The group
of abstract artists shares a notable inclination for insinuated forms, as if they lived on a coastline where oceanic abstractions touch firm figurativism.
Not exact matches
«It is the excitements
of this conjunction between a Romantic nineteenth - century Briton and an
abstract expressionist twentieth - century American that the exhibition seeks to evoke, revealing the fellowship that the two
artists share in paint across their temporal divide, and the vibrant correspondences which uncover something
of the timeless cerebral foundations
of landscape art.
The three
artists share an interest in depicting — in hard - edged artworks
of pulsating
abstract painting — the vibrating, undetermined power
of the universe and the movement
of the world as reflected in everyday life, according to the gallery press release.
The
artists»
shared exhibition history, with Peláez showing her work alongside the new
abstract generation in the 1950s, challenges the art historical narrative
of a rupture between the early
The
Abstract Expressionists, sometimes called the New York School, were never a formal association, but they
shared a desire to break away from conventional subjects and techniques and, significantly, to produce a completely
abstract art that reflected in dynamic, gestural form the unique personality, psyche and emotions
of the
artist.
This group
of artists, which included Emil Bisttram, Florence Miller Pierce, and Stuart Walker,
shared an interest in the principles
of Theosophy advanced by Madame Blavatsky, and they also drew inspiration from Zen Buddhism, which would gain influence among American
abstract artists in the decades to follow.
In 1938 he joined with other
artists who
shared this perspective to found the Transcendental Painting Group, one
of the most significant artistic associations formed outside a major urban center to advocate for
abstract and non-objective art.
Jenkins's diaphanous streaks and gentle, fluid fields
of color positioned him as an important figure in
abstract expressionism, and he often exhibited in the same venues as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning —
artists who
shared his instinctual working method.
While the two schools
of abstract expressionist painting
shared certain characteristics ---- large scale; bold, gestural brushwork; emphasis on the materiality
of paint; figure and ground equal or collapsed into overall, non-hierarchical compositions ---- Bay area
artists, influenced by Asian cultures and the expansiveness
of the western landscape, in addition to European painting, invited landscape references into their work whereas New York painters resisted such associations.
In conjunction with her exhibition «Full Circle,»
artist Summer Wheat
shares the methods and cultural histories that guide her
abstract - figurative work, from intuitive perception to ancient forms
of representation and knowledge.
Originally curated in 1984 by Jeffrey Deitch (Director, Museum
of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) at Leila Heller's former uptown gallery, Calligraffiti explored a myriad
of possible connections
shared between the seemingly disparate styles
of select mid-century
abstract, U.S. graffiti, and calligraphic
artists from the Middle East and its diaspora.
A generation younger than the
abstract Expressionists
artists such as Leon Kossoff, Frank Auerbach and Lucian Freud
shared with their New York colleagues a sense
of existential angst, expressed through an extended process
of scraping out and overpainting that reflected their quest to encapsulate intense feeling by sheer insistence.
While Zhu's installations are simple, intuitive, practical, and readily accessible, his paintings demonstrate an
abstract aggressiveness or chaos that offer glimpses into the
artist's wealth
of personal experience and openness to
sharing it with others.
Franklin Street Works will be working with five New York City - based guest curators in 2017 and 2018, originating six new group exhibitions around themes such as:
shared strategies
of the labor and LGBTQ movements; economic and political refugees; ways
artists animate desire in
abstract painting; art that explores political and personal paranoia; and more.
Clover's Fine Art Gallery presents Textural Abstractions,
abstract paintings by a group
of artists who
share a commonality in their use
of texture in their artwork.
It
shares with them the combination
of abstracted form with linear details, but retains characteristics associated with the
artist's carving
of wood.
His
abstracted figures and landscapes, however, reflected an affinity with the darker vision
of European
artists like Oskar Kokoschka and Edvard Munch, or more nearly contemporary
artists like Alberto Giacometti and Francis Bacon, who
shared his sense
of human conflict and existential angst.
What the
artists of the Modernist Left
shared above all was the desire to advance the practice
of non-figurative art and to promote that art as a species
of realism; that is, a higher form
of realism that encompassed the democratic and progressive potential
of abstract art to provide an image, as the art historian Martin James put it,
of an implicit order
of a future society.
orking in a variety
of media, these
artists share a notably sparse aesthetic and
abstract vocabulary, playfully challenge the hierarchies
of traditional art materials and processes, and deftly marry formalism with the personal and political.
In their studios Barbara Januszkiewicz will be exhibiting her invigorating
abstract acrylic paintings, Paula Bryan will be
sharing her fabulously designed and expertly crafted textile work, guest
artist Jennifer Lillis (www.lillisart.com) will be showing a selection her funky, intuitive
abstract work in Januskiewicz's studio, and John M. Adams (www.thefullempty.com) will be exhibiting several site - specific pieces in addition to a selection
of drawings and paintings.
Working in a variety
of media, these
artists share a notably sparse aesthetic and
abstract vocabulary, playfully challenge the hierarchies
of traditional art materials and processes, and deftly marry formalism with the personal and political.
Bois worked directly with Kelly on the book and will
share insights about the
artist's years as a student at the School
of the Museum
of Fine Arts in Boston and as a young
artist living in Paris, where he began painting his signature
abstract forms.
Bois, who worked directly with Kelly on the book, will
share insights about the
artist's years as a student at the School
of the Museum
of Fine Arts in Boston and as a young
artist living in Paris, where he began painting the
abstract forms that would later define his career.
While some
of the landscape and
abstract works
share some common denominators with Canadian
artists including Marion Nicol or Jean Paul Riopelle, the figurative work struck me as the most compelling.
There are perhaps some common
abstract principles that connect a range
of abstract artists such as Ad Reinhardt, Camille Graeser, Simon Hantai, Agnes Martin and Norwegian
artist Anna - Eva Bergman, who I would say have a
shared connection in what I would call the «transformative surface».
Part
of my maturation as
artist has included a strong appreciation for and alliance with
abstract painters who bend reality, in part because
of my natural preoccupation with structure and a
shared aesthetic that is based on pure design.
Jack Tworkov has been closely associated with
abstract expressionism since 1946, and in part he
shares his working philosophy with the other
artists of the movement.
On the eve
of his survey at the Whitney, the eminent
abstract artist shares a few thoughts on this moment in his career and what it means (or doesn't) for a new generation
of abstract artists.
He then intervenes on these images by covering signs or banners with
abstract shapes in gouache and pencil — an erasure
of shared meaning in favour
of the
artist's private language
of synesthetic colour.