The exhibition begins with studies for abstract
geometric compositions from the late 1930s, when Albers — a onetime instructor at the Bauhaus — returned to painting after having devoted his recent years to working with glass.
This philosophy has remained a consistent thread throughout Kim's long career beginning with his Plane Object series in the 1970s, followed by
the geometric compositions from the 1980s, his dot paintings from the 1990s, earlier works that have been entombed in coffins from the 2000s, to his recent works that feature canvas works bound in packing materials and left unattended.
The hard - edge,
geometric compositions from Fleming's current body of work have a strong dialogue with the paintings from the 1960s, as both explore illusory effects and challenge visual perception.
Not exact matches
His portrayal of «landscape» ranges
from the straightforward to the more oblique, sometimes rendering scenes as diagonal,
geometric abstractions; where notions of framing become intrinsic to the
composition itself.
Her boldly colorful
geometric compositions point to influences
from early American and European Modernism, dhakas — richly brocaded Tibetan paintings — and African masks.
By pairing similar colors in close proximity to one another, Dole - Recio creates the illusion of three - dimensionality through shadow and relief, an idea that she explores more directly by layering
geometric forms, and by removing sections
from the
composition, creating both physical relief and negative space.
«Opening» at Baert Gallery comprises five trompe l'oeil abstractions whose
geometric compositions appear flat
from afar...
Breer's 16 mm animated films range
from colorfully choreographed
geometric compositions to darker, visceral portrayals of the state of politics and popular culture in America in the 1960s through 1990s and are scattered with scenes and sound clips of baseball games, biplanes, and political speeches.
A specific reference would be Piet Mondrian, whose
Composition in Brown and Gray (1913 - 14) or
Composition in Line (Black and White)(1916 - 17) derived
from a
geometric reduction of landscape would seem to be immediate ancestors.
Between 1968 and 1972 the New York Realist painter — known for his nude studies and the public murals he produced for the U.S. Department of Labor building — departed
from his thick - brushed signature strokes to paint in blinding neon, flat foregrounds, and sharp
geometric compositions.
Gradually she began abstracting
from the still - life images, pulling apart the
compositions, re-introducing the grid, and arriving at a kind of abstraction where the original image has almost completely disappeared and small
geometric units remain supreme, producing an illusion of subtle gradations and nuanced change across the surface.
Like Frank Stella, his
compositions derive
from the edge, but Stella's
geometric logic approaches conceptual art by comparison.
While Thomas, who is featured in a solo exhibition at the Studio Museum in Harlem this summer, is best known for her
geometric compositions of blazing color, her early paintings
from the 1950s are rooted in the AbEx style, which unlocked her nimble experiments with hue and form.
Frank Stella in his symmetry breaking, Ellsworth Kelly in his identification of form with the picture plane, Brice Marden in his lush opacity, or Robert Ryman combining of all these seemed once far different
from prewar
geometric composition.
Burgoyne Diller: Pioneer of Abstraction will include important paintings, drawings and constructions
from 1935 through 1963 and will offer an understanding of the artists development
from early cubist - inspired
compositions to his better - known
geometric abstractions.
At distance, a
geometric shape distinguishes itself
from the background and signs its
composition.
Utilizing patterns and formulas
from the work of iconic Abstract Expressionist painters, William Bradley re-imagines the bold lines,
geometric forms and chromatic
compositions of his art - historical predecessors.
In the early 60's, inspired by the work of senior painters like Piet Mondrian and Josef Albers, Jackson moved away
from the gestural style that had marked his work of the» 50's, developing his signature style of austere, hard edged
geometric compositions on square and diamond shaped canvases.
albertz benda's booth will include paintings representative of Moses's preoccupation with «the grid» - ranging
from the structured,
geometric compositions of the 1970s, to the looser, more gestural works of the 1990s.
Known for his paintings Jules has rendered scenes
from everyday life,
geometric compositions, and abstracted symbols incorporating painterly gestures that show his true alliance with the brush and the process of pushing paint.
Color now carried independent content, along with basic
geometric forms, which became free
from all iconographic reference and are meaningfully valid as elements of the pictorial
composition.
In the 1970s, attempting to free himself
from what had become a signature style, Loving began destroying his hard - edged cube paintings and stitching the torn strips of canvas together to create large - scale, brightly colored
geometric compositions, an action that echoed the quilting he had studied as a child.
Throughout his career, Howard Mehring was a leading figure in the group of artists known as the Washington Color School, though he differed
from them in his preference for using
geometric forms in his
compositions.
Their work in the 1950s approached
geometric abstraction
from different but complementary positions: Gilbert through the articulation of spatial
compositions and Chewett through the cutting of solid material.
From September 1959 to January 1960 de Kooning sojourned in Italy, working in Rome, where he produced what are now known as his «black and white» paintings, such as Black and White (Rome) 1959 (fig. 6).24 These are highly reminiscent of Kline's signature style in their combination of bold gestural abstraction, a black and white palette and structured
compositions that consist of a series of emphatic strokes that are at odds with each other and positioned at angles that create nearly regular
geometric shapes, such as triangles and squares.
Hobés» multi-panel,
geometric compositions combine different layers of iconic and nostalgic imagery
from comic books, music, logos, and pop patterns.
Inspired by the forms and patterns found in the New York cityscape, Amy works
from her own photographs of major landmarks and skyscrapers to create hard,
geometric compositions that border abstraction.
Also known as Adobes, the Variants derive their basic
geometric composition, of multiple, interlocking and apparently overlapping rectangles,
from the simple facades of the traditional Adobe houses, with their two windows set either side of the doorway.
In the past, his
compositions were largely
geometric, including circles graded
from dark to light, which included the introduction of black, widening the range and force of the work.
Each
composition is developed
from color variations and interlocking
geometric forms influenced in part by Russian Constructivism.
Together these 20 artists represent a cross section and continuum of the expression of
geometric form in two and three dimensions,
from mathematically conceived and rigorously rendered
compositions to a looser, more intuitive approach to line, angle and curve.
The 50 - work show also comes at a time when the artist appears to be moving away
from her signature bouquets toward
compositions that feature more
geometric shapes and straight lines.
Stacked, aligned, cantilevered, or centered, their strict
geometric arrangements — often derived
from mathematical progressions — eliminate the idea of
composition and achieve a singular focus on the object itself.
Her work varies widely stylistically, ranging
from dense all - over
compositions of
geometric marks to furious, organic scribbling.
In his promising debut at Canada two years ago, he employed various tropes of modernist abstraction,
from bright,
geometric compositions to filmy washes to wavering grids and stripes.
Visitors to the English Gardens can also encounter an over-sized snake ring in polished concrete by Kathleen Ryan (François Ghebaly, Los Angeles); a large marble form by Tony Cragg (Lisson Gallery, London); an anthropomorphic bronze by William Turnbull (Offer Waterman, London); a work
from the «Signal» series by Takis (Axel Vervoordt, Antwerp); Dominique Stroobant's elegant
geometric composition (Axel Vervoordt, Antwerp); a new solar - powered light and sound piece by Haroon Mirza (Lisson Gallery, London), developing
from his intervention at the Museum Tinguely, Basel, earlier this year; a large painted and lacquered metal piece by Gary Webb (The Approach, London); an oversized beaten steel shoe by Aaron Angel (Rob Tufnell, London); a new ceramic «totem pole» by Jesse Wine (Limoncello, London); a colony of rabbits made
from plastic bags by Leo Fitzmaurice (The Sunday Painter, London) and Seung - taek Lee's monumental balloon model of the earth, which will gradually deflate across the course of the fair (Gallery Hyundai, Seoul).
Bold, Mondrian - like yellows, blues and reds define the
geometric color
compositions of the late minimalist Leon Polk Smith whose riveting shaped canvas «Constellation C»
from 1969 is the undisputed showstopper of this exhibition.
McNulty, now a mid-career artist, has moved away
from his signature style
geometric abstractions into an arena of organic forms and complex
compositions.
In this monotype
from painter Tad Wiley, Virgo Clowns I, two blocks of color interact to form an abstract
geometric composition.
In the midst of these all - over
geometric compositions, Ofili has inscribed figures in charcoal, which range
from detailed portraits to shadowy semi-abstractions.
Walter de Maria (b. 1935) Minimalist sculptor noted for his simple
geometric compositions made
from industrially manufactured materials like aluminium / stainless steel; his work Cage was included in the seminal 1966 «Primary Structures» exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York.
With contextual influences ranging widely
from the history of
geometric modernism in the works of artists such as Mondrian and Malevich, to experiments in musical and filmic
composition and typographic design, Grotjahn's butterflies playfully blur the once rigorous boundaries between representation and abstraction, between surface and depth, and between the conceptual and the concrete in artistic production.
Koetje includes many references to high modernism in her paintings,
from uninflected
geometric forms to collage - like
compositions that evoke the colorful and hard - edged arrangements of Stuart Davis» jazz - infused paintings.
Often blurring the lines between figurative and
geometric abstraction, the canvases
from this period are characterized by painterly brush strokes and expansive
compositions, often broken into smaller
geometric regions of color and pattern.
From there, the two moved to Paris for two years, where Herrera developed her methods of abstraction, using tape to form precise lines onto a canvas, creating minimal,
geometric compositions.
Highlights include Christina Quarles» brilliantly claustrophobic paintings of constrained bodies; Mickalene Thomas» haunting sculptural video installation «Me as Muse»; Vaginal Davis» lush punk - inspired wall sculptures made
from nail polish, hair spray, and perfume which stand in contrast to Ulrike Müller's sober - minimalist
geometric body
compositions.