According to Robin, Gear's approach is quoted (though probably unconsciously) in
much contemporary abstract painting today which is the poorer for it.
If
much contemporary abstract painting has a «hands off» mentality, then the work in Phaedo is very much «hands on» even when it is minimal or slight.
Not exact matches
Posner is distressed that so
much of
contemporary legal scholarship elaborates or relies upon diverse moral theories that attempt, in highly
abstract terms, to make normative claims about law.
Le cercle rouge appeared different from Army of Shadows: it was more
contemporary, obviously, but above all it wasn't as lyrical, it was
much more
abstract.
It combines accounts by survivors,
contemporary news reports and footage, and re-enactments in an
abstracted, rotoscoped style that provides as
much emotional as physical weight to what is being shown.
Is it too
much of a risk for the Tate, with its eye on attendance figures, to promote exhibitions of
abstract painting to a mass audience whose attention span has been shortened by the expectation that
contemporary art should be either shocking or fun?
I'm really excited by Chinese
contemporary abstract art, which has so
much depth and, in recent years, is finally getting more worldwide recognition.
However, fans of modern art will find an impressive selection of
contemporary works of modern art paintings for sale on our site, including paintings inspired by impressionism, cubism, surrealism,
abstract expressionism, and
much more.
In fact
much of his later writing was taken up with criticizing the new
abstract expressionists, along with
contemporary art movements like Post-Painterly Abstraction and Pop art, whose aesthetics he disdained.
«Shiraga's and Motonaga's work expands our understanding of the global evolution of modernism, dispelling notions that movements such as
abstract expressionism and the participatory and process - driven elements of so
much contemporary practice are purely Western inventions,» said Ritter.
These works do not so
much deny as lament the impossibility of
abstract «history painting» -
contemporary painting's incapacity to evolve visual idioms suited to its historical moment.
Charged by the energy of the exploding art scene and discovering the works of his American
contemporaries while in New York, including
Abstract Expressionists Mark Rothko, Hans Hoffman and Ad Reinhardt, Douaihy moved away from his earlier academic style and began his
much sought - after series of minimalist
abstract paintings.
The artist is in better form in a series of small wall pieces that are more
abstract and
contemporary, but his entire enterprise leans heavily on a nostalgia for beautiful things already well known and
much admired.
Golden Age is as
much an attempt to summarize existing conversations about the eternal returns of
abstract painting as it is an incitement to discuss
contemporary art practices (above and beyond specific styles, trends or topics), and how we can further their impact, agency and relevance.
Staunchly gray on white, Feldman's palette in particular separates her rigorous practice from
much of the
abstract painting of her
contemporaries, and resists any easy categorization.
Even now, in the midst of a resurgence of interest in
abstract painting, it is unlikely the work in this exhibition will get the attention it deserves, yet any direct comparison with the
Contemporary abstract art that today receives plaudits will confirm that the bold and lucid organizations of, for example, Gouk's Sea Horse Tenacity 1, Foster's Three Cornered, or Smart's Tamarind 5, are superior still.1 And whilst I'm in this territory, just look at how
much more active, three - dimensional and downright sculptural Foster's use of I - beams in Three Cornered is, compared to anything Caro ever did with them.