Sentences with phrase «organization of abstract forms»

Conflating worship and desire, Ray's sculptures indicate the presence of a body that is rematerialized through a mysterious yet systematic organization of abstract forms.

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In 1966 Alloway coined the term Systemic Art to «describe a type of abstract art characterized by the use of very simple standardized forms, usually geometric in character, either in a single concentrated image or repeated in a system arranged according to a clearly visible principle of organization».

From one hand, Soviet Union and other communist regimes of the East showed lack of understanding for the art practices of Modernism, interpreting non-representative forms of art as incomprehensible for the proletariat, while United States» government through funding and organization directly supported rise of abstract art to show progressive and liberating character of capitalist society.

According to Chilvers (2004) «earlier in 1966 the British art critic Lawrence Alloway had coined the term «Systemic art», to describe a type of abstract art characterized by the use of very simple standardized forms, usually geometric in character, either in a single concentrated image or repeated in a system arranged according to a clearly visible principle of organization.

Richard Pousette - Dart's «Mythic Heads and Forms,» abstract paintings which span the decade of the 1930s, with their elliptical organization of thick black lines that forcefully yet almost imperceptibly shift space, have an immediate impact, in the sense of both sureness and conviction.