints and oil
paintings offer a moment
of «savoring» the
formal elements found in the pop master's work.
«Los Angeles» is the latest
of the artist's exhibitions to address notions
of place through
painting, as well as the use
of sculptural
elements ---- in this case neon lighting ---- to expand
painting's
formal reach.
In 1974, Harold Rosenberg, one
of Saul Steinberg's earliest and most eloquent supporters, wrote that «Cubism... which in the canon
of the American art historian is the nucleus
of twentieth - century
formal development in
painting, sculpture and drawing, is to Steinberg merely another detail in the pattern
of modern mannerisms; in a landscape, he finds no difficulty in combining Cubist and Constructivist
elements with an imitation van Gogh «self - portrait.
Tarn McLean's research involves the investigation, application and transference
of formal elements associated with
paintings modernist discourse to locate contemporary
painting practice as a non-static undertaking.
The horses, along with fragmented body parts (heads, eyes, and hands) are almost totemic, like primitive symbols, and serve as
formal elements through which Rothenberg investigated the meaning, mechanics, and essence
of painting.
Considerably more ominous, the works in the Tear Gas series share similar
formal elements with the Fog
paintings but are inspired by recent incidents
of civil unrest in urban centers such as Ferguson, Missouri.
Castellon's
paintings of 1933 and 1934 offer an exciting, unique vision as he synthesized
formal elements of geometric abstraction and cubism with a surrealist vocabulary.
This work is from a series where I scan and and re-print images
of high end advertising to
paint on them, using the composition, color and other
formal elements already present in the image as a means to arrive at abstraction.
The large dimensions
of the
paintings in the series Lignes - Report, far from staging a kind
of «physical» (or «virile» to use one
of the adjectives often associated with American Abstract Expressionism) creative power, instead served Degottex to completely wipe himself out
of the
painting in order to better propose a space as vast as possible, which is deprived
of any
formal element.
Of this new approach, she says, «I had to be really in tune with the materials — how
paint was going to react with the canvas, how
formal elements such as color and form were going to behave as more
paint was added.»
«The Bay» is another example
of one
of her monumental
paintings, again based on her love
of landscape, that conveys a sense
of luminosity and spontaneity, while also emphasizing the
formal elements of color and shape.
Robert Mangold translates the most basic
of formal elements — shape, line, and color — into
paintings, prints, and drawings whose simplicity
of form expresses complex ideas.
Instead
of presenting a static space as a resolved
Painting, the video
of the variable forms
of the space over time allows its status as Art to dissolve into the process
of the accumulation
of formal elements and decisions.
Vibrating with hues, textures, and emotions, Humphrey's
paintings demonstrated a consistent commitment to color, space, and structure —
elements he used to move abstraction beyond
formal considerations to that
of the human experience.
In a new series
of abstract
paintings, Schoultz distills some
of his familiar stylistic
elements into a more
formal language with subtler allusions.
The slug - like
painted forms in the two Untitled works appear to devour the
formal geometric
elements of the
painting and one senses that with the passing
of time these works will return to the pristine plain white surfaces that existed prior to Ingram making his marks.
Trujillo cites artists such as Vermeer, Velazquez, and Rembrandt as inspiration for his craft
of painting, and the importance
of control over
formal elements.
Dow creates geometric, abstract
paintings that blend Mondrian's plasticity
of formal abstraction with
elements of mapping and architectural design.
Vincent Falsetta, a faculty member at UNT since 1977, plans to develop
paintings incorporating the concepts and
formal elements of his color studies.
The crackling, pentimenti, and blushed varnishes that Purdy has created on the surface
of the
paintings may be seen to be
formal elements in the pictorial language, referring to the role
of surface and mark in twentieth - century abstract
painting.
Going back to the expressly
formal elements of this work, these
paintings were most successful when the words and letters were obscured.
[5] Many
paintings by René Magritte, Salvador Dalí, and other Surrealists make use
of formal and thematic
elements derived from Metaphysical
painting.
With classical restraint, Robert Mangold translates the most basic
of formal elements — shape, line, and color — into
paintings, prints, and drawings whose simplicity
of form expresses complex ideas.
Ahmed simultaneously pays tribute to the
formal, and dynamically challenges its expressive possibilities, using
elements of traditional Ethiopian
painting — bold outlines, geometric shapes and a selective earthy palette — to construct rhythmically appealing compositions.
With classical restraint, Mangold translates the most basic
of formal elements — shape, line, and color — into
paintings, prints, and drawings whose simplicity
of form expresses complex ideas.