Through his unique
intricate painting methods, Wright injects complex works into often overlooked architectural spaces, working predominantly with paint and gold leaf directly on walls, ceilings and windows.
Not exact matches
Co-curated by Alfred Pacquement, the former director of the Centre Pompidou (which staged a groundbreaking retrospective of Hantaï works in 2013), the exhibition primarily tracks Hantaï's early use of his «pliage»
method - an
intricate technique of folding and knotting an unstretched canvas before Hantaï
painted the configuration, unfolded and then stretched it, so that colourful geometric shards and unpainted negative space were revealed.
Some of the
paintings shown in this volume provide insight into China's current cultural, social, and political climate while drawing on
methods and styles of traditional Chinese art — delicate and
intricate ink
painting, calligraphy, etc..
Ulrich Wulff's finger
painting suggests one possibility, while Brad Eberhard's
intricate method of sponging and sanding the surface of the
painting presents another.
Following separate experiments by other abstract painters like Hans Hofmann (1880 - 1966) and Lee Krasner (1908 - 84), Pollock himself began employing his splash / drip
method in 1947, partly as a result of the surrealists» experience, and also (reportedly) after seeing how Navajo Indians in New Mexico made their sand
paintings by sprinkling earth onto the ground to form
intricate patterns.