Sentences with phrase «illusion of a brushstroke»
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In the exhibition's catalogue Bernice Rose states: «Chamberlain's is a radical step in this [modernism's] history: the translation of de Kooning's inherently sculptural continued... brushstroke from a soft material used for the creation of visual illusions and illusionary spaces into a hard, thin, and three - dimensional substance that could be considered as a support for those illusions.»
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Benson has their painted drips and shadows, 3D doodles, and the illusion of thick tubes created from parallel brushstrokes and alternating highlights.
His application of incremental brushstrokes in orderly rows creates an illusion of grand scale independent of the size of each canvas.
That appearance of a single brushstroke is often an illusion.
On canvas, brushstrokes start to cavort more far freely and densely than in the brushwork illusions of David Reed and James Nares.
Stephan uses the humble elements of painting — the stretched canvas, the brushstroke, color, the illusion of three - dimensional space — in straightforward ways, no painting tricks.
Appearing as a mirage of mechanical brushstrokes applied in graduating grey, the painting creates a subtle optical illusion as the colours dissolve into the gallery walls and manipulate our trust in its structure.
And the overt sophistication extends to the illusion of thick brushstrokes on classified ads — or knots of paints that stand for birds and bees.
Mostly vertical in format, they once again give the illusion of a single gigantic brushstroke.
In a loft overlooking West Broadway in Tribeca, Andrea Belag employs large swooping brushstrokes and rich transparent color to create the illusion of space and light.
As is typical for paintings from this period, the present work is characterized by the colliding of flatness with the illusion of spatial depth: while the folds in the tablecloth, modulation of the oranges and the cast shadows articulate Hockney's eye for veracity and imply three - dimensionality, the broad, simplified brushstrokes with which the gladiolus and the green backdrop are rendered essentially flatten the composition.
Many great painters exploit the undiscovered possibilities of their chosen medium — think of van Gogh treating brushstrokes like woodcarving, or J.M.W. Turner creating the illusion of space from thin washes of color.