Calder's largely unknown abstract paintings mark the decisive
transition from figuration to abstraction in the artist's work, and at the same time herald his first abstract sculptures in which he progressively introduced not only actual motion, but also unprecedented concepts such as viewer intervention and sonorous interaction.
Untitled (Seated Figure)(c. 1950) encapsulates the beginnings of this experimental
shift from figuration to abstraction, and also shows the influence of artistic discussions between Tworkov and Willem de Kooning, a close friend and studio neighbor.
Explore Lee Krasner's
journey from figuration to abstraction through close looking at two of her works: Self - Portrait (1930) and Untitled, from the Little Images series (1948) in this gallery talk by Jenna Weiss, Manager of Public Programs.
Warren's sculptures
range from figuration to abstraction and from amorphous to more clearly recognisable forms, which are sometimes sexual in nature and reference the body in challenging ways.
Moving
seamlessly from figuration to abstraction — and at times working simultaneously in both — de Kooning's work underwent radical stylistic shifts from decade to decade, continuously evolving and refining.
This exhibition tracks the transitional period of the great twentieth century painter Arshile Gorky, who moved
from figuration to abstraction with his drippy, brightly colored oil on canvases.
Organized by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the exhibition follows Guston's
movement from figuration to abstraction, as well as his later, more controversial return to figuration and the grand still lifes and landscapes that occupied him throughout the 1970s.
This companion exhibition to Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis examines the role of printmaking in Lewis» art and provides a deeper understanding of his two primary printing techniques, lithography and etching, as well as the progression of his
work from figuration to abstraction.
Featuring key works from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, the exhibition will highlight an important period in Calderara's practice, namely his
shift from figuration to abstraction.
Warren's sculptures continue to
ebb from figuration to abstraction and range from amorphous to more clearly recognizable forms, which are sometimes sexual in nature and reference the body in humorous and challenging ways.
Moving
from figuration to abstraction — and at times working simultaneously in both, de Kooning's work underwent radical stylistic shifts from decade to decade.
The new base marked his transition
from figuration to abstraction, the style for which he is known today.
Filled with vibrant illustrations, this stunning volume traces Thomas's development as an artist: her transition
from figuration to abstraction, her fascination with the natural world and space exploration, and the mesmerizing mosaic - like paintings she completed before her death.
Filled with vibrant illustrations, this volume traces Thomas's development as an artist: her transition
from figuration to abstraction, her fascination with the natural world and space exploration, and the mosaic - like paintings she completed before her death.
Rail: You described the drastic change from sculpture to painting, but how about the shift
from figuration to abstraction that was entailed in the same transformation?
Maybe the shift
from figuration to abstraction is tied up with a mounting mistrust of language as a description of the «real» world and a consequently increased emphasis on spontaneity at the expense of complex and specific pictorial space.
Amy Sillman: one lump or two — the artist's first museum survey — follows her development as an artist from the mid-1990s to the present, as her work moved from drawing to painting to moving images, and
from figuration to abstraction.