Kahnweiler's wish to include Caziel in his stable
of figurative artists headed by Picasso, occured at a time when Caziel had turned to Abstraction, ensued by the exciting developments of the movement following the end of the Second World War.
The two centers of my artistic life in the early 70's were my co-op gallery, and the Alliance
of Figurative Artists.
This exhibition is a tribute to artist Barkley L. Hendricks» legacy and a celebration of new generations
of figurative artists of color.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS OF ART For details
of figurative artists in England, please see: English Figurative Painting.
An important member of the San Francisco Bay Area group
of figurative artists, Oliveira's oeuvre resists strict categorization.
In fact, abstract artists possess a tradition that reaches back to the ancients, and it is the same as
that of figurative artists.
• London School (1970s) Group
of figurative artists associated with London in the mid-1970s.
In Paris, which since the 19th century had been the epi - centre of the global art scene, aside from the surrealists and a few notable exceptions, such as Balthus and André Derain, the work
of figurative artists disappeared almost entirely from view.
«My gallery represents a lot
of figurative artists.
Outside the museum last week, a group
of figurative artists — whose work never features on the Turner shortlist — held their annual protest, wearing black top hats and holding posters bearing such slogans as THE TURNER PRIZE IS CRAP.
The most dazzling of the Leipzig school
of figurative artists talks about his mysterious paintings
JS: We have talked about how you attended meetings of the Alliance
of Figurative Artists.
The Chicago Imagists, the loose group
of figurative artists that included Nilsson and Nutt, «admired these «undiscovered» artists for the aesthetic qualities of their work and, above all, as role models for their independent pursuit of an inwardly - driven creative expression», Cooke says.
«Body of Work IX» showcases the artistic activity of long time members of this fluid group
of figurative artists.
So those two are really important, and then there are
all of the figurative artists that I love, because I think of myself as a figurative painter.
Each class becomes a community
of figurative artists whose interest in storytelling encompasses all 21st - century media: graphic and illustrated novels, children's books, comic books, and painting series for gallery walls.
This workshop allows participants to gain a deeper understanding of the art world as they consider the techniques and styles of a range
of figurative artists while developing their own skills and styles.
This workshop allowed participants to gain a deeper understanding of the art world as they consider the techniques and styles of a range
of figurative artists while developing their own skills and styles.
Kalm notes: «This presentation focuses on a select group
of figurative artists who formed connections both personally and aesthetically between post war Paris and New York.
At the same time I have a real love
of figurative artists who construct their pictures with a sense of rigor: Piero, or more recently Euan Uglow or Balthus.
He also admired the work
of the figurative artist Lucien Freud (b. 1922) and the classical realist Belgian Surrealist Rene Magritte (1898 — 1967).
Not exact matches
north wales About Blog Nick Elphick
Artist, Conceptual, Portrait,
Figurative & Wildlife Sculpture, exceptional artwork from the heart
of Wales.
One
of the wryly witty aspects is
of how tortured lives are ascribed to
artists, as Jason's upbringing seems relatively normal and uninteresting, but with a play that is so wildly exaggerated to as to include a boorish father and an ending that includes suicide for its main characters, Ms. Sinclair takes the
figurative and ascribes the literal.
Some
artists searched in a
figurative direction (Die Brücke / The Bridge), others in a more abstract way
of expression (Der Blaue Reiter / Blue Rider).
north wales About Blog Nick Elphick
Artist, Conceptual, Portrait,
Figurative & Wildlife Sculpture, exceptional artwork from the heart
of Wales.
In 1953 Blackman was co — founder
of the Melbourne Contemporary Art Society and he was also one
of seven
artists responsible for the Antipodean Manifesto; these
artists protested the dominance and rejected the rise
of abstract expressionism and non —
figurative art.
Vancouver Island with About Blog A still life and
figurative paintings blog run by a pair
of realist
artists David Gluck and Katherine Stone.
Richard Diebenkorn, the versatile
artist best known for his association with the Bay Area
Figurative Movement and later for his «Ocean Park» series
of paintings, will have his catalogue raisonné published this fall by Yale University Press in conjunction with... Read More
For 2018, there's an esteemed group
of expert judges to decide the finalists and Overall Winner, including Peter Brown NEAC (British
Figurative Painter), Luci Noel (Director
of the Affordable Art Fair Hampstead and Battersea, Autumn Collection), Jacqui McIntosh (Exhibition Manager, Drawing Room Gallery), Siska Lyssens (Freelance Arts Writer), Mark Roscoe (Portrait
Artist and Winner
of the Jackson's Open Painting Prize 2017) and Karl Bielik (Abstract Painter).
Nigerian - born, U.S. - based
artist Njideka Akunyili explores the dynamics
of her culture and community through mixed - media art, melding limitless combinations
of acrylic, charcoal, pastel, marble dust, colored pencils, oil, fabric or Xerox transfers into
figurative collages with distinct narratives.
As a
figurative artist I operate as someone who has hunches about the importance
of an image to me.
1987 Black & White: Visual Sonatas, Aion Fine Art, Dallas, TX Recent
Figurative Prints, Associated American
Artists, New York, NY Succinctly Stated, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA Monotypes II, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY Avant Garde In The 80's, Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, Los Angeles, CA Made in New York, NY, Gianfranco Zani Gallery, Turino, Italy Group Show, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA On Paper, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY Group Show, Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
In these excerpts from the 2004 documentary, Nicolas Carone: Pushing Tradition, Nicolas Carone discusses «the new painting»
of New York City and the
artists» inquisition
of space, the
figurative tradition, and pure artistic perception.
The work
of these
artists was brought into fresh focus and given renewed impetus by the revival
of interest in
figurative painting by a younger generation that took place in the late 1970s and the 1980s (see neo-expressionism and new spirit painting).
Although the
artist's
figurative abstractions may appear crude at first glance, closer examination reveals works vibrating with energy and pulse, creating an all - out assault on the viewer's concept
of reality.
2018 —
Figurative Diaspora: The Migration
of Academic Training from Russia to China in the Service
of Progressive Art, Co-curated by Mark Tansey 2017 — Piss & Vinegar: Nina Chanel Abney, Robert Arneson, Sue Coe, Robert Colescott, R. Crumb, Nicole Eisenman, Natalie Frank, Hilary Harkness, Peter Saul, Robert Williams 2016 — Now and Then: Drawings from the 19th Century to the Present 2015 — Beautiful Beast: Ball, Cook, de Jong, Demetz, Dill, Dupont, Fischl, Fox, Mennin, King, Penny, Piccinini, Pondick, Silverthorne, Smith, Taplin, Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY 2014 — The Big Picture, Desiderio, Fischl, Rauch, Saville, Tansey, Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY 2011 — Iconomancy, Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY 2011 — I've Got a Secret, The Forbes Galleries, New York, NY 2011 — Uncovered, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths 2010 — Just Off, Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY 2007 — Normal, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006 — Uprising, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Space, New York, NY 2005 — Primed, Parsons School
of Design, New York, NY 2003 — The Burbs, DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2003 — Space Invaders, FishTank Gallery, New York, NY 1985 - 89 — The Drawing Center, New York, NY,
Artist Curator, Responsible for interviewing
artists, portfolio reviews and initial selections for group exhibitions.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Guest curated by Robert Storr, professor and dean
of the Yale University School
of Art and former senior curator
of painting and sculpture at the Museum
of Modern Art, the exhibition and an accompanying catalogue will bring fresh perspective to these
artists and examine the
figurative impulses that connect them.
Following «The Great Figure,» a six - person show held in late 2014, this sequel show, mounted in the midst
of a steady market demand for
figurative painting, brings together a new group
of canvases by 15 sought - after
artists.
In 1999 he co-founded the Stuckist movement, which railed against the dominance
of the Young British
Artists» conceptual art, in favour
of contemporary
figurative work.
The Untitled Space gallery is pleased to present «SECRET GARDEN: The Female Gaze on Erotica» a group exhibition
of female identifying
artists exploring
figurative works
of nudes and erotic art.
Next to Nothing presents a group exhibition that revisits early Modern
figurative painting and Symbolist poetry through the recent work
of 12 contemporary
artists.
Along with Stettheimer, who is an obvious reference point, I was reminded
of Peter Dean, who was a member
of the Rhino Horn group, as well as Bob Thompson —
figurative artists who packed a composition with stuff and loved to jam color next to color.
DHC / ART is delighted to present two concurrent solo exhibitions by acclaimed Belgian sculptor Berlinde De Bruyckere and American painter John Currin — two leading international
figurative artists working in a virtuosic, old masterly tradition yet testing and expanding the parameters
of their respective disciplines.
Integrated a multitude
of styles and movements into a single canvas, the
artist makes compositions that are both
figurative and abstract, and a bit erotic and violent, from a perspective that is decidedly feminine and contemporary.
Three generations
of American and European
artists illustrate the history
of this fascinating,
figurative art movement.
Considered one
of the leading
figurative artists today, Rego draws inspiration from many sources including literature and fairy tales to create mysterious and narrative works.
An admired
artist in India, Arpita Singh, who is best known for her
figurative paintings
of woman, often floating in an elusive space, rarely shows in America and that is our loss.
A unique amalgamation
of artist, Spiritualist and medium, the fascinating and unexpected story
of Houghton has generated international interest from curators and writers who see her work as representing an abandonment
of figurative form that anticipates the development
of modern abstraction by
artists such as Kandinsky or Malevich by several decades.
The second half
of his solo exhibition includes a series
of collaborative
figurative sculptures — papier - mâché legs outfitted in Riepenhoff's pants and shoes holding large - scale paintings by
artists from Milwaukee, Chicago, New York, and Atlanta, including:
Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Wish List», Gallery Project, curated by Gloria Pritschet and Rocco DePietro, Toledo, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan 2015 — «Roots», Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL 2015 — Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2014 — «National Contemporary Painting», Weatherhead Gallery, University
of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2013 — «31st Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «30th Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «Narrative Fragments», Quidley & Company, Boston, MA 2011 — «Juxtaposed», juried by Alyssa Monks, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT 2011 — «Paintworks», Gowanus Ballroom, curated by Kristin Kunc, Courtney Jordan & Hyeseung Marriage - Song, Brooklyn, NY 2011 — «Space Invaders», co-curated by Virginia Rose and John Nickle, Rose Contemporary, Portland, ME 2011 — «Cinematic Bodies», curated by Jamie Adams, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 — «Snow», XL Projects, Syracuse University Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2010 — «Women Painting Women», Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC 2010 — «Remnants», Fuse Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Highlights» Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Conceptually Sound», Medialia Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2010 — «Looks good on Paper», DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2009 — «Water / Bodies», Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, F.W.I. 2009 — «Summer Exhibition 2009», curated by Eric Fischl, Matthew Flowers, Anne Strauss, New York Academy
of Art, NY, NY 2009 — «Old School», Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY 2009 — Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA 2008 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «City Lights», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2008 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2007 — «Summer Exhibition 2007», curated by Eric Fischl, Jenny Saville, Vincent Desiderio, New York Academy
of Art, NY, NY 2007 — «Four Handed Lift: Advocacy, Art, Spirit and Community», Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY 2007 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2006 — «Contemporary Imaginings, The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection», Mobile Museum
of Art, Mobile, Alabama 2006 — «Night
of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show,
Artist's Space, New York, NY 2006 — «AAF», shown by DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2006 — «Salon 2006», New York Academy
of Art, New York, NY 2006 — «LA Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Los Angeles, CA 2005 — «New Works», curated by Eric Fischl, Jane Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I. 2005 — «A Terrible Beauty:
Figurative painting in the 21st Century», Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA 2005 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Cityscapes», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2005 — «Go Figure», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit», Brent Sikemma Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Night
of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show,
Artist's Space, New York, NY 2004 — «Points
of Muse», Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 — «Separate Visions», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «Still Life», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «27th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2003 — «Space Invaders», curated by Peter Drake, Fish Tank Gallery, New York, NY 2003 — «26th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2002 — «National Arts Club 26th Annual Student Show», National Arts Club, New York, NY