Next an exhibition at Jonathan Boos of Jacob Lawrence works from the 30s, 40 s, and 50s, beautiful color, tenderly observed details,
jagged forms.
Striking for their hot, vivid, deep colors, pierced and
jagged forms, and pulsating energy, these wax - resist paintings on paper, done at the height of abstract expressionism's ascendancy, captivated Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner and inspired Jean Dubuffet to write his only monographic study on Ossorio.
Striking for their hot, vivid, deep colors, their pierced or
jagged forms, and their pulsating energy, these works were created using a wax resist technique — Ossorio would apply a light color wash to the paper, draw forms with wax, and then paint in watercolor, which would saturate all areas of the paper except those with wax - drawn shapes.
This print translates Abts's characteristically precise, meditative, and abstract painting style into a new medium, employing multiple printmaking techniques to create a complex, layered composition that balances dynamic linear elements with loose,
jagged forms.
The dynamic interlocking
jagged forms take on the vocabulary of Abstract Expressionism, but without the angst and bluster.
Rich black,
jagged forms intersecting one another on the surface of a wooden fence allude to depth.
The jagged forms that cut into each other are accentuated by creating «halos» of delicately contrasting light tones that serve to allow the brown internal forms to recede into the inky darkness whilst allowing the black tones to reinstate their intensity.
Many of these works posess a certain rawness with their use of hot, vivid, and deep colors, pierced and
jagged forms, gritty surfaces, and odd biological bits, but there is also an overall elegance to each work that appears to have come as naturally to Ossorio as it did to Motherwell.
Inspired by his studies with Hans Hofmann, Pace's work from the 1950s is characterized by dynamic brush strokes, shifting planes of color, and pulsating
jagged forms.
Pollock used his hands to mold the resulting semi-solid material into
jagged forms, connected by thin wire.
Clyfford Still, for instance, formulated
his jagged forms as uprights in order to anchor color fields that were directly inspired by the vast flatlands of the Canadian prairies.
Not exact matches
Gently press the halves together to
form a single cookie dough ball, being careful not to smooth out the
jagged surface.
Kidney stones are hard, often
jagged masses of crystalized minerals that
form in the kidney.
The Squiggle Earrings offer a unique take on classic hoops.The abstract metal earrings are mismatched in shape, both taking
jagged, striking
forms.
But the idea of elegance, at least in its abstract
form, is far from my transom as I maneuver the Velar down a
jagged off - road course through a glaciated Norwegian valley near the Wagnerian Trollstigen Pass.
If you've been pining for the sophisticated looks, power and prestige of a Jaguar sedan but in a smaller, more affordable
form, the XE is the rightful younger sibling of the XF and XJ mid - and full - size
Jags.
The dramatic skyline of peaks and
jagged volcanic plugs which tower over the highland plateaux of the Simien Mountains compete with rugged gorges and deep gullies to
form what is, arguably, the mos...
Beautiful scenery in the
form of green jungle and
jagged rocks add to the exotic vibe.
ili Tepekong — Bali is the biggest offshore island in Amuk Bay, its location is actually closer from Candidasa resort, with its
jagged boulder make up the access is difficult from there, due to the reef barrier which runs along the beach which
form large waves rolling into the coastline.
Gili Tepekong — Bali is the biggest offshore island in Amuk Bay, its location is actually closer from Candidasa resort, with its
jagged boulder make up the access is difficult from there, due to the reef barrier which runs along the beach which
form large waves rolling into the coastline.
The terrain is fairly
jagged, with many gullies and streams fed by glaciers which eventually pour into the Urubamba river, which crosses the area
forming a deep valley which runs through the granite base of Vilcabamba for more than 40 km through a variety of eco-systems.
As visitors engage directly with their surroundings and walk among the immersive excavation, they are met with sculpted openings in which
jagged edges morph from abstract
forms into the silhouette of a human figure,» a museum statement said.
They play with scale in odd ways, and most of them have a
jagged, tough beauty that subjects natural
forms to unnatural dislocations.
Gormley has since further experimented with crystal aggregation, explaining: «I encountered a vast variety of geometries, ranging from the pyramidal
forms of sodium crystals to the more
jagged formation of copper sulphate.
Among the characteristics that define Clyfford Still's art — dramatic textures, monumental scale, and
jagged, vertical
forms — perhaps Still's use of color most contributes to a viewer's experience of a particular painting or drawing.
His eclectic combination of elliptical,
jagged, and angular
forms lends itself to a virtually infinite number of perspectives and incorporates the surrounding landscape into the sculpture's composition.
Variable Mix - up (1967), for instance, consists of four square canvases fit together to
form a
jagged shape and mounted diagonally on the wall, yellow bands outlined in orange against a solid, deep blue ground running through them.
He then
forms the metal into
jagged sculptures that are physical representations of the virtual junk mail that fills up our inboxes.
Fractured into abutting coloured panes, the suburban location is foregrounded by a
jagged, crevice - scarred black and white
form supported by a sliver of wood.
The exposed,
jagged edges, bare metal, and open
forms suggest Woman with Her Throat Cut, by Alberto Giacometti.
The catalogue notes that in the late 1940s, the artist's «curvaceous
forms have emerged from the scrim of Surrealism and the constructs of Cubism, and his figures begin to cant at sharper angles and develop
jagged outlines.»
Pollock uses techniques similar to many signature characteristics of El Greco's work, such as the horizontal division of the picture plane, the oval flow of the composition, and the repeated use of
jagged, angular lines and triangular
forms.
The landscapes are punctuated by geometric interruptions: squares of saturated color and black,
jagged outlines that symbolize a break between the natural
forms in the paintings and a studio or painting wall.
It was great to see how much the late Surrealist's biomorphic
forms and
jagged lines still echo in the work of artists today.
But strange shapes appear among the
jagged lines: a long and bent cylindrical
form near the center that resembles a finger, or a pair of thickly graded lines bent into a V near the base that could almost be mistaken for legs.
These figurative
forms find echoes in an untitled 1976 collage, which reimagines the
jagged, winglike shape but in a marbled gelatin silver print of amorphous black and white fields, where cavernous and fibrous tunnels resemble ventricles.
Gestural aspects of the sculptural process are captured in r Lucio Fontana's Concetto Spaziale Cratere (1968) a hand -
formed porcelain
form with a
jagged aperture that reveals the sculpture's white interior.
Instead of endless universal waves her later paintings use more
jagged, fragmentary and cubistic
forms.
Complemented by his paintings and sketches, the artist's exhibited sculptures range in
form from freestanding columns to
jagged wall - mounted wedges.
But the geometric
forms in the works exhibited here are counterbalanced by layers of translucent colour, with small pools and drips of interacting cool and warm hues that imbue the
jagged lines with unpredictability and impish freedom.
The
jagged edges of the looping
forms position digital visuals between film and still image, capturing essential qualities of their abstraction and beauty.
In doing so, it draws out some of the striking similarities in
form, as well as in texture, between objects in the different media, in terms of heads, towers,
jagged edges, «cut - out»
forms and distorted figuration.
These
forms are in turn broken up by smaller
jagged shapes and a complex of «automatic» flourishes.
Bright, linear
forms contrast the prison cell's
jagged and muted surface, as a wisp of dark smoke ascends upward.
With Stella's 1965 - 1956 project Irregular Polygons, he began exploring the limits of space with huge, asymmetrical, and
jagged painted canvases, upon which he imposed his distinctive geometric
forms.
Two thin
jagged strips of dull bronze
form a large X; feet and hands at each end are rendered with verisimilitude.
Like cosmic siblings, these craggy peaks call to mind unearthly
forms: a
jagged Technicolor quarry or piles of meteor debris.
During the 1950s he painted abstract landscapes, which, in turn, led to his second principal style, called «bursts,» in which sunlike, static orb
forms float above
jagged areas.
Formed from Casiotone keyboards, Walker's sculptural neon installations mimic the
jagged outlines of the rocks placed on the works» keys.
(Kenneth Noland in D. Walderman, «Color, Format and Abstract Art,» Art in America, issue 65, no 3, May — June 1977, pp. 99 — 105) The distinct components of Chac Volant vary in
form and orientation; the left element in its powerful horizontality, is shaped with its own
jagged and protruding
forms, unlike the white column which rises like a snow - covered mountain.