Galiczynski creates large,
framed canvas works, most often acrylic based, drawing out the depth and texture of the painting to complement the compelling images of Philadelphia's intensity and rawness.
This beautifully
framed canvas works well in every setting from rustic to modern to traditional.
Not exact matches
Working with a mix of technical collaborators old and new, Villeneuve has once again delivered an impeccably well - crafted film, not least in Deakins» arresting widescreen lensing, which alternates between vast aerial
canvases that capture the epic sprawl of the border land, and closeups so carefully
framed and lit as to show particles of dust dancing on a shaft on sunlight.
Carrying
Framed works across cities and countries can be very expensive and laborious for an artist.What is the best way and artist can exhibit carrying rolls of
canvas across countries?Are there any instant rental
frames available which can stretch
canvases for exhibitions?
For artists who
work in distinctively different styles (for example, small watercolors
framed under glass, and large, 3 - dimensional varnished
works on
canvas), I think consistency in pricing * within each style * would be the most important thing, so that it makes sense to the buyer.
In my case, if I were to pay to have a piece
framed, my costs become much higher for a
work on paper than for a
canvas painting!
Cornish writes: «I like how dramatic the paintings are as images, and how this drama pushes and pulls (surges may be a better word) in two directions: the ruffs and ripples of
canvas and colour
work upwards towards the containing outline, whilst the outline imposes itself on the action it
frames: cutting, nipping, tucking and cropping.»
Although his
work was initially two - dimensional, mostly paintings in oil and acrylic, he began incorporating sculpture, first separately and then as elaborately constructed
frames over which he would stretch
canvas.
Painted on every conceivable kind of surface, from aluminum foil and corrugated cardboard boxes to cotton batting and artichoke leaves, these small
works honor artists ranging from Alfred Jensen, who shares Martin's interest in numerology («Good Morning Alfred Jensen, Good Morning,» reads a 2005 - 07 painting whose rainbow of stripes
frames, in Jensen-esque colors, a bikini - clad calendar model) to Dash Snow (a messy little
canvas of 2006 - 07 titled Dash Snow Bombing, in which the late enfant terrible appears in a tiny blurry photo by Ryan McGinley, spray - painting a wall).
Privileging the
frame as much as the
canvas, Ryman's
works incorporate aluminium, fiberglass, and even baked porcelain.
These components are used to great effect in both Rejection Letter (acrylic with collage on paper mounted to
canvas, 2009) and Untitled (With Your Best Interest at Heart)(
framed acrylic on paper, 2009) in which the letters themselves adopt interestingly complex configurations even as the act of «reading» the
work becomes a singularly entertaining part of the process.
The actual plastic supports are relatively thick, and in keeping with the earlier
work, on each of their sides the artist has painted a row of thick black dots, suggestive of nails holding down
canvas that has been stretched over the
frame.
We
framed a number of pastel
works on paper for this exhibition which hang alongside large - scale
works on
canvas.
Here, he has not only slashed through the pristine white surface with twenty - four of his iconic cuts — the greatest number that he would ever commit to one
canvas — but has also added a further dimension to the
work by enshrouding it in a black lacquer
frame, which glistens with reflections of the world around it.
Executed on a monumental scale this butterflies and household gloss on
canvas work measures 268 cm in diameter (including the
frame).
She then fastened sooted
canvas to the
frame with thin wire, preferring decomposable iron wire in her earliest pieces to the more stable copper she chose for her later
work.
Also of interest are a series of photographs by Anne Sager, James Brooks's The Springs (lithograph, 1971), Marcia Gygli - King's Main Beach, East Hampton (oil on
canvas, mixed media
frame, 1988 - 91), and Terry Elkins's Montauk (collage and pencil, 1994 - 97), a
work which is memorable both for his signature collage technique but also for the use of shadowing, which adds a significantly suggestive intimation to the image of the Montauk lighthouse.
Her
canvases are unprimed and the sometimes bare surfaces are a deliberate part of the
work, just as while some paintings imply the image continues beyond the physical constraints of the
canvas, others are literally
framed.
Works on
canvas must be either in
frames or gallery wrapped
canvas with sides painted.
Image Credits: Untitled, 2010, Silkscreened acrylic on dye - printed linen with vinyl ribbon, 78 x 51 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery, NY; A Line (Almanac), 2013, Eight felt double page spreads with «a» line cut; White felt end pages; Hard cover, hand - bound, 20.1 x 13.2 x 3 inches, Edition of 10 + 3 Aps, Collection of Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner; A Line (Cover Letter), 2015, Synthetic felt, acrylic on
canvas, 79 x 48 inches, Collection of Eleanor and Bobby Cayre, New York;
Work Description, 2010, Glass, vodka, wood, cardboard, and plant, 33 1/2 x 45 x 32 1/2 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery, NY; Untitled, 2009, Acrylic, gesso, spray paint on linen with lacquered wood
frame, 71 x 50 inches, Private Collection, NY; Untitled, 2010, Acrylic on
canvas, 69 x 53 inches, Private Collection, NY; Untitled, 2007, Airbrush and oil and acrylic on linen, 71 x 164 inches Courtesy of Daniel Lewis and Campoli Presti, London / Paris; Untitled, 2012, Vodka, pigment, urethane, gesso, and cotton, 24 x 18 inches, Courtesy of Dylan Lewis and Campoli Presti, London / Paris; Untitled, 2011, Silkscreened acrylic news print and felt on wood - mounted dibond, 30 x 40 inches, Courtesy of the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery, NY; Yogurt Cinema, 2014, Cardboard, concrete, Pyrex bowl and lid, yogurt, video projector, and 108 min.
Dissatisfied with paintings trapped within a
frame or contained by a
canvas» edge, Irwin devised his now - iconic
works that merge with the light and air around them.
Your use of the scroll as a format here is interesting — many of your previous
works seem to be more straight - forwardly contained by the picture plane / the edges of the
canvas or
frame.
One particularly striking
work is Molly Zuckerman - Hartung's The Failure of Contingency (2012), in which painted ribbons of
canvas spill like linguine over the floor, beginning from a small square
frame and ending in a puddle of fabric underneath two folding chairs.
When he jettisoned the
frame completely, however, Gilliam arrived at wholly new, groundbreaking
works such as Light Depth (of 1969), which consists of some 75 feet of stained, crinkled, and suspended unstretched
canvas.
A more recent series consisted of abstract compositions made of many unpainted
canvases, stretched over irregularly shaped
frames; these monochromatic
works employ negative space and geometry to create abstract compositions.
The Freilicher
work, in particular, is notably effective in the artist's structuring of the
canvas so that the viewer's eyes are constantly drawn from the lush green foreground and into the peacefully pastoral sky
framed by clouds and a gentle lunar image that dominates the upper portion of the
work.
He made Bedroom Breast, 2004, a painted metal relief, referring back to his earlier
work, and also Man Ray at the Dance, a large
canvas painting, at more than eight by six feet, and eight Sunset Nudes including Sunset Nude with
Frame, a painted metal
work.
To create these
works, the artist would pour acrylic paint directly onto the
canvas, which was liberated from its
frame and manipulated in ways that blurred the distinctions between painting and sculpture.
Here, however, each layer of paint is applied from the far edges of the
canvas working inward toward the center, thus resulting in an illusionistic depth, the lighter tones of the composition acting as a
framing device.
Also on show will be Rauschenberg's Bed, 1955, (pictured second from top, right) a
work massively ahead of its time, which involved stretching his actual pillow and bed on a
canvas frame and then layering in paint.
David Claerbout's paintings on paper are fundamental to his film practice; Ilse D'Hollander's intimate
canvases are sensual explorations of the physical act of painting; Jose Dávila interrogates how the modernist movement has been translated, appropriated, and reinvented; Laurent Grasso's meticulous appropriations of classical paintings integrate impossible phenomena, blurring the line between the historical and contemporary; Rebecca Horn's large - scale gestural paintings evoke her early performance
work, their dimensions being determined by the artist's physical reach; Callum Innes» Exposed Paintings are concerned with both making and unmaking the
work; Idris Khan utilizes language, melding thousands of lines of stamped text into singular abstract images; Hugo McCloud's
work fuses industrial and fine art materials; Sam Moyer combines found textures into a fresh, expanded, artistic palette; and James White's oil paintings reimagine the still life as a chance freeze -
frame.
Julia Rommel's paintings seem to highlight their
frames, having been stretched many times over during their creation, whereas in truth the main bodies of the
canvas are often intensely
wrought through a process of layering and erasure that she likens to a fight: «I've found myself taking elaborate steps to keep my own signature away.
With the subjects depicted at life - size and squashed into the
canvas, the
work induces a sense of claustrophobia — partly from the plethora of details, partly from the way the yoga mat
frames the composition.
Framed raw
canvases stained with dripped enamel and oil paintings hang on museum walls, reviving remarkable
works of art from one of America's most prominent artists of the past.
In most
work that we know and respect, particularly abstract art which has broken all kinds of links with the observed world, and which could be said to be about the nature of the medium itself — the two dimensional
canvas, the colours, the drawing, the
frame of the
canvas — the medium is absolutely essential — is crucial — in terms of my appreciation of a
work of art.»
The
works, which began emerging from the artist's New York studio around 1959, were made of
canvas and other fabrics, stretched over steel
frames and stitched with wire, sometimes incorporating airplane parts, war - surplus materials, laundry — conveyor belts, industrial - saw teeth, and other incongruous objects.
But the most startling display may be the one in his living room: He has mixed
works from his approximately 200 - piece collection — a comically large bright pink rubber phallus by Sarah Lucas; unusual drawings by Paul Thek in yellow Plexiglas
frames; a heavy, stone - patterned gray
canvas by Peter Halley; an upright cannon by Valentin Carron; an array of silk screens by the reclusive Cady Noland — with a resin prototype of his first tree.
The «draped» paintings, as they would be called, were abstract
works on
canvas but without a
frame, the
canvases could be stretched across walls, bunched up like bed sheets, even hung from ceilings.
From Stieglitz and some of the other photographers whose
work he promoted, such as Paul Strand and Edward Steichen, O'Keeffe learned the technique of cropping and filling the
frame of the camera, or
canvas, with your subject.
Known for his two - colour, tonal
canvases of precise, carefully considered hues, Joseph's
work historically exists within self - imposed, specific structures and parameters - the effect being one of unlimited freedom confined within the «safety» of a
framed construct.
Although less than 25 percent of the lots are by women artists, some significant
works by women are for sale: «Roots,» a poignant color screen print by Catlett that the gallery says has not been seen at auction in 20 years (shown above); «March on Washington,» 1964 (oil on
canvas), a beautifully rendered painting by Alma Thomas (1891 - 1978); Faith Ringgold's 1974 «Night: Window of the Wedding 8,» touted as the first of her fabric paintings to be offered at auction (shown below); and «Still Life with Grapefruit,» 1928, described on the
frame backing as Lois Mailou Jones's first painting, completed a year after she graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Such as as his series, Ellipses and
Frames, where he focused on creating works that featured round shapes on canvases that were shaped like f
Frames, where he focused on creating
works that featured round shapes on
canvases that were shaped like
framesframes.
Because Kline sketched and painted this photograph so many times, he acquired such a familiarity with it that he could apparently sketch it blindfolded in less than thirty seconds.39 This skill necessarily involved what Kline had described in 1956 as the process that had led to his breakthrough to abstraction: «breaking down the structure into essential elements».40 In the photograph, the posture of Nijinsky in absolute terms and relative to the
frame has a striking structure of a kind that persists in Kline's abstract
work, in which there is a tension between the composition internal to the painting and the limits of the
canvas.
In 1965, the artist made a transitional
work in which he over-sprayed a
canvas with subtle variations of white and installed neon tubes inside the back of the
frame.
In turn the number of surviving Golden Age paintings was reduced by them being overpainted with new
works by artists throughout the 18th and 19th century — poor ones were usually cheaper than a new
canvas, stretcher and
frame.
The exhibition will feature all new
works by each artist ranging from paintings on
canvas,
framed paper cutouts, ceramic sculptures, and
works on
framed wood panels.
Other paintings look so much better
framed, when the drips of the sides of the
canvas aren't part of the
work.
Including film, wall paintings, ceramics, silkscreens (on mylar, plexiglass, steel, and
canvas), Adam Pendleton: Becoming Imperceptible
frames the artist's oeuvre as a complex dialogue between culture and system, a body of
work invested in the perpetual cross-referencing of aesthetic and social histories,» states the Contemporary Arts Center.
Including film, wall paintings, ceramics, silkscreens (on mylar, plexiglass, steel, and
canvas), Adam Pendleton: Becoming Imperceptible
frames the artist's oeuvre as a complex dialogue between culture and system, a body of
work invested in the perpetual cross-referencing of aesthetic and social histories.
This
work is an Abstract Expressionism is a
canvas artwork stretched mounted onto a wooden, deep
frame canvas, measuring 122 cm (W) x 122 cm (H) x 5 m (D) and is ready to hang.