Sentences with phrase «more figurative subjects»

Torr alternated between pure abstraction and more figurative subjects, using drawing and painting to explore especially the energies underlying the natural world.

This loose gestural aesthetic continues into Schifano's Pop pieces, but he moved smoothly from abstraction to more figurative subjects.

Not exact matches

Through her use of subtly articulated line and negative space, Ku references East Asian artistic traditions, while her focus on figurative representation through a predominantly female - centric subject matter, suggests a more contemporary Western perspective.

By merging formalist color fields with more traditional subjects, Diebenkorn revived a legacy of figurative depictions championed by the likes of Henri Matisse and continued by a new generation of representative painters.

During this period, Rothko moved from expressive figurative and surrealist canvases to more abstract multiform subjects and finally to his signature abstractions — luminous rectangles of color suspended in space.

On a material basis, the trio's work couldn't be more different — from digital prints to rough - hewn figurative sculpture — but connective themes between the shows enrich each in turn, bridging generations, conceptual approaches and subject matter.

Often it is much more difficult to create a figurative painting using abstract means, than to paint entirely without any subject.

Vertical impasto brush strokes either crossing each other out or crossing over each other, becoming thicker and taking on more intense colours at the heart of the work, make it look like the original figurative subject is hidden under a veil of muted shades.

In the 1960s, Iannone produced abstract expressionist works, yet from the 1970s onwards, she has developed in a more figurative direction with herself, her partner, and what she calls «ecstatic unity» as central subjects.