Sentences with phrase «illusionistic depth»

Rauschenberg's abandonment of illusionistic depth effects — whether of conventional representational art or of the abstract expressionists» vast, immeasurable spaces — seems to come in part from an attachment to the physical realities of this world rather than to the less tangible possibilities of an inner vision.

These large - scale paintings are made by applying layers of acrylic paint to a canvas in a pre-determined order, resulting in heavily - built surfaces that take on illusionistic depth as the tone scale varies.

With these paintings [at Corbett vs. Dempsey], I am finding ways to make the painting sculptural, to introduce space, but I don't want to do that with illusionistic depth.

In place of flatness, they suggest illusionistic depth.

All the devices in Stella's new paintings are geared to make picture space feel as if it bites into real space, without using illusionistic depth.

Their uneven surfaces and repeated patterns hint at illusionistic depth and suggest something representational, but in fact their forms are based on geometric variations the artist creates on her computer.

Artists including Mark Rothko Barnett Newman Ad Reinhardt and Frank Stella were moving away from Abstract Expressionism towards Colour Field paintings, with designs that resembled geometric patterns and shapes, flattening the picture surface and gradually removing illusionistic depth.

This allows him to juxtapose not merely individual colors but patterns as well, and to build extremely intricate surfaces that don't play on illusionistic depth but hold the eye suspended.

Martin Weinstein (NYC) creates paintings on 3 - 5 sheets of plexiglass layered together to form an image of illusionistic depth; he interprets this special theatre by depicting the same scene multiple times, and by inserting discontinuous elements... a reminder of the tenuous nature of reality itself.

The optically titillating large - scale paintings are made by applying layers of acrylic paint to a canvas in a pre-determined order, resulting in heavily - built surfaces that take on illusionistic depth as the tone scale varies.

With these paintings, I am finding ways to make the painting sculptural, to introduce space, but I don't want to do that with illusionistic depth.

Various facets of his more recent white - primed rhomboids and diamonds are painted behind, or in front, in bright, saturated hues creating a fascinating play between literal and illusionistic depth.

Various facets of his new white - primed rhomboids and diamonds are painted behind, or in front, in bright, saturated hues creating a fascinating play between literal and illusionistic depth.

«In the 20th century, it was impossible to get away from the notion that the canvas or the painted surface was no longer beholden to illusionistic depth,» he tells me.

The image is built from precisely balanced muted colours and glossy details against a background of pure red to give an illusionistic depth that is both vertiginous and seductive.

Here, however, each layer of paint is applied from the far edges of the canvas working inward toward the center, thus resulting in an illusionistic depth, the lighter tones of the composition acting as a framing device.

I do not wish to imply that their paintings appear similar, only that they participate in their alma mater's particular attention to the play of surface and illusionistic depth, and that their penumbrae lead back among the lotus eaters to Van Winkle's realm of nod.

Another point of departure for the work is the genre of landscape painting, which often proposes a shared point of view between the viewer and the artist, and seeks to offer a welcoming expanse of illusionistic depth to be surveyed.

Ferguson's paintings are comprised of built - up troweled layers of plaster with uneven surfaces, repeated patterns and illusionistic depth that suggest something representational yet actually derived from geometric variations created on her computer.

Any hints of illusionistic depth are subtly denied by flat areas of color, placing the pictorial just out of reach.

A Necker Cube is a line drawing of a transparent cube that tricks the eye into flipping the illusionistic depth projection of the cube.

His abstract and figurative work alike is devoted to the delicate balance between surface modulation and illusionistic depth, between the establishment of structure and its dissolution in light and space.