Expand
your perceptions of abstract painting at this opening celebration that features three Inherent Structure artists who address the legacies of abstraction through their distinctive but ever - evolving approaches.
Not exact matches
Caivano's works incorporate an uncompromising yet individual approach to the tradition
of abstract painting, drawing as much on unique
perceptions of colour, space, texture, volume and light as on art history.
We can say that it is
abstract, non-objective, about colour and form and our
perception of those things, but we live in an age
of plastic, so much more baggage to look at
paintings with.
An
abstract painting is not a reference; it's not a picture; it's a
perception of the
painting.
Brookes» art masterfully melds a deep knowledge
of science to create bright, intensely detailed
paintings that
abstract drug compounds, molecules, atoms and hallucinogenic states to heighten viewers» sensory
perceptions and reactions.
Think
of an Ellsworth Kelly: an
abstract consideration
of the relationship between figure and ground; a conscious questioning
of the conditions that underlie
perception; an exploration
of the relationship
of painting and wall, sculpture and space, viewer and work.
Perhaps artists, like Mr. Kreimer, by exhibiting both realist and
abstract works
of art, are moving the subject
of painting away from presentation
of an image and toward the act
of perception.
In this new work, introduction to his upcoming exhibition in the fall, a discarded umbrella alters our
perception of an otherwise
abstract color - field
painting.
Divided into three sections, the writings reveal Riley's relationship to different topics over time, including the term «
abstract», the influence
of Georges Seurat and Paul Cézanne, the role
of color and
painting throughout art history, the importance
of perception, and much more.
Lapin and Miller both practice
abstract painting, as the distillation
of perception, although Lapin's moody palette, with erasure, smear, and blur, was a departure from her earlier, landscape
paintings.
This exhibition consists
of illusionistic compositions — rendered somewhere between meticulous staging techniques, analog processes and digital alterations — manipulate
perceptions of space and reality to create photographs that appear as
abstract paintings.
The
paintings in this exhibition are brought to life with the artist's masterful use
of color and continual shift
of perception, moving between the margins
of the literal and the
abstract.
On view in PC — G's Reilly Gallery, this group exhibition consists
of illusionistic compositions — rendered somewhere between meticulous staging techniques, analog processes and digital alterations — manipulate
perceptions of space and reality to create photographs that appear as
abstract paintings.
Assuming that my
perceptions of Anne Smart and John Pollard's
paintings have any accuracy, a comparison between my account
of their work and Pollock's reveals that an enormous shift in thinking about
abstract art has taken place.
His
painted photographic prints combine airbrushed acrylic
paint and
abstract photographs while cleverly incorporating external elements such as variations
of light, space, and time, with the intention to raise questions about
perception and how we relate to various media.
The 1970s were marked by «crosshatchings», an
abstract pattern which dominated the
paintings, while it was the variety
of images that engaged with the ambiguities
of perception and themes
of memory, sexuality and contemplation
of mortality which were introduced in the 1980s.
The murals, which comprise
of abstract paintings based on Ogham (an early Celtic written language), demonstrate some
of Ireland's / O'Doherty's key concerns throughout his sixty - year career; namely those
of Irish language, identity and
perception.
Stephen Bram's site - specific, mural - scale wall
painting continues the artist's ongoing exploration
of the relationship between
abstract painting and the representation
of architecture and spatial
perception.
Throughout Georgia Noble's vivid
abstract works, her objective is to exceed the conventions
of customary
paintings of landscapes that instead award the spectator with an illusion
of space that travels outside the physical and real to conjure a
perception of somewhere «other».
Seidl maintains dual and equally intense practices in
painting and photography, essentially exploring the same formal concerns, creating work in both mediums that draws us into her world, encouraging contemplation and challenging our
perception of the often thin line between reality and
abstracted memory.
Fusing landscape photography with
painted shapes and
abstract forms, the artist explores themes
of visual
perception and reproduction, all the while challenging the boundaries
of painting as a medium.
A citation read during the ceremony said, «As an
abstract artist, he uses «casting,» acrylic
paints, and compounds to create new surfaces and textures, challenging our
perceptions of shape and color.
The exhibition aims at renewing the
perception of color and the ways it is used in
abstract painting.
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Influenced by Dutch architecture and formalistic,
abstract painting, Mullen explores our
perception of reality, space and emptiness.
Thornton is interested in the
perception of pictorial space, and his
paintings are typically colourful and ambiguously suggestive
of both
abstract form and recognisable figuration.
Currently fusing fluid sketching and charcoal work styles from his past with spray
paint and distress techniques that he has developed over the years, the viewer will notice major differences in genre between the 2009 and 2010 works: while the current pieces dive into a more figurative and
abstract realm, the 2009 series
of paintings «With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility» focuses more on a comic - themed visualization
of the all - too - human defects
of character, faulty
perception, and skewed sense
of humor.
From such a perspective, James's art can be seen as resisting the dominant narratives
of abstract painting by repurposing the affective qualities
of perception, and in so doing, her work allows for a new understanding
of how identity functions within the field
of image production.
In the late 1990s Rosenquist began a new series, The Speed
of Light, in which he explored themes
of space, light and relativity in vibrantly colored,
abstract paintings and has continued to explore the
perception of time and space in his most recent work.
Whether creating bold
abstract paintings, sculptural mixed media compositions or meticulously formed handmade paper works, Jaramillo has forged a unique voice, experimenting with material and process to pursue her ongoing explorations
of human
perception of reality.
As an
abstract artist, he uses «casting,» acrylic
paints, and compounds to create new surfaces and textures, challenging our
perceptions of shape and color.
In discussing the place
of painting and sculpture in the culture
of our time, I shall refer only to those kinds which, whether
abstract or not, have a fresh inventive character, that art which is called «modern» not simply because it is
of our century, but because it is the work
of artists who take seriously the challenge
of new possibilities and wish to introduce into their work
perceptions, ideas and experiences which have come about only within our time.
awards research enabling grant $ 7500.00, university
of north texas, 2010 junior faculty fellowship $ 5000.00, university
of north texas, 2010 purchase award, 1st national bank, columbia, mo 2008 fellowship, vermont studio artist colony, vt 2000 jessie rickly award, st. louis artist guild, st. louis, mo 1996 graduate fellowship, university
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