Then he sandbags us with the freshness (and sometimes aggression) of his paint handling, his delicately orchestrated color, and his ability to construct firm,
harmonious compositions with the most unprepossessing of subjects.
Not exact matches
His canvases during this decade thus fuse the
harmonious composition of the traditional landscape painting
with the dissolving surfaces and complex manipulation of colour that had emerged in art following impressionism.
Scully employs a reductive vocabulary of thick horizontal and vertical bands of color, which perform an interplay of mass, light and shadow, through which he reconciles the ordered character of early European Modernism,
with its ideals of harmony and spirituality, and late American Modernism,
with its use of less
harmonious, expressionistic
compositions.
Although flawless and
harmonious at first, her
compositions of weaves, grids, and geometric shapes, even in the application of paint, are filled
with imperfections and unexpected distortions, celebrating the expressive, hands - on traditional approach of her creative process.
With bold, thick lines of colors,
harmonious compositions, and clean shapes, the Washington Color Painters created iconic reflections of Matisseian joy and the subconscious melancholy behind all beauty.
Grappling
with the complex and often contradictory relationships between the body and mind, the artist's abstract paintings look to mathematical equations for their
harmonious and inventive grid - based
compositions.
Finally, a digitized version of Bruce Conner's 8 - mm short film Easter Morning, 2008, an expansion of his memorable Super 8 film Easter Morning Raga, 1966, is a
harmonious and festive
composition of lights and colors,
with music by Terry Riley.
Realized by Color Field artist Sam Gilliam, this lithograph
with intaglio and relief layers color, movement, and other abstract elements — meditating on both the relationship between shapes and colors as well as elements of a
harmonious composition.
Also influenced by natural surroundings such as the mountainous areas of southern China, free - flowing charcoal lines and ink washes, overlaid
with solid arcs and circles of white paint, in delicate,
harmonious compositions are features of Zhou Li's (b 1969) work.
With its centrally seated figure and exquisitely rendered interior, Peter's Series: Back encapsulates Anderson's development of his
composition, where figure and background converge in a
harmonious marriage of geometric planes, enriched colours and evocative intimacy.