The exhibition highlights the artist's continued attention to how objects and
gestures shape space and will feature new paintings, watercolors and sculpture.
Not exact matches
He had been working all of his life in a style he evolved as a young man which at the same time was changing the face of the art world: Abstract Expressionism (characterized briefly as a form of painting which emphasized
gesture in an effort to define the flatness and realness of color and
shape as a more integrated realization of the painted
space).
Inasmuch as actual physical parts form
shapes and surfaces to be painted, Stella's rich illusionistic mix has pushed composition outward from the wall, while retaining the idea of pictorialism in the use of pattern and
gesture to create an anomalous fictive
space on any given surface.
Each anticipates a particular
gesture that is the result of holding a phone or digital device, giving
shape to the negative
space around a bodily form.
Drawing is the foundation of his work, initially capturing
gestures, form and
shapes from the landscape that are then expanded upon in his studio
space to create fine art pieces.