Contemporary Abstract Art in Asia and the West provides a opportunity to see major artists from around the world such as Pat Steir, Zhu Jinshi, Su Xiaobai, Peter Peri and Chrstine Ay Tjoe side by side, exploring and revealing the power
of abstract art today.
Not exact matches
Today I have an
abstract nail
art tutorial - the type
of abstract art that if you squint at it long enough you can see something special.
His themes, processes, personas, and approach to making
art are evident in everything from the ready - mades and Pop portraits
of his direct descendents to the work
of some
of the most boundary - pushing conceptualists,
abstract painters, and video artists working
today.
Carlos Salas is one
of Colombia's best - known contemporary painters, and some
of his monumental
abstract paintings will be included in this semi-survey, Carlos Salas: Latin America and the Global Imagination, which also addresses questions
of cross-cultural traditions in
today's
art.
Browse the works below for just a sampling
of the many
abstract artworks for sale on Saatchi
Art by some
of the most promising artists working
today.
The Irascibles were a group
of American
abstract artists who, in 1950, signed an open letter, to the president
of The Metropolitan Museum
of Art, rejecting the museum's exhibition: American Painting
Today — 1950, and boycotting the accompanying competition.
«Among the wildly disparate features
of today's
art - world landscape, two modes
of pictorial thought with venerable lineages have recently re-emerged: materials - oriented
abstract painting, and a linear approach to the investigation
of the third dimension that may conveniently be referred to as «drawing in space.»
The disarray that characterizes the
art world
of today makes painfully clear the need for a show that expresses the real strength
of the
art of abstract painting.
But, though these
abstract compositions are not conventional landscapes, his sense
of shape and light is influenced by the three places he knows best: Ireland, his birthplace in 1945 and the homeland
of his parents; north London, where he grew up and went to
art school; and New York, where
today he mainly lives and works, now a US citizen.
Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to
Today places
abstract works by multiple generations
of black women artists in context with one another — and within the larger history
of abstract art — for the first time, revealing the artists» role as under - recognized leaders in abstraction.
The tension
of near
abstract brushwork, figure painting, and archetype looks ahead to
art today.
Moving from
art - school grad to accomplished young artist - his shows include Kavi Gupta gallery, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, a recent attention grabbing appearance at Art Basel Miami Beach as well as an upcoming solo at New York's Lehmann Maupin Gallery - Otero quickly became a virtuoso of the newfangled mash up of abstract and figurative painting that constitutes today's new Nouveau Realisme (think Mark Bradford sans the racial essentialis
art - school grad to accomplished young artist - his shows include Kavi Gupta gallery, Chicago's Museum
of Contemporary
Art, a recent attention grabbing appearance at Art Basel Miami Beach as well as an upcoming solo at New York's Lehmann Maupin Gallery - Otero quickly became a virtuoso of the newfangled mash up of abstract and figurative painting that constitutes today's new Nouveau Realisme (think Mark Bradford sans the racial essentialis
Art, a recent attention grabbing appearance at
Art Basel Miami Beach as well as an upcoming solo at New York's Lehmann Maupin Gallery - Otero quickly became a virtuoso of the newfangled mash up of abstract and figurative painting that constitutes today's new Nouveau Realisme (think Mark Bradford sans the racial essentialis
Art Basel Miami Beach as well as an upcoming solo at New York's Lehmann Maupin Gallery - Otero quickly became a virtuoso
of the newfangled mash up
of abstract and figurative painting that constitutes
today's new Nouveau Realisme (think Mark Bradford sans the racial essentialism).
Distinguishing his aims from those
of his predecessors, Förg explained, «Newman and Rothko attempted to rehabilitate in their works a unity and an order that for them had been lost... For me,
abstract art today is what one sees and nothing more» (G. Förg, quoted in Günther Förg: Painting / Sculpture / Installation, exh.
What once began as a career full
of surrealistic and photorealistic paintings evolved through time into the
art that he creates
today, which is
abstract.
Only the making
of sculpture could then and can
today focus properly on this as it has become apparent how non three dimensional
abstract sculpture had been and how propped up it was by multifarious relationships with other disciplines and critical and historical analysis
of the time.Questioning
art of the past and
art history is not disrespectful This most exciting area
of abstract sculpture in as much as it irks some to admit it, it is relatively uncharted territory!
Translating her political beliefs into
abstract forms, Baron created «an
art of concealment and protection,» one that remains as poignant and necessary
today as it was in the late twentieth century.
In 1950, he entered one
of his new,
abstract works in the competitive exhibition American Painting
Today at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
A.E. Gallatin declared, «Mr. Shaw is doing the most important work in
abstract painting in America
today,» and in 1935, he broke his own rule against one - person shows at the Gallery
of Living
Art and mounted a Shaw exhibition.
Charles Ray was born in Chicago in 1953 and
today lives in Los Angeles He started his career in the 1980s creating
abstract art, and later introduced the human figure into his work, always confronting question
of space.
Robert Irwin, who began his career in L.A. in the late fifties as a robust
abstract expressionist, modeling vast canvases,
today confines himself to spare gestures - subtle manipulations
of line, scrim, light - specifically suited to the particulars
of the site and context
of each new project (the University
Art Museum itself will play host to such an installation early next year).
As reported by the New York Times and the Denver Post
today, nine paintings from the Clyfford Still Museum will fill one
of the two largest galleries at the Royal Academy
of Arts in London (RA) during the first comprehensive survey
of abstract expressionism to be mounted in Europe in more than 50 years.
Today, Yun's work has come to embody the intersecting traditions
of Korean scholarly painting and twentieth century
abstract art.
«Unity,» a show
of Berkowitz's
abstract paintings from the 1970s opens
today at David Richard Gallery in the Railyard
Arts District.
Just take a look at exhibitions, at
art auctions, fairs — different forms
of abstract art appear everywhere, and it's impossible to follow contemporary
art without respecting the important place
abstract ideas have in
today's world
of the
arts.
(We can see something similar
today in the
art schools in America, where the long shadow
of abstract expressionism continues to affect both the ambitions and style
of teachers and artists, in New York especially.
Today, the
abstract works
of Mark Rothko and Pablo Picasso sell for tens
of millions, while famous examples
of geometric and organic abstraction can be seen in museums
of modern
art across the world.
Thanks to the iconic works made by action painters like Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, action painting is one
of the most common and easily recognizable
abstract art techniques
today.
The more than sixty works that comprise State
of Abstraction give viewers a thorough overview
of abstract art by artists working in Connecticut
today.
Bridget L. Goodbody reviews: «One can't help but agree with Augusto Arbizo, a curator
of «Late Liberties,» that it's hard to find a place for
abstract painting in
today's
art world, driven as it is by a market enthralled primarily with the new and the blue chip.
Wong Shun - kit, the director
of the Himalayas Museum comments: «s one
of the most important artists
today, Sean Scully has made an immensely valuable contribution to the development
of contemporary
abstract art.
Studying the initial Westernization
of the Ottoman Empire through to the early Republican period, Repertoire reveals the reverberations
of historic processes in
today's artistic productions and provides the historical backdrop to the Modern and contemporary artworks in the exhibition — from the musical tones
of the
abstract art of the 1950s to the popularized content
of the 1980s.
She's gone from California surfer - girl ceramicist in the 1970s to New York
abstract painter — with nods to both Pop and Punk — a decade later, to eminence gris, School
of Visual
Arts professor and a potent influence on a younger generation
of artists
today.
The CAFA Museum will present the works
of 17 artists in the most extensive display in the group; the Red Brick
Art Museum will focus on abstract art from the Germany's post-war era; the Minsheng Art Museum will host German contemporary photography, focusing on works from the Becher School in Dusseldorf, but also by Katharina Sieverding and Andreas Mühe; the Today Art Museum will present video and media art; the White Box Art Center will show select examples of very recent art; and the Yuan Art Museum will juxtapose works by teachers with those of their art studen
Art Museum will focus on
abstract art from the Germany's post-war era; the Minsheng Art Museum will host German contemporary photography, focusing on works from the Becher School in Dusseldorf, but also by Katharina Sieverding and Andreas Mühe; the Today Art Museum will present video and media art; the White Box Art Center will show select examples of very recent art; and the Yuan Art Museum will juxtapose works by teachers with those of their art studen
art from the Germany's post-war era; the Minsheng
Art Museum will host German contemporary photography, focusing on works from the Becher School in Dusseldorf, but also by Katharina Sieverding and Andreas Mühe; the Today Art Museum will present video and media art; the White Box Art Center will show select examples of very recent art; and the Yuan Art Museum will juxtapose works by teachers with those of their art studen
Art Museum will host German contemporary photography, focusing on works from the Becher School in Dusseldorf, but also by Katharina Sieverding and Andreas Mühe; the
Today Art Museum will present video and media art; the White Box Art Center will show select examples of very recent art; and the Yuan Art Museum will juxtapose works by teachers with those of their art studen
Art Museum will present video and media
art; the White Box Art Center will show select examples of very recent art; and the Yuan Art Museum will juxtapose works by teachers with those of their art studen
art; the White Box
Art Center will show select examples of very recent art; and the Yuan Art Museum will juxtapose works by teachers with those of their art studen
Art Center will show select examples
of very recent
art; and the Yuan Art Museum will juxtapose works by teachers with those of their art studen
art; and the Yuan
Art Museum will juxtapose works by teachers with those of their art studen
Art Museum will juxtapose works by teachers with those
of their
art studen
art students.
John Re, from East Hampton, was arrested in mid-July and accused in a criminal complaint
of selling dozens
of fake works
of art supposedly by the famous
abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock to a handful
of collectors, as The New York Post reported
today.
Today,
abstract art is often an umbrella term that encompasses a wide range
of styles and
art movements, each with their own style and definition.
The second part
of the exhibition will be dedicated to European and American
art from the 1970s until
today, i.e. artists who further develop the
abstract avant - garde trends with different accents (John M Armleder, Daniel Buren, Sylvie Fleury, Peter Halley, Imi Knoebel, Gerold Miller, Olivier Mosset, Michael Zahn, and others).
At the moment the discussions deal more specifically with
abstract painting and its references and the continued impact
of collage in
today's contemporary
art practice.
The exhibition makes two things very clear: the abiding influence
of Postminimal sculpture from the late 1960s on
today's
abstract sculpture, and the way that influence has helped to create a lively, somewhat kooky kind
of contemporary nonfigurative 3D
art that stands in contrast to the male dominated geometric tradition.
Two shows on view at the Studio Museum
of Harlem dramatize the resistance
of art to fixity and stability, through the abstract paintings in Stanley Whitney: Dance the Orange and what might today be termed the «socially - engaged» photographs in Lorraine O'Grady: Art Is.
art to fixity and stability, through the
abstract paintings in Stanley Whitney: Dance the Orange and what might
today be termed the «socially - engaged» photographs in Lorraine O'Grady:
Art Is.
Art Is....
«Among the wildly disparate features
of today's
art - world landscape, two modes
of pictorial thought with venerable lineages have recently re-emerged: materials - oriented
abstract painting, and a linear approach to the investigation
of the third dimension that may conveniently... read more... «The backstory: Poons and Taylor»
As well as offering insights into the ideas and working practices
of some
of Britain's most acclaimed artists, the film also documents the often - uncertain public response to
abstract art and considers the legacy
of the artists
today.
Heilmann's big ideas and promiscuous use
of different media have made her a hero for a new generation
of painters, not least the women leading
abstract American
art today.
With its roots in early human history,
abstract art has become one
of today's dominant forms
of artistic expression.
A full 50 years» worth
of now is on display in UAM's current exhibition, a retrospective from its permanent collection that follows the fluid edge
of art from late - 1960s
abstract expressionism to the genre - bending, discipline - crossing innovators
of today.
But while intellectually influential in his lifetime, and accepted
today as one
of the great
abstract painters, and one
of the key figures in modern
art of the early 20th century, he enjoyed little commercial success during his lifetime.
At the outset
of today's era, it would seem that,
of historical necessity, we have totally reversed this perception, and that great
art will be
abstract, and that nothing within itself but its own uniqueness as a mover
of the human spirit, be recognisable.
Today, Frankenthaler's paintings can be seen in many
of the best
art museums in America and all of the important collections of abstract paintings, including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; MOMA, New York; Albright - Knox Art Gallery, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
art museums in America and all
of the important collections
of abstract paintings, including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; MOMA, New York; Albright - Knox
Art Gallery, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
Art Gallery, New York; The
Art Institute of Chicago; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
Art Institute
of Chicago; Carnegie Museum
of Art, Pittsburgh; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
Art, Pittsburgh; Smithsonian American
Art Museum, Washington DC; and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
Art Museum, Washington DC; and the Corcoran Gallery
of Art, Washington
Art, Washington DC.
All the major American artists and works from the seventeenth century to
today are included, such as epic history paintings by Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley; sublime landscapes by Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederick Church; society portraits by John Singer Sargent; groundbreaking
abstract expressionist and pop
art by Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, and Andy Warhol; and challenging sculptural, installation, and video works from more recent years by Robert Gober, Fred Wilson, and Matthew Barney In architecture, dozens
of different building types are illustrated and discussed, from the earliest colonial houses and churches to the most spectacular modernist and postmodernist houses, stations, museums, and iconic skyscrapers.
Today, her
abstract paintings, in the context
of contemporary
art and culture, are defiant.
It demonstrates that
today, following detours into
abstract sculpture and object
art, there is no sculptor who is as exceptional as Thomas Schütte in picking up the extensive European tradition
of figurative sculpture, from the archaic right up to Rodin and Maillol.