Sentences with phrase «realm of abstract forms»

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Like Calder, whose abstract stabiles make playful allusions to the natural and animal realm, Joel Shapiro explores the metamorphic possibilities of geometric figures and forms, referencing the human body, spirit and gesture as he merges figuration with abstraction.

It is the substance of his forms... By turning color into forms — or making forms of sheer color — Nahas has narrowed dramatically the gap between what an abstract image is, in physical fact, and what it becomes as we follow its allusions into the realm of the imaginary.»

Experimenting with modulations of form, color, and plane, Clark's early abstract works challenged the canvas» edge and extended the visual field of painting into the physical realm of the viewer.

And it is without a doubt this reduction of their general form and the elimination of their substance which allow them to interact in the abstract painting with other forms from the decorative realm,» analyzes Frédéric Paul.