Artists who joined the group shared a consensus on working with
geometric abstract forms.
Mondrian's brightly colored
geometric abstract forms impressed him, and, according to Calder, he suggested to Mondrian «that perhaps it would be fun to make these rectangles oscillate.»
Although
her geometric abstract forms have an impossible crispness, she does no taping, or spraying.
Not exact matches
«Regardless of intent, the very process of rendering a
geometric form would seem to indicate the workings of a mind no longer tethered solely to the here and now, but capable of a uniquely
abstract form of conscious «wandering»,» Edelman says.
This
geometric abstract art harmonizes greens, blues and pinks with an intricate study of line and
form.
From the third grader who creates and performs a dance to demonstrate the water cycle, to the high school senior who builds an
abstract sculpture of
geometric forms, students who have an opportunity to learn through arts integration are able to explore the subject through all their intelligences in ways that have personal meaning for them.
Geoform is an online scholarly resource, curatorial project, and international forum whose focus is the use of
geometric form and structure in contemporary
abstract art.
These significant early practitioners, active since the 1960s, were amongst the earliest to experiment with neon in
abstract and
geometric forms.
Beginning in 1960 Schapiro gradually eliminated the
abstract expressionist brushwork from her paintings, introducing a variety of
geometric forms.
Minimalism is an extreme
form of
abstract art developed in the USA in the 1960s and typified by artworks composed of simple
geometric shapes based on the square and the rectangle
One of the first American artists to investigate the aesthetic potential of the irregularly shaped canvas, Neil Williams initially depicted hard - edged
geometric forms, but eventually turned to a painterly
abstract style.
The objectness of the shaped paintings from this period makes them always more than the working out of
abstracted, biomorphic or
geometric forms on a flat surface, since the
form of the support itself is a biomorphic or
geometric abstraction.
That exhibition thematized the relationship between Liu's paintings and his three - dimensional sculptural
forms via explicit formal echoes: Black - and - white
geometric paintings were adroitly paired with rectilinear pseudotopiary sculptures in which bands of foliage were interspersed with horizontal neon lights, while the oscillating static playing on stacked TV sets chimed with the
abstract canvases as well.
The lyrical abstraction of these paintings is contrasted with smaller
geometric abstract paintings, rigid in structure and
form, but handmade, with deliberately imperfect and variably weighted lines, in an ironic and humorous way.
Utilizing vivid colors and simple
geometric forms, the artist produces
abstract compositions with oil on canvas.
Romberg's Dirty Geometry subverts the strict, systematic, straightforward qualities of
geometric forms pioneered by Wassily Kandinsky, the Russian artist and art theorist credited for creating the first purely
abstract paintings.
A major American and Japanese sculptor and designer, Isamu Noguchi spent over six decades creating
abstract works based on both organic and
geometric forms.
Also on view is a group of bronze sculptures from Nagle's Hands On series (1991), which use the cup as a formal vehicle rather than a utilitarian tool, employing slight variations in structure and texture to create
abstract geometric and architectural
forms.
Hofmann encouraged Krasner to jettison the naturalist tendencies acquired in her earlier schooling, and she underwent a radical change of style, rapidly developing an
abstract vocabulary and producing cubist - inspired compositions that featured bold
geometric forms outlined in black and filled with bright colors.
Whether semi-conical, semi-pyramidal, or semi-rectangular, the objects waver between easily identifiable
geometric forms and
abstract volumes.
In 1966 Alloway coined the term Systemic Art to «describe a type of
abstract art characterized by the use of very simple standardized
forms, usually
geometric in character, either in a single concentrated image or repeated in a system arranged according to a clearly visible principle of organization».
Waclaw Wantuch is one of the most recognisable Polish female nude photographers, known primarily for its exploration of
geometric and
abstract forms of feminine shapes, which he emphasized with studio lights and high contrast.
With the exception of a few clusters of clearly delineated
geometric form, this large, cosmic picture comprises almost entirely of a rich, heavily - worked, and seemingly
abstract painted surface.
In Chou's photographs, these three - dimensional structures are completely dissolved and flattened into
abstract geometric forms, their subtle gradations of colour entirely derived from the play of light and shadow.
In
abstract painting during the 1950s and 1960s several new directions like hard - edge painting and other
forms of
geometric abstraction began to appear in artist studios and in radical avant - garde circles as a reaction against the subjectivism of
abstract expressionism.
It displays a mixture of
abstract geometric forms and textured paint strokes that are free from any specific subject matter.
In his early works, Ilya Bolotowsky
formed abstract images on the flat picture plane by combining biomorphic and
geometric elements inspired by both Miró and the Russian Constructivist Kasimir Malevich.
Thus was the
geometric aspect of capitalism's
abstract spatiality given definite
form, depicted by the Cubist painters in the first decade of the twentieth century.
These
geometric shapes characterized the elemental or «bare bones»
forms of art, which, according to critics, represented the culmination of modern art's progression toward the most simplified
form of
abstract art possible.
An early 20th - century school of painting and sculpture in which the subject matter is portrayed by
geometric forms without realistic detail, stressing
abstract form at the expense of other pictorial elements largely by use of intersecting often transparent cubes and cones.
Another
abstract artist highlighted here is Carmen Herrera, known for her elegant take on minimal
geometric forms.
This exhibition presents a range of
abstract possibilities, from the biomorphic (abstraction reminiscent of living
forms) to the
geometric, demonstrating the many variants of
abstract printmaking throughout the Americas in the 20th century.
Escandell's work —
abstract geometric forms on paper or built from wood — was censored.
This tradition, carried forth, expanded, and transformed over the course of the 20th century, continues into the present with innovative approaches to the genre by: Patrick Wilson Ruth C. Horton Gallery Los Angeles artist Patrick Wilson creates luminous, sumptuously colored
abstract paintings composed of richly layered
geometric forms — lines, squares, and rectangles.
Although Burri and Ben Nicholson were friends from the 1950s, and shared an interest in
abstract geometric forms, Burri has received a comparative lack of attention in Britain.
abstract, architecture, exhibition,
form, Galerie Paris - Beijing,
geometric, grid, industrial, infinite, light art, neon lights, op art, Paris, sculpture, space, structure, technology, void
The results are meditative and harmonious combinations of color and
abstract geometric form.
Don Voisine, Poised, 2007 Oil on wood, 20 x 20 inches January 10 — February 9, 2008
Geometric Abstraction examines the variety and multiplicity of sources and expression in the work of six artists, all working with abstract geometric forms: Chris Gallagher, Kim MacConnel, Shari Mendelson, Ann Pibal, Jennifer Riley & Don
Geometric Abstraction examines the variety and multiplicity of sources and expression in the work of six artists, all working with
abstract geometric forms: Chris Gallagher, Kim MacConnel, Shari Mendelson, Ann Pibal, Jennifer Riley & Don
geometric forms: Chris Gallagher, Kim MacConnel, Shari Mendelson, Ann Pibal, Jennifer Riley & Don Voisine.
Ramirez's work is colorful, playful and whimsical while representing the human body and its functions through evocative
abstract biomorphic and
geometric forms that are sensual and suggestive.
By 1973, Murray had refined her voice and was creating paintings that utilized a
geometric language to build an
abstract form of narrative.
She then photographs the sets, aiming to capture the
geometric and
abstract forms created through her treatment rather than the original tableau itself.
Widely believed to be the first American
abstract painter, he was very close to Georgia O'Keeffe, who credited Dove's work with being crucial to her developing style of merging the
geometric with the organic, of using intensely colorful and dynamic
forms.
These provide instant, ready - made
abstract compositions; their
geometric shapes and rainbow palette again aesthetically reference the 60s in the
form of Bridget Riley «s colourful Op Art canvases or, more recently, Gerhard Richter's painstakingly uniform «colour swatch» paintings.
Named after a gallery that was to become the very first gallery in Soho, and which included like - minded artists Ed Ruda, Mark di Suvero, Peter Forakis, Robert Grosvenor Anthony Magar, Forrest Myers, Tamara Melcher, and Dean Fleming, The Park Place Group was an idiosyncratic bunch whose work, though
abstract and
geometric, didn't accord with the prevailing Minimalist ethos of pure
form.
His
abstract paintings have been inspired by popular cultures, often reflected in
forms that balance organic and
geometric forms with native pictographs.
In
abstract painting during the 1950s and 1960s several new directions like Hard - edge painting and other
forms of
Geometric abstraction like the work of Frank Stella popped up, as a reaction against the subjectivism of
Abstract expressionism began to appear in artist studios and in radical avant - garde circles.
William Cannings» work often invokes a sense of wit by using hard steel to create «soft» subjects: soft - edge
geometric forms,
abstract conglomerates, and sometimes representational figures, that look like they were made of malleable plastic.
Amy Feldman
abstracts geometric shapes into semi-recognizable
forms to manipulate figure - ground relationships.
Cézanne and fellow Post-Impressionists used increasingly
abstract and
geometric forms and juxtapositions of pure, intense colors toward emotional effect to create works such as La Montagne Sainte - Victoire (1888 - 90).
In the process of visual documentation, the original functional properties of the objects are replaced by their visual properties, so that they gradually devolve (or rise) to the level of basic
geometric outlines that the artist has randomly drawn into the image to
form parts of unique
abstract paintings.