The only glimpse
of figurative representation in the exhibition, the works by Heller are emblematic of the artist's interest in moments of intimate transformation.
There is a dimensional duality in Desgrandchamps» work, where the viewer will find themselves between flat
layers of figurative representation, yet the beach offers a horizon of depth.
Kusaka works often combine
elements of figurative representation with more abstract features, yet in her new solo show — her first in Italy — she opted to present ceramics which purely geometric, and thus abstract, patterns.
Rooted in his generation's reaction against the apparent
lie of figurative representation, the artist sought to create a new autonomy for painting by imitating the reproductive nature of photography.
«I just thought it was so different from anything that I had seen because, at the time, so many of the artists of color were working in heavy abstraction or very differently in
terms of figurative representation.»
However, the sculptures and installations do not mark momentous occasions; on the contrary, they show introspective, unspectacular moments, by
way of a figurative representation, by the use of a minimalist symbolic language, or by employing the actual materials to which they refer.
Focusing on the meaning of materiality in Christianity and contemporary art, the show brings together a
variety of figurative representations and seeks out the potential for emancipation from moral edicts in religion through art.
But on closer inspection, despite a
lack of figurative representation, each have a clear subject and evoke the sense of a person or situation as remembered by the painter and hinted at to the world via his art.
These examine notions of the raw intersection of race, gender, and sexuality through iconic, silhouetted figures, which offer an extended contemplation on the
nature of figurative representation and narrative in contemporary art.
Her
re-introduction of figurative representation, interpreted in a painterly manner rather than necessarily striving for an antiquated sense of realism, paved the way for the New Figuration and Neo-Expressionist artists of the 1970s and 1980s.
emily north / em16 is a Brooklyn artist creating immersive work on bodies and paper in a queer analysis
of figurative representation.