They also weren't the first
geometric abstract works, or the first flat surface paintings.
«Spacing I» is
a geometric abstract work executed primarily in blues, yellows, creams, green and red with the ac...
«Spacing II» is
a geometric abstract work executed primarily in reds, pinks, blues, browns and purples, with the...
Her geometric abstract work features formal simplicity and striking sense of color through crisp lines and contrasting chromatic planes.
Keeping in line with tradition L'Atlas still uses his name and the letterform as a basis for
his geometric abstract work.
Not exact matches
This is a project for A-level students starting with looking at
Geometric Abstraction and the use of the colour «White» in the
work of modern
abstract artists.
problem solving, classifying and categorizing information,
working with
abstract concepts to figure out the relationship of each to the other, handling long chains of reason to make local progressions, doing controlled experiments, questioning and wondering about natural events, performing complex mathematical calculations,
working with
geometric shapes
As a cerebral painter, this body of
work continues his interest in systems, minimalism, and Op Art from the 1960s and 70s; with the computer as a drawing tool, his images also explore contemporary graphic design, digital technology and the history of hard - edged
abstract,
geometric painting.
Around 1970, while in the John St. studio, Frances began
working on large horizontal
abstract paintings that were involved with ideas of gravity, slow painting time, indeterminate color, and trying to create a complex painting space that appeared
geometric, but alternately shifted into a deeper space.
Using color, texture, and myriad
geometric structures, these artists forgo mathematical precision in favor of more layered meaning and relate the
works as much to landscape, the body, and experience as to their
abstract core.
Additionally, Tyler's paintings are reminiscent of the
work from past artists such as the simplified
geometric grids of Piet Mondrian's later
work, color field paintings of Mark Rothko and the early
abstract expressionistic
work by Philip Guston.
The bindi becomes a language or code we begin to read through
works that elicit formal connections with
abstract expressionism, op art, and
geometric abstraction from Western painting and the tantric and neo-tantric traditions of India.
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.
Even dedicated fans of his
work have inevitably faltered at one or another of his forking paths over the past twenty years, while Bradley, on the other hand, shifts gears without pause: from starkly minimalist to gestural
abstract paintings with stops in between, from discomfiting assemblage sculptures to boldly graphic silkscreens, and from jagged, sometimes comic drawings to obdurate
geometric sculptures.
Will Lustenader's new
geometric hard edge
abstract body of
work addresses spatial issues as well as the exploration of color and textural relationships.
Sanín's
work has been a part of the NMWA collection for almost three decades, but this is the first time the museum has dedicated a show exclusively to a
geometric abstract artist.
Unlike anything Malevich — or indeed any other modern painter — had done before, these
geometric, completely
abstract works were a shock to everyone who saw them.
While his imagery has changed several times over the years, the artist characterized himself as being «from the beginning, a minimalist
abstract artist, a
geometric abstractionist, with no recognizable shapes in my
work» — other than circles, which have always captivated his imagination as «the perfect shape.»
Combining artistic technique with scientific curiosity, the
work attributed to the Op Art movement has gone on to influence
abstract and
geometric art for decades.
Many of them had been Minimalists,
working with various monochromatic,
geometric styles, and whose paintings publicly evolved into new
abstract painterly motifs.
A major American and Japanese sculptor and designer, Isamu Noguchi spent over six decades creating
abstract works based on both organic and
geometric forms.
Among the second group of
abstract paintings at Firestone are
works such as «Thunderbird» (1970), where a
geometric cluster of blue lines, each about the width of standard masking tape, floats on a vibrant, flat red field.
In this current series, I continue to explore the freedom of
abstract gestural painting from my early
work and which reemerged in my later
work, yet in this body of
work I combine these images with images from my mid-career hardedge
geometric paintings.
A dynamic,
geometric clarity was certainly the aesthetic goal of many
abstract artists, but there were others who
worked under the influence of Surrealism and Expressionism, not to mention the natural landscape that so inspired the first generation of American
abstract artists.
With a background in graphic design, his
work seems part of a Western
abstract tradition but also freighted with symbolism: the use of denim, a material idealised for proletariat durability in the West, is a reminder of 1980's Chinese fashion; seemingly enigmatic
geometric patterns are derived from brain — teaser puzzles.
Alexey Luka is a highly talented Russian artist and illustrator who fuses
abstract characters with organic shapes and
geometric compositions in his
work.
In Tworkov's drawings there is conflict — a push and pull — whether it is his more familiar gestural
abstract charcoal drawings from the 1950s or the mathematically generated
geometric works of the artist's later career.
In particular, Evolutions II combines two seemingly disparate bodies of previous
work bringing together
geometric and lyrical
abstract painting.
Outstanding
works in the contemporary collection include Frank Stella's monumental
geometric painting Raqqa II (1970), Ellsworth Kelly's minimalist painting Blue Panel (1980), Anselm Kiefer's Untitled (1980 — 86) triptych, Gerhard Richter's
abstract painting Station (577 - 2)(1985), Elizabeth Murray's three - dimensional painting Pigeon (1991), Guillermo Kuitca's evocative painting People on Fire (1993), Sean Scully's luminous painting Wall of Light Peru (2000), Jaume Plensa's illuminated sculpture Doors of Jerusalem I, II, & III (2006), Beth Lipman's monumental glass sculpture Bride (2010), Mickalene Thomas's powerful painting Three Graces: Les Trois Femmes Noires (2011), Kehinde Wiley's provocative portrait Judith and Holofernes (2012), and Yinka Shonibare's dynamic outdoor sculpture Wind Sculpture II (2013).
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works by Elizabeth Gourlay (2013 - 2015) at the Fox Gallery NYC
Embracing the linear,
abstract and
geometric, and the human desire to locate order and beauty in a world that often provides neither, Dahlgren's solo exhibition — his second here — features
works (many site - specific or performative) that express how an artist can cultivate awe - inspiring impressions stemming from deliberation and recurring tasks, and from the alteration of domestic objects and common items such as weighing scales, coloured pencils and darts.
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.
Büchler's selection includes Kris Fierens's blurry, washed - out paintings, monochrome photography by Pamela Rosenkranz, Ian Rawlinson's ad hoc - looking sculpture, Gregor Hylla's
geometric abstract painting, and a video
work by Maeve Rendle depicting an appropriately unsynchronised piano rehearsal.
Such singular
geometric lyricism came to the fore in Calderara's seminal
work Painting Infinity, which he created in 1959 at the age of 56 — the same year he created his first fully
abstract painting, Quadrati e Rettangoli.
«The thoughtful display of quilts aligned with
abstract works offers a dialogue between the technical splendor and lyricism of
geometric patterns with the apparent freedom of color and expression,» explained Kay.
It showcases Rohrer's increasingly
abstract and
geometric representations of his rural surroundings, beginning with several early, rarely - displayed
works from private collections.
To Organize Delirium presents a multifaceted look at Oiticica's vast body of
work, from his
geometric,
abstract Metaesquemas to the translation of ideas into the third dimension.
A variety of
abstract styles ranging from
geometric abstraction, lyrical abstraction, hard - edge painting and color field painting are linked with the
work of Ronald Davis.
Works by the earlier generation of artists represented in the show can be loosely situated within
geometric abstraction and
abstract constructivism, influenced by artists such as Piet Mondrian (1872 — 1944) and groups such as De Stijl (founded 1917) and the ZERO movement of the 1950s and 60s, as well as the American Colour Field painters.
At the time that he executed this first series of plant lithographs, for example, he was
working on his first series of
abstract prints, employing the vibrant colors and
geometric shapes that would eventually define his career.
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.
To date, these later
works have been marginalized for her 1940s
geometric,
abstract paintings that resemble her aged friend, the great Dutch modernist Piet Mondrian.
He had joked about how funny it would be if he started making
abstract,
geometric paintings once they got to New York, but he didn't really expect his
work to evolve that way.
One of the more difficult tasks for younger artists is to make
abstract painting genuinely new — that is, sincerely and intelligently felt instead of performed (as with too much
geometric work) or blurted out (as with too much AbEx - redux brushwork) like a rant in a family argument.
Lecia Dole - Recio's
abstract works appear to be collages, but they're more akin to assembled mosaics — each
geometric «tile,» in stained - glass jewel tones, applied individually to the panel.
San Francisco's Jessica Silverman was showing bright
geometric abstract paintings by Berlin - based artist Shannon Finley for $ 5,500 for small
works and $ 24,000 for large ones.
Escandell's
work —
abstract geometric forms on paper or built from wood — was censored.
The murals of the Mexican social - realists, the
abstract geometric paintings of Piet Mondrian, and the cut outs of Matisse are some of the influences that shape his
work.
It's a big year for Carmen Herrera, an
abstract geometric painter who was born in Havana in 1915, has
worked in New York since the mid-20th-century, and now, at 100 years old, is being honored with a Whitney Museum survey (this coming fall) and the inaugural exhibition in Lisson Gallery's new Chelsea branch (opening during Frieze Week).
By assembling fragments of different broken plates, Smith discovers accidental «readymade» compositions to
work within; the
geometric patterns on the plates also function as vehicles for him to explore formal compositional ideas more regularly discussed in purely
abstract works.