Other artists are doing
other kinds of abstraction.
Not exact matches
In the conception
of the physical as «acting,» on the
other hand, change
of other kinds in addition to locomotive change are admitted, so that a mechanistic analysis must accordingly be only
of an aspect
of physical acting, which means that since it leaves out
of account
other aspects or features
of change or motion, it is an
abstraction.
Other series by Zeng have combined art - historical traditions, often resulting in a
kind of abstraction that marries Western and non-Western styles.
But today, with emerging painters like Sarah Crowner and Sergej Jensen exploring formalist
abstraction through sewing, embroidery, and
other craft mediums, that
kind of thinking seems out -
of - touch.
The show's first section, «Gestural
Abstraction,» is dominated by two brushy, wall - filling paintings — one by Lee Krasner, the
other by Joan Mitchell —
of a
kind that has been a staple at the museum since the 1940s.
When Donald Judd very reluctantly abandoned painting in 1961 - 62 in favor
of working in three dimensions, it was because he had finally concluded that a philosophically tenable painting was not possible — philosophically in the empirical - perceptual sense
of being entirely available visually, and tenable in the sense
of being free
of abstraction or any
other kind of representation.
Some
of his work is photorealistic;
other series utilize a
kind of madcap
abstraction.
To contemporary eyes, their pictorial strength is so self - evident, so enduringly fresh, you have to chuckle at those pundits who a half - century ago deemed Post Painterly
Abstraction (both the style and the exhibition) a failed «rescue action for quality» against the «turgidities» of certain kinds of abstraction on the one hand and the vapidity of «newfangled art» on
Abstraction (both the style and the exhibition) a failed «rescue action for quality» against the «turgidities»
of certain
kinds of abstraction on the one hand and the vapidity of «newfangled art» on
abstraction on the one hand and the vapidity
of «newfangled art» on the
other.
If the show intended to nod at the
kinds of abstraction influenced by American painting
of the 1960s (Morris Louis, Helen Frankenthaler and
others painted on canvas with acrylics in a way that seemed to up the ante
of the watercolour tradition), why not chose a late 60s John Hoyland, a 70s Bert Irvin or a recent John McLean rather than this dreary thing?
To that end he has painted on canvas, fabric, stretched plastic; used resins, lacquer, minerals
of all
kinds; appropriated images high and low; mixed
abstraction and representation; and conjured up Benday dots and metal engraving, among
other reproductive techniques.
Emily Nathan, writing for artnet this week notes: «Along with
other younger artists, Ekblad is putting her own stamp on a
kind of evocative
abstraction that had seemed exhausted by earlier masters, from Wassily Kandinsky and Joan Miró to Jackson Pollock and Asger Jorn, and her works offer a refreshing return to the simple, physical pleasure
of sculpture and painting.
Greenwold is rejecting what he calls «this
kind of sanitized notion that
abstraction is on one side and figuration is the
other side, and God forbid they should ever mix in art or in anything.»
Mr. Stanczak remained affiliated with the Martha Jackson Gallery until it closed in 1979, by which time Op Art had been largely superseded by Minimalism and
other more austere
kinds of geometric
abstraction — at least within the confines
of New York.
Installation view Photo: Genevieve Hanson, NY March 5 — April 18, 2009 Curated by Peter Ballantine When Donald Judd very reluctantly abandoned painting in 1961 - 62 in favor
of working in three dimensions, it was because he had finally concluded that a philosophically tenable painting was not possible — philosophically in the empirical - perceptual sense
of being entirely available visually, and tenable in the sense
of being free
of abstraction or any
other kind of representation.