Among works by the artists are geometric compositions painted by Don Voisine; a dusky
painting of a broom and dustpan by Joshua Marsh; and loops and slender lengths of wood carved by Seth Koen.
Not exact matches
Nobody ever
painted Jesus with a
broom in his hand, even if the metaphor
of sweeping is used several times by the prophets to refer to God.
But yeah, definitely code
of paint, some
brooms needed, new carpeting.
She was, after all, shown in 2008 on the cover
of Time magazine, holding a
broom, which infuriated educators who felt as if she were
painting them all as ineffective.
In 1987, Bannard began his «brush and cut»
paintings, consisting
of large - scale canvases in which he applied transparent tinted gel with large street
brooms and industrial floor squeegees to make
painted «drawings,» featuring vigorous brushwork and three - dimensional illusions.
An early proponent
of shaped canvases in the 50s, Ed Clark began using a large push -
broom to push
paint across the surface
of the canvas in the 60s, creating subtly blended and thickly textured stripes
of paint such as those in Yucatan Beige (1976), in which the stripes traverse beyond the central ellipse.
Rashid Johnson's voluptuous black
paintings, whose thick graffitilike marks are scrawled into a mix
of wax and black soap with a
broom handle, confront the more delicate and colorful improvisations
of Michaela Eichwald, which look impressive but more decorous than usual.
At the same time, knowing that African American artists had for years been largely expected to make works
of social realism, and the ambition to make abstract works every bit as important as Helen Frankenthaler or Morris marked a equally revolutionary statement
of artistic freedom, the abstractions
of Bowling, Gilliam, Thomas and Ed Clark — who created shaped canvases, sweeping
paint across them with push -
brooms — are no less arresting.
The work ranged from drawings, to sculpted
paintings on canvas to sculptures and
paintings made
of unusual materials: earth, shells, hair, doors,
brooms, trees, shoes, mouse droppings.
Ed Clark (b1926) also experiments with the shape
of his canvases, but his singular innovation is to
paint with a
broom.
Painted on aluminum, wood or plastic, his work has its origin in snapshot photographs taken
of his environment both domestically and when travelling — a door that is slightly ajar, a glass
of water left on a bathroom sink, a
broom leaning against a wall.
Painted on aluminum, wood, or plastic, his practice has its origin in photographs taken
of his immediate environment, both domestically and whilst traveling — a door that is slightly ajar, a glass
of water left on a bathroom sink, a
broom leaning against a wall.
While some pieces are gnarly tree formations isolated atop pedestals to illustrate their status, others are flat wall - mounted compositions made
of cast
broom clippings and quinoa, that create large color field
paintings of, in fact, large colorful fields.
Within Collis practice, everyday objects and surfaces are presented splattered and stained with the marks
of wear and tear, and the viewer might, upon further investigation, realise that the timeworn flecks
of paint that cover an old
broom, are in fact delicate and precisely inlaid pearls, jasper, turquoise, garnets and black diamonds.
In June
of 2011, she spearheaded the transformation
of the
broom closet next to her office into The ArtBridge Drawing Room, a jewel - box gallery that has played host to six exhibitions including MsBehavior, a three - woman
painting exhibition named a Top NYC Show by Saatchi Online Magazine and reviewed by Hyperallergic and Hi / Lo, a multi-level interactive light installation that transformed the gallery into what ArtInfo called a «topsy turvy — yet strangely tranquil — immersive environment.
Inspired by their boldness, as well as by the slow, visceral nature
of thick
paint, Clark began to use a
broom to push acrylic across unprimed canvas, which has been laid on the floor.
The absence
of a human figure tasks the objects in the
paintings with suggesting a narrative arc, imbuing them with a sense
of mysterious drama — a door that is slightly ajar, a glass
of water left on a bathroom sink, a
broom leaning against a wall are the only evidence
of the presence
of a person, perhaps having moments before walked through the picture frame, or lingering just out
of sight.
For her Studio Voltaire commission, Kruglyanskaya has worked on a production residency in the gallery creating an interior wall - mural and a series
of large - scale oil
paintings depicting women engaged in labour and work: «grooming,
brooming, and bricklaying», her exuberant and cartoon - like
paintings running onto the gallery walls.
In 1987, he began his «brush and cut»
paintings, consisting
of large scale canvases in which he applied transparent tinted gel with large street
brooms and industrial floor squeegees to make
painted «drawings,» featuring vigorous brushwork and three - dimensional illusions.
With their fields
of fine horizontal lines and textures, usually achieved by drawing a wide
broom across the canvas, Mr. Whitten's 70's
paintings present sauve, understated unities.
In the new YARD
paintings at Gagosian Rue de Ponthieu, Ruby uses rollers and
brooms to spread a soft palette
of red, blue, green, and purple acrylic
paints over unprimed canvases laid directly on the studio ground; incidental debris and textures beneath the canvas emerge as impressions during the frottage process.
First there was a dinner following yet another exhibition by Ruby — this time
of paintings made with a
broom — at the national hunting museum,
of all places, where guests were greeted by a Walton Ford
painting, part
of the artist's current show in this eccentric place.
In addition to his signature push -
broom sweep
paintings, he was also an innovator in the field
of shaped canvases and one
of the original artists in the Brata Gallery during New York's Tenth Street co-op gallery boom in the 1950s.
• Kept the facility neat and clean with the use
of brooms and mops • Maintained inventory
of supplies needed by custodial engineer •
Painted areas
of the garage and office building by following company - defined procedures • Washed vehicles, and maintained their oil changes and tire pressure • Repair items as necessary, including changing light bulbs when burned out • Maintain inventory
of custodial supplies • Assist customers when needed and guide them to the appropriate area
of the facility
She then used a roller attached to a
broom handle to apply a coat
of the white washed
paint to all
of the planks.