Sentences with phrase «histories of abstract»

The resulting dynamic is one that evokes both the storied and respective histories of abstract art forms and urban culture.

The late German artist Günther Förg was known for his abstract canvases rooted in the histories of abstract and modernist art.

Spanning the media of painting, printmaking, mixed media, and drawing, White Hawk continues to expose pre-existing intersections and mold new possibilities between the histories of abstract painting and Native American art forms.

I hope this is an exhibition that will spur more exhibitions and more attention to who may have been left out of mainstream histories of abstract expressionism.»

The perceived irrationality of Spiritualism has in the past been used as an excuse to systematically belittle the importance of Houghton (and other female artists such as Hilma af Klint) within a history of abstract art.

A few decades ago, the history of abstract expressionism seemed well established and its main exponents, including heavy - hitters like Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell and Mark Rothko, all firmly identified.

form, color, illumination celebrates the uniqueness of Frecon's painting and articulates how her work distinguishes itself within the history of abstract painting.

On view through Jan. 21, 2018, the exhibition places their work «in context with one another — and within the larger history of abstract art.»

There is in the history of abstract painting as it pulled away from representation, a certain cool posture of detachment from the world.

Holliday references the history of abstract painting with a fluid style, seemingly pouring colors over the white of the canvas into lines, shapes and patterns.

November 17 Eric Sall, influenced by the history of abstract painting as well as popular culture, explores an interlinking network of visual language.

Brischler is a student of the history of abstract painting, and apparently he has been taking very careful notes.

Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today places abstract works by multiple generations of black women artists in context with one another — and within the larger history of abstract art — for the first time, revealing the artists» role as under - recognized leaders in abstraction.

Gottlieb was a vital force in the history of abstract expressionism, articulating its aims and defining its contours.

This show has everything you might want to see if you are interested in the history of abstract expressionism... but I am not sure the curation lives up to the hype surrounding it.

As for Alan's assertion that the short history of abstract sculpture is pioneered by painters — well, that's a big part of the problem.

We can even find the history of abstract expressionism, starting from the rhythm of horizontal and vertical by Piet Mondrian, moving to enthusiasm for «all over» by Color Field painters, and finally more restricted shape by Frank Stella.

We spoke to Finley about his work, his process, and why the integration of technology into the visual arts is less a break from the history of abstract art than a beautiful evolution.

An ongoing drawing project based on the work of Saskatchewan - born artist, Agnes Martin, one of the central figures in the history of abstract painting.

Iva Gueorguieva works on an immense scale and with a boundless energy and busy range that seem to encapsulate the whole history of abstract painting.

The early history of abstract expressionism, with surrealism as a catalyst, was explored through works by Arshile Gorky, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and others.

Starting from the early experiments of the beginning of the 20th century to recent digital innovations, the show will examine the history of abstract photography side - by - side with seminal paintings and sculptures.

The «60s and «70s were a radical time in the history of abstract painting in America.

Krisanamis has consistently been in dialogue with the history of abstract painting throughout his career.

They reference geometric abstraction — or the history of abstract painting — where the landscape is taken out of the conversation.

Filtered through a critical and dynamic relation to the history of abstract painting, Taaffe's oeuvre is remarkable for its visual exuberance and intricate craft.

With more than 100 illustrations, Sean Scully: Vita Duplex provides a comprehensive look at the artist's visual oeuvre, as well as his world of ideas, and defines its place in the history of abstract painting.

Completed in one sitting with no room for error, the process draws upon the gestural history of abstract expressionism, splaying broad color fields into an all - over sea of pattern.

Her development of a grid in the late 1950s wherein she gently inscribed penciled lines over subtle fields of color marked a turning point in the history of abstract painting and established the geometric and spatial language that she continued to refine over the ensuing decades.

This assures that Thorne's paintings have a lively dialogue with one another and with the history of abstract painting.

Armed with a spray of vaporized oil pigments, Ferris has created a fresh and original abstract language that combines her own distinctive approach to mark - making with the history of abstract painting.

In 1970 he authored an important memoir / history of the abstract expressionist movement, The Triumph of American Painting.

They remind us that the true subject of any abstract painting is the position that it self - consciously takes in relation to the history of abstract painting.

The first is that the Modern art historical construction of abstraction (via Clement Greenberg et al) ignored a centuries - long history of abstract and formalist practices from around the world.

Kim's work explores the history of abstract painting, the problems of color and vision, and issues of human identity and existence.

Chanzit hopes the show will help to integrate women into the history of abstract expressionism, rather than kickstarting a flurry of similar shows: «The takeaway for me is to let our audiences know that there are more important works out there,» she says.

PS: As an installation artist who finds both inspiration from the history of abstract painting and interior design what do you see as the similarities of these worlds?

The curator and art historian William Moritz has noted that «Bauer's work during the thirties and forties... was very much seen and quite influential, so no responsible history of abstract art can fail to discuss his work.»

What appears as a slide - show documenting the history of abstract painting used in lectures are actually carefully chosen details of a graphic language surrounding us on a daily base.

In the catalogue essay, Baker sums up the history of abstract painting and then suggests that artists now, unlike those of the Modernist era, are decidedly non-utopian and non-experimental, but fiercely engaged with the real world.

The key developments in the history of abstract art, from relatively unknown artists such as Hilma af Klint to giants of the movement like Mondrian, Klee and Kandinsky

So one wonders if the lack of paint in his «paintings» excluded him from a certain history of abstract painting.

It seems inevitable that what started out as a mission to foster a sense of community among abstract artists by promoting and providing occasions to exhibit their work and offering a discursive forum for an exchange of views, would now find itself a valuable repository of the history of the abstract movement in America.

In addition to the freedom suggested by the structures of his sculptures, the complexity of them, which defies both physics and human apprehension, sets new hypothesis in the history of abstract sculptures, placing doubt in the centre of his artistic quest.

Art historians typically identify the early 20th century as an important historical moment in the history of abstract art.

One of the key turning points in the history of abstract photography occurred around the turn of the century, when two groups of photographers — known as Photo Succession and the Linked Ring — began making the case for the acceptance of photography as a fine art.

It also offers a chance to shatter our pre-existing notions about what photography is, what defines abstraction, and which artists were and are truly responsible for shaping the history of abstract art.

It will examine the history of abstract photography in conjunction with the development of abstraction in painting and sculpture.

The artist samples from the history of abstract painting — a grid here, a zip or splatter there — but isn't afraid to shoehorn in text, speech bubbles, digital prints of cats, or oblique references to everything from Michael Jackson to the Iraq War.

Frost recalled that his knowledge of modernist art, particularly Russian Constructivism, was expanded through his proximity to Heath, who was gathering material for his short history of abstract painting: