His inventive use of form, shape and compositions is astounding.
Not exact matches
John Hoyland (b. 1934, Sheffiled, United Kingdom; d. 2011) was one
of Britain's leading abstract painters, renowned for his bold
use of color and
inventive forms.
John Hoyland (b. 1934, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 2011) was one
of Britain's leading abstract painters, renowned for his bold
use of colour and
inventive forms.
By
using this pre-existing cardboard material as a negotiator, Swallow finds an
inventive and economical way
of arriving at these
forms and challenging a more modernist approach to sculpture.
Leonardo Drew is known for his abstract sculptural installations that incorporate a variety
of materials, though he is best known for his
inventive use of wood, a material that, even in its altered
form, maintains a strong link to its natural source.
Renowned for his bold
use of colour,
inventive forms and, more latterly, the three - dimensional quality he achieved with thick layers
of acrylic paint, Hoyland was strongly influenced by his experience
of American Abstract Expressionism in the late 1950s and 1960s and was friends with many
of the acclaimed American artists
of the time (including Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler).
Brown's paintings deliver biting commentary on the Gulf War, the HIV / AIDS pandemic, and the Savings & Loan industry collapse and bailout through
inventive use of luminous color, silhouetted figures, stylized natural
forms, and dramatic shifts
of scale and perspective.
His consistently innovative
use of form and his interest in materials and their manipulation make him one
of the most
inventive artists
of our time.