Wesselmann's inquiries into
the material qualities of painting evolved, and in 1972 he exhibited a Standing Still Life for the first time at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York, along with a selection of smaller works from his Bedroom Paintings series.
As in his earlier Stadtbild (Townscape) paintings, two of which are featured in the exhibition, Richter's primary motivation is the expression of
the material quality of paint.
Fletcher is interested in shape, colour and the natural world along with
the material qualities of paint, enjoying its texture as he uses it to build form.
Or does
the material quality of the paint guide the formation of images?
Neel's work, is an assimilation of many different moments and moods, a distillation of many hours of scrutiny of the subject that concludes in a single summarising image where the impressions captured over time are related not simply through an image but through
the material quality of paint, the flicks of the wrist and the movements of an arm, paint laid on hastily and contours outlined slowly.
Regarding his practice he continues, «
The material qualities of paint and its application are perfunctory for me.
Absorbed by
the material quality of the paint, Frecon grinds her own pigments and builds layers of intense, rich color.
By focusing on these blocks of colour,
the material qualities of the paintings are brought to the foreground and the dynamism of each artist's singular practice is reinforced by the repetition of colour and technique.
It is not merely the stylistic methodology he uses to combine a myriad of opposites; it is
the material quality of paint he employs; thick, brushy, flat, wiry, and detailed.
Like artists such as Willem de Kooning or Frank Auerbach, Martin uses heavy impasto to explore and expose
the material qualities of the paint itself: approaching the edge, the chaos on the surface of these muted artworks becomes visible.
The material qualities of the paint and its application became perfunctory for me.
Not exact matches
The findings, which have been reported in Nature Communications, reveal that the h - BN layers form the strongest thin insulator available globally and the unique
qualities of the
material could be used to create flexible and almost unbreakable smart devices, as well as scratch - proof
paint for cars.
Imagine being fortunate enough to get to study them up close, examining the details
of every
paint stroke applied to the canvases — right down to each nuance
of pigment color and its
quality — to gain knowledge about artists» preferred
materials and techniques.
Large, turbine - like air vents remain a polarizing Mercedes design touch, but every control looks and feels hewn from high -
quality materials, even the bits made
of painted plastic.
The new version
of the successful premium SAV (Sports Activity Vehicle) with modified exterior design symbolises the increase in agility and dynamics with the latest, even more powerful and, at the same time, more efficient drive systems; new headlight and rear light optics as well as generously - sized bumper units
painted in the vehicle colour underline the striking, dynamic appearance and the premium character; high
quality ambience in the interior; wide - ranging redesign
of the instrument panel, steering wheel, centre console, seats, door upholstery, storage compartments and roof lining; wide variety
of colours, upholstery
materials and decorative elements facilitate a high degree
of customisation.
The use
of quality materials and excellent fit and finish throughout are highpoints; the lustrous
paint and unique body styling another nod to Infiniti's precision build techniques.
Recently renovated, the Carlemany Hotel offers a new concept
of city accommodation; it has been decorated paying attention to details, using high -
quality materials, splendid fabrics, sculptures,
paintings and warm colours in order to create a refined atmosphere, while the latest technology and contemporary design blend to offer an ultimate comfort.
My background in
painting has allowed me to explore the
material using techniques that derive more from the worlds
of drawing and
painting, engaging both traditional and innovative techniques in employing formal
qualities with density, texture and pattern.
Here's a list
of materials I've used for this
painting, please note that all the
paints are Winsor and Newton student
quality.
Braman creates abstract geometric sculptures and
paintings in a distinctive color palette
of rich pinks, blues, and purples, in which she simultaneously foregrounds the formal
qualities of her
materials while referring to her own personal narrative.
Barbara Rose: The 1960s and»70s was a moment when there was very serious, analytic
painting in which people were doing very subtle work — often in close - valued colors, and acknowledging the
material quality of the canvas, but in a different way than the people favored by Clement Greenberg.
Like Fitzgerald, who flipped between flappers and philosophers, it has all the raucous elements
of the color - mad
paintings, but also interjects an elevating and welcome note
of doubt, the kind
of momentary struggle with the
material qualities of color that makes Cezanne or Diebenkorn so admirable under similar conditions.
As the artist's first West Coast presentation, the exhibition is an unprecedented opportunity for Bay Area audiences to immerse themselves in the work
of an artist whose singular contributions to twentieth - century modernism anticipate today's renewed interest in the sculptural and
material qualities of abstract
painting.
Natalie Reusser's experiments evolve from a fundamental engagement with the materiality
of canvas and
paint to a body
of work, in which the textile
qualities of the supporting
material become the focus.
Using
materials she has found in and around the South London Gallery building — planks
of wood, an old staircase, floorboards, sheets
of plexiglass, plaster and
paint — supplemented by others inspired by the
material and atmospheric
qualities of the space observed in the course
of making the work, Djordjadze has created an installation which gently but thoroughly infiltrates our reading and negotiation
of the room.
Beck's tendency to tear, carve, and burn the wood and canvas on which she
paints echoes the ephemeral
quality of materials and
of mortality itself.
Winters chose to
paint on wood blocks rather than the more usual metal plates in order to capture the organic
quality of the natural
material.
In Sticky Pictures, Werner makes visible the source
material of her
paintings — not only the subject in the photograph, but also the photograph itself; the
material quality of the printed image, its traces
of weathering, handling and use, its physical presence as an object lying on the corner
of a table or hanging loosely on a wall, in a space that might be a studio.
These extraordinary
materials play the crucial role in Wallace's works and are used with an intention to invoke the aesthetic
qualities they are not usually associated with, cleverly deceiving viewers into seeing them as
paintings, and not as mixed - media works
of art.
Asserting that abstraction «is always about something... what it is about is beyond confines
of language,» Sarah Braman creates abstract geometric sculptures and
paintings on pieced - together plywood panels, in which she simultaneously foregrounds the formal
qualities of her
materials while referencing home, family life, and nature.
From the»40s on, American Abstract Expressionism dominated the Western art landscape and returned many artists» attention to the evocative formal
qualities of paint on canvas and traditional sculptural
materials — although the biggest figure associated with «Action
Painting», Jackson Pollock, also stuck detritus including cigarette butts, coins, buttons, and keys onto the surfaces
of his
paintings.
But if one is from a cigarette ad and the other a
painted apple, they are two different realities and they trade on each other; lots
of things — bright strong colors, the
qualities of materials, images from art histories or advertising — trade on each other.
The
materials she chooses are
of utmost importance:
quality linens, pigments and
paints; solid stretchers; simple stained wood frames.
Klein's physical layering
of materials lends an approachable yet mysterious
quality to his
paintings.
Each
painting strikes a balance between layers
of color, repetitive lines and the integral
qualities of all the
materials she employs.
A monumental monochromatic field
of subdued color fulfills the role
of straight - man to Prince's comic texts, sometimes presented plain and direct, sometime articulated in ghostly printed letters that seem to wax and wane in intensity across the canvas, and in the case
of Untitled (Check
Painting) # 13, text that has a
material quality —
painted over literal paper checks embedded into the canvas surface.
James Dean Erickson, an artist whose
paintings explore the space between realism and abstraction to elicit the ephemeral and enduring
qualities of nature, will lead the
Painting Traditional Subjects with Modern
Material workshop and Simplicity and Synthesis lecture in February.
The life cycle
of a
painting varies depending on its condition, the
materials the artist used, and the amount and
quality of the restoration it has undergone.
Recalling that Robert Rauschenberg once made
paintings out
of dirt, Storr concludes, «It's both the pictorial conventions and the
material qualities of an object that make it a
painting.
For me,
painting's legitimacy depends on that voice — that prevailing, inexhaustible
quality, much more than on its circumstantial use value, technical factors,
material conditions, its social or historical context, and those sorts
of attributes which are so important to those who need to organize things.
Worked with artist, Carl Ostendarp, to produce photographic documentation
of paintings that convey
material specificity,
qualities of surface and accuracy
of color.
Concrete Alphabets is a group exhibition that brings together 6 contemporary artists working in the medium
of analog
painting, all
of whom concentrate on the
material qualities of letterbased work from gestural, abstract, calligraphic, hieroglyphic, and more.
Although Athanasios Argianas's «Song Machine» works possess a similar minimalist aesthetic — unlike Stamkopoulos's sculptures, which tackle the formal
qualities of painting in three - dimensional space — Argianas's interest lies in the limit between
material and immaterial structure i.e. information.
I conceived the desire to carry over these
qualities into the
material and scale
of paintings.
I use high
quality artist
materials to
paint with and once a
painting is complete I add a coat or two
of UV varnish to protect the artwork against UV light and dust.
«For me,
painting's capacity to make images through the manipulation
of materials seems to be its most powerful and magical
quality.
The abstract form
of Schneider's
paintings and their distinctive
material quality - fluid media on a nylon laminate that she devised - cancel most
of her subject's picturesque
qualities.
Not unlike Lynda Benglis» physicality
of forms, gestural folds and darkened areas appear as portals that achieve transcendent depths, while the wide array
of materials render
paint qualities present as something derived from nature.
The relationship between Scully's
painted bands in the Landline series therefore becomes one not just
of colour, texture and form, but
of weight and density — the
material qualities of air, water and land become evident in his work.
MS: The gestural
qualities of the TGA works definitely have a stronger connection to subconscious «expression» than any
of my other
paintings and most
of my works do have a particular focus on
materials and process.