Kevin Larkin is revealing his latest series, «Palimpsest,» paintings
of abstract forms with retouched elements that maintain the visibility of the original form.
It shares with them the combination
of abstracted form with linear details, but retains characteristics associated with the artist's carving of wood.
Not exact matches
Preoccupied
with abstract theories about the proper role
of liturgy in the Church's life, the reformers focused on the rationale behind
forms of worship and devotion not on their latent vitality and potency.
Theologians move in two worlds, working not only
with the
abstract categories
of philosophy but also
with the highly concrete and often complex literary
forms of the Bible.
It hence determines the
form of the novel event, since
With the creative advance
of nature the
abstract region becomes a definite event.
The device from which this fatigue is obviated takes the
form of the preservation
of the fundamental
abstract structure
of the cycle, combined
with the variation
of the concrete details
of succeeding cycles.
His solution was the disengaged
form, but
with that the
form of the object becomes
abstract — not in the sense that it is grasped as an
abstract essence but insofar as it no longer remains the
form of that individual — and this is the problem that Whitehead saw and tried to solve.
Only in the later stages
of the cognitive process does a
form become disengaged from association
with the individual and thus reach the level
of an
abstract universal.
But in vain he struggles thus; the difficulty he stumbled against demands a breach
with immediacy as a whole, and for that he has not sufficient self - reflection or ethical reflection; he has no consciousness
of a self which is gained by the infinite abstraction from everything outward, this naked,
abstract self (in contrast to the clothed self
of immediacy) which is the first
form of the infinite self and the forward impulse in the whole process whereby a self infinitely accepts its actual self
with all its difficulties and advantages.
While he... obviously does not lack a uniform grasp
of the whole, he does not build it up from
abstract terms in the
form of our modern scientific systematics, but everywhere in terms
of the concrete and real conditions he has to deal
with;... nowhere does he present an overview systematically summarized [Luthers Theologie, by Theodosius Harnack]
The living occasions
abstracted from the inorganic occasions
of the human body do not»...
form a corpuscular sub-society, so that each living occasion is a member
of an enduring entity
with its personal order.»
Although drawing on this Tradition, as well as on the Hindu advaita - vedanta and the Buddhist pratityasamutpada (the interrelatedness
of all beings), he eventually comes up
with an
abstract form of «Trinity» as a figure — a unity in triple diversity, but detached from the economic manifestation
of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
In the context
of Christian theology, the problem
of faith and reason asks this question: What is the relation between the certitude that God enters into a saving relationship
with man (most effectively and uniquely in the historical existence
of Jesus
of Nazareth) and those certitudes that seem to spring from man's commonly held ability to
abstract and verify the
forms of events and processes in the world?
The book is presented in standard medical
form,
with an
abstract of the problem at the outset, and then a series
of case histories
of patients (Bolivia, Poland, Russia and so on) that he and his team have carved up
with varying degrees
of success.
According to Hartshorne, the categories
form pairs
of logical opposites
with the «r - term» or category involving relativity or dependence always including as a more
abstract part
of itself its corresponding «a-term» or category involving absoluteness or independence.
But Chase McCown, who writes about his Los Angeles restaurant travails on his Bitter Waiter blog, said he's happy that his tips will soon be coming to him in the
form of abstract ones and zeros instead
of cold, hard cash —
with one caveat.
Moving in tightly, using natural light to achieve a kind
of luminescent quality, he now works
with what might be called commonplace objects
of nature, creating
abstract studies
of the
form and fabric
of lichens, ice crystals, seeds, wind - blasted wood, insect - eaten leaves.
This geometric
abstract art harmonizes greens, blues and pinks
with an intricate study
of line and
form.
Planks
of hand - painted wood
form a richly weathered patchwork, and blend the warmth
of folk art
with the energy
of an
abstract painting.
Vannes, France, Europe About Blog Inspired by natural
forms, Stéphanie Kilgast grows colorful organic sculptures on
abstract backgrounds, celebrating the beauty
of nature and opposing it
with abstraction, often a metaphor for the brutal impact
of human activities on Earth's biodiversity.
Paul Liebrandt approaches cuisine as an art
form, and has made a name for himself
with his bold combinations
of ingredients (one
of his more outré creations features eel, violets and chocolate) and presentation which resembles
abstract expressionism more than the way your mother put food on a plate.
Refn's latest film, Only God Forgives, reunites him
with Drive's star, Ryan Gosling, but it moves even further away from traditional narrative and into a near
abstract, near hallucinogenic, near nihilistic subversion
of traditional narrative and
with it, the usual visceral, emotional, and intellectual pleasures associated
with that
form.
Whether it's as direct as a Māori Dennis the Menace — type kid (Julian Dennison) bonding
with a reluctant white father (Sam Neill) in Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) or as
abstract as the outsider experience
of Wellington's long - standing vampire society delineated in What We Do in the Shadows (2014), Waititi's movies exist at the nexus
of native and colonizer cultures, the dichotomy that
forms the basis
of modern postcolonial theory.
When a child builds
with blocks or engages in socio - dramatic play, s / he is making a representation
of something in a different
form — a step toward
abstract thought.
Basic knowledge in different streams
of knowledge and deep knowledge in one or two subjects added
with the capacity to transform
abstract ideas in concrete
forms can be helpful.
Tom Post's large
abstract canvases verge on the edge
of narration
with their dramatic movement and
form.
Vannes, France, Europe About Blog Inspired by natural
forms, Stéphanie Kilgast grows colorful organic sculptures on
abstract backgrounds, celebrating the beauty
of nature and opposing it
with abstraction, often a metaphor for the brutal impact
of human activities on Earth's biodiversity.
If you are a fan
of any
form of abstract expressionism, and particularly
of Tàpies, a visit to the Fundació Antoni Tàpies promises to provide you
with hours
of complete fulfillment!
The drop off is bordered by a crust
of reef that
forms an awe inspiring wall scattered
with hidden tunnels; yellow and neon blue sponges, black and lilac sea fans and giant barrel sponges
with abstract shaped openings.
In recent years Tuttle has busied himself
with overlapping plywood panels and
with bits
of Foamcore that burst
with bulbous
abstract forms painted in rich, sensuous colors.
The expressive force
of his paintings derives from the intensity and conviction
of their engagement
with colour, scale and
abstract form, rather than
with any direct expression
of personal feeling.
As
with Neto's past work, the installations will feature ropy
forms filled
with hard substances, causing them to droop down like fauna, or perhaps
abstracted versions
of testes and breasts.
By pairing the first - an
abstract painting whose flat
forms are schematic and derived from markings observed on a soccer field
with the second - a silkscreened canvas depicting a nearly identical painting photographed at an angle, Uglow creates a visual experience charged
with the potential
of both abstraction and representation.
After seeing hundreds
of shops and meeting thousands
of people on this journey, I have all the confidence in the world that letterpress printing will remain a viable art
form; I'm especially thrilled by people who are doing experimental and
abstract work - those novel ways
of working
with the medium are what will carry it into the future and keep the art
form vibrant.
As visitors engage directly
with their surroundings and walk among the immersive excavation, they are met
with sculpted openings in which jagged edges morph from
abstract forms into the silhouette
of a human figure,» a museum statement said.
McClelland's two paintings
of turbulent
abstract forms, interrupted
with figures and words, embody a specific case in our collective consciousness, exploring ongoing discussions
of gender equality and wage earnings in a sharply - witted and skillfully painted fashion.
John Newman's recent colorful
abstract sculptures resembling biomechanical life -
forms from a planet
with laughing gas atmosphere (at Tibor de Nagy) provide comic relief from the overall ambience
of high - minded seriousness.
Wickedly funny allegories merge
with abstract painting as free -
form amoebic shapes frequently fill the entirety
of his canvases.
For 2015 BOS I've invited two dear painter friends, Scott Robinson and Meredith Hoffheins, to show new paintings
with me in a presentation we've titled, Land Ausländer (which roughly translates to «foreign country» or «land alien»), because the three
of us each incorporate
abstract forms into a physical or imagined environment in our work.
Sharply juxtaposing
abstract interludes
with scenes
of love and intense desire, the paintings layer textures and color
forms in ways that appear almost collage - like in their spatial complexity.
An
abstract form is an isolated
form with a certain size, shape, color, texture and edges that has no meaning other than its own qualities
of size, shape, etc..
1 Stella's Moby Dick (1988 - 1993) captures the confrontation
with nature experienced at sea; the
abstract forms evoking the destructive potential
of the sea and the whale.
Marcel Wanders» total environment will include several bodies
of work: large
abstract figural mirrors, such as Dysmorphophobia 1, 2 and 3,
with carved details and cutouts, create an illusion
of a character or ghostly figure; Self 2 is a steel cabinet and kinetic piece, balancing a sculptural ovoid
form that
abstracts a human head and physically rocks on the top surface; Tempter, an over-sized adult rocking unicorn is cast in bronze
with metal chain stirrups; Shiqule Nuhai, two ceramic vases, monumental in height, reference Marcel Wanders» Delft Blue collection
with a darker sensibility, using black glaze.
Contributed by Sharon Butler / What you can't see clearly in online images
of Carrie Moyer's new paintings, on view at Mary Boone (in conjunction
with DC Moore) through April 21, is the remarkable fusion
of flat, opaque
abstract form with a masterful illusion
of three - dimensionality.
Tyler works in three different styles, yet they all look and feel unquestionably connected: minimalist
forms with expressive gestures, expressive abstraction
of instinct and chance, and
abstract forms derived from nature.
Kate Hoffman's Dream Home series, photographs taken from performative collage collaborations, has a malleable quality that emphasizes the viewer's own socio - political leanings; Samira Yamin's intricate patterns
of Islamic sacred geometries cut into TIME Magazine photos
of war oscillate between greater ambiguity and flirting
with the didactic depending on the density
of the cuttings; Sandra de la Loza's photographs
of Stoner Spots underscore the politics
of leisure through the exploration
of pot - safe spaces,
with a subtext
of the not - quite - yet absorbed by development; Scott Short's «
abstract» paintings replicate multiple generations
of photocopying through the prism
of Walter Benjamin; and Suzanne Wright will exhibit a deftly humorous Étant donnés-esque collage alongside mandala targets — each salves, in their respective
forms, for our tumultuous zeitgeist.
His gestural paintings
of the 1950's along
with Willem de Kooning, Philip Guston, Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline
formed the basis for the
abstract expressionist movement in the United States.
This ambitious coffee volume — rife
with full - color images
of the Norman Lewis's paintings, which are balanced
with rigorous scholarship in the
form of essays and extensive new research — accompanies «Procession: The Art
of Norman Lewis,» the first major museum retrospective
of the
abstract painter.
That exhibition thematized the relationship between Liu's paintings and his three - dimensional sculptural
forms via explicit formal echoes: Black - and - white geometric paintings were adroitly paired
with rectilinear pseudotopiary sculptures in which bands
of foliage were interspersed
with horizontal neon lights, while the oscillating static playing on stacked TV sets chimed
with the
abstract canvases as well.
The lyrical abstraction
of these paintings is contrasted
with smaller geometric
abstract paintings, rigid in structure and
form, but handmade,
with deliberately imperfect and variably weighted lines, in an ironic and humorous way.