His interest in words and typography ultimately provided
the primary subject of his paintings, prints and photographs.
«
The primary subject of my painting is color,» Slutzky explains, «For this reason I call it color / structure painting.
Not exact matches
The exhibition presents the decomposition
of his installation practice to the
primary object
subject of his practice:
Painting.
There is a well - worn narrative
of twentieth century
painting that goes like this: From Cezanne to Picasso to Pollock, the illusionistic space
of painting flattened more and more until the picture plane and the surface created by the
paint itself became the
primary subject matter, eliminating images altogether in favor
of abstraction.
One can see this in two bodies
of work: cultural representation is the
primary issue in The African American Flag Project, where «African American» flags were the
subject of the
paintings; and the Made in USA series
of paintings touch on the politics
of consumption through self - referential text and image.
The New York Times has compared Hahn's work to artists ranging from old masters like Edvard Munch to modern masters like Lisa Yuskavage, indicating that Hahn's
primary subject matter is the representation
of women across
painting history, period.
Wooded areas have been the
primary subject of Levie's
painting for the past 2 -LSB-...]
A calming quietness which is contemplative and moving pervades her paintings.There is an inherent spirituality that is felt through Paul's representation
of people and locations.The artist's
primary subject was her mother from 1977 to 2007 she then started
painting her sisters and close friends.
Employing the old technique
of «layer
painting», Fomenko applies the practice in a modernized way and injects bright
primary shades
of acrylic
paint onto the canvas, before awakening his
subjects of surrealism with oils by using broad brushstrokes.
«Benjamin was one
of four artists in the landmark 1959 exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum
of Art that coined the term «hard - edge
painting,» now in common usage for geometric abstraction that relies on color as a
primary subject.