She sees painting as an object.
Should
one see painting as an object or as the purely visual art?
Martin
sees his paintings as objects with a life of their own, and not the sanctified preserve of the «white cube.»
Mark Rothko
saw these paintings as objects of contemplation, demanding the viewer's complete absorption.
Not exact matches
To disclose the «essence» of an
object, a feeling, even of the very act of
painting as in the case of Abstract Expressionist painters, means to envision a characteristic way of
seeing.
I think she liked the modeling because, for once, she was the important one and she felt Andy really «
saw» her, and not just
as an
object to
paint.
Suzanne Friedli, co-founder and partner of Annex14 who represents the artist in Zurich comments: «When we
saw the
paintings of Otis Jones for the first time we were immediately impressed by the deepness and the density of this reduced language, the physical presence of the
object - like works and the concentration on
painting as a process.
As the overall composition underscores, Quaytman understands paintings not solely as autonomous objects but also as parts of an ensemble that acknowledge the conditions under which they are produced, presented, seen, and circulate
As the overall composition underscores, Quaytman understands
paintings not solely
as autonomous objects but also as parts of an ensemble that acknowledge the conditions under which they are produced, presented, seen, and circulate
as autonomous
objects but also
as parts of an ensemble that acknowledge the conditions under which they are produced, presented, seen, and circulate
as parts of an ensemble that acknowledge the conditions under which they are produced, presented,
seen, and circulated.
However, I can also
see them
as objects and even make them into
objects — by
painting them, for instance.
It
sees, in the passage from Chardin's world of
objects to Rembrandt's contemplative
paintings, a movement toward the radical interiority for which Proust would later become widely celebrated
as a novelist.
While its iterated cuts conjure a dynamism that has an undeniable debt to Italian Futurist
painting, the elongated, serial composition and slick objecthood of Concetto spaziale, Attese can also be
seen in relation to such Minimalist formats
as the boxes and «stacks» created by Donald Judd, whose groundbreaking text «Specific
Objects» had been published in 1965.
His more recent works, which include print making,
painting and installations, still draw on this theme of everyday
objects and their changing nature in society and artistic practice, using their pre-defined contextual symbolism
as a way to make an audience re-think what we
see, and what we know.
Although the heretical «maximalist» Stella divided critics, his extravagant flights into literal space extended his definition of
paintings as objects and
seeing as a physical act.
Although he
saw Rauschenberg's Combines
as a «preliminaries» to his own work and regarded their
object - like dimensionality and inclusion of found
objects as «radical,» Donald Judd could only see Rauschenberg's continued interest in painting as «conservative» and too closely tied to traditional representation.6 From Judd's perspective, Rauschenberg failed to understand fully the monochrome's pronouncement of the end of painting — an end that, when read in conjunction with Marcel Duchamp's readymade, authorized the move from painting to the three - dimensional realm of «Specific Objects.
objects as «radical,» Donald Judd could only
see Rauschenberg's continued interest in
painting as «conservative» and too closely tied to traditional representation.6 From Judd's perspective, Rauschenberg failed to understand fully the monochrome's pronouncement of the end of
painting — an end that, when read in conjunction with Marcel Duchamp's readymade, authorized the move from
painting to the three - dimensional realm of «Specific
Objects.
Objects.»
Following his Sky and Torn Sky / Cloud series from the early 1970s, Goode turned towards what can be
seen as an existential inquiry into Minimalist
painting, color, and the reification of the
painting as an
object.
MacIver's heartfelt, meditative depictions of household
objects, buildings, and landscapes were
seen as less ambitious and largely dismissed by trend - making
painting theoreticians of the day.
As objects, the paintings were flat and screen - like, and critics saw them as a calculated affront to the sensual paint handling of Willem de Kooning, the Abstract Expressionist who was then the senior figure of the New York Schoo
As objects, the
paintings were flat and screen - like, and critics
saw them
as a calculated affront to the sensual paint handling of Willem de Kooning, the Abstract Expressionist who was then the senior figure of the New York Schoo
as a calculated affront to the sensual
paint handling of Willem de Kooning, the Abstract Expressionist who was then the senior figure of the New York School.
A true believer in technology's aesthetic potential, he is intent on reinventing traditional pictorial methods — specifically,
painting and drawing — by using the computer's capabilities and limitations to turn ordinary, Pop - inspired
objects (video games and their characters, computer cables, screens, Apple Quick - Take cameras, etc.) into motifs but also stylistic models,
painting them
as if
seen on - screen.
While the move is less radical than routine (by now we've all
seen paintings brought in to function
as artifacts, arranged in concert with other art or art - like
objects), it effectively releases Louis» work from its unimaginative role
as illustration for Clement Greenberg, opening the work for new meanings.
In the United States, Art
as Object as seen in the Minimalist sculpture of Donald Judd and the
paintings of Frank Stella are
seen today
as newer permutations.
Alongside these works are her geometric abstractions, which are typically monochromatic and are sometimes enhanced through the incorporation of
objects such
as wheels and belt drives,
as seen in The Perpetual
Painting.
At one point, the total abandonment of the recognizable
object, that we
saw as the 20th century progressed, and in the works of Wassily Kandinsky and Jackson Pollock, seemed to place color, marks, drips, at the center of the
paintings, making the act of
painting all about the
painting itself.
As the same rotating cast of inanimate characters appears again and again in the
paintings, we realize that what we are
seeing is a memory play, a chronicle of the interaction over time between
objects and owner.
In addition, we can
see a detachment from the traditional
painting techniques and an development towards monochromatic surfaces in order to enhance the perception of the
painting as a physical
object.
He discusses Pop Art's place in art history; his initial feelings about being considered a Pop artist; the influence of Los Angeles and its environment on his work; his feelings about English awareness of America; a discussion of his use of words
as images; a discussion of the Standard Station
as an American icon; a discussion of the notion of freedom
as it is perceived
as a Southern California phenomenon; how he
sees himself in relation to the Los Angeles mural movement (L.A. Fine Arts Squad); the importance of communication to him; his relationship with the entertainment world in Los Angeles and its misinterpretation of him; his books; collaboration with Mason Williams on «Crackers;» his approach toward conceiving an idea for
paintings; personal feelings about the books that he has done; the importance of motion in his work; a discussion of the movies «Miracle» and «Premium;» his friendship with Joe Goode; his return from Europe and his studio in Glassell Park; his move to Hollywood in 1965; the problems of balancing the domestic life and the artistic life; his stain
paintings and what he hopes to learn from using stains; a disscussion of bicentemial exhibition at the L.A. County Museum: «Art in Los Angeles: Seventeen Artists in the Sixties,» 1981; a discussion of the origin of L.A. Pop
as an off shoot from the American realist tradition; his feelings about being considered a realist; the importance for him of elevating humble
objects onto the canvas; a discussion on how he chooses the words he uses in his
paintings; and his feelings about the future direction of his work.
Despite the efforts of the above pioneers, along with those of inter-war artists Marcel Jean (1900 - 93), Joan Miro (1893 - 1983) and Andre Breton (1896 - 1966)-
see their respective works Spectre of the Gardenia (1936, plaster head,
painted cloth, zippers, film strip, Museum of Modern Art NYC);
Object (1936, stuffed parrot, silk stocking remnant, cork ball, engraved map, Museum of Modern Art NYC); and Poem -
Object (1941, Museum of Modern Art NYC)- junk art did not coalesce into a movement until the 1950s, when artists like Robert Rauschenberg (1925 - 2008) started to promote his «combines» (a combined form of
painting and sculpture), such
as Bed (1955, MoMA, New York) and First Landing Jump (1961, combine
painting, cloth, metal, leather, electric fixture, cable, oil
paint, board, Museum of Modern Art NYC).
In answer to questions about an artwork's appearance they created newfangled forms, such
as Donald Judd's early wall
objects in 1962, which were neither
paintings nor sculptures; or Dan Flavin, who opted for fluorescent tubing instead of conventional
painting or sculpting media; or Fred Sandback, who
saw the partition of a space
as a sculpture; or Michael Asher, who intervened in the material conditions of the exhibition space; or indeed Lawrence Weiner, who described his works in a range of materials linguistically.
Helen Molesworth, one of the exhibition's curators (along with Dieter Roelstraete and Ian Alteveer), takes such statements
as evidence that Marshall's work is best
seen «
as a form of institutional critique, a profound querying of the museum through its most privileged
object:
painting.»
Hassan Sharif: Works 1973 - 2010 Edited by Catherine David DAP Catalogue Since the early 1970s, Hassan Sharif has been developing a multifaceted oeuvre encompassing caricatures, performances, installations, scientific experiments,
objects, drawings and
paintings, and is today
seen as one of the Gulf region's most important artists.
This permitted the whole
painting as object to lend itself to the propensity in perception to
see the total configuration of an
object as an immaterial image of form, while precisely locating colour in an unfluctuating relationship within the overall structure of the form.
Do you feel
as if the holes within your works are a way to collaborate with the bodies and and
objects that are
seen within the
painting's absences in a space?
In my attempt to learn how to
see as well
as develop my language in
painting, I am thinking about the studio
as a library of personal history and interests and how those
objects and collections relate to my art history lineage.
As usual there was a lot to
see, but this year the focus shifted from bright shiny
objects and mirrored surfaces to
paintings, sculpture, and installations.
She
saw the spray - gun acrylic technique
as a way to fuse color and surface and make works that were part
painting and part
object.
The juxtaposition of graphic
paintings with readymade
objects is one of the artist's signature moves; just
as the octopus represents a found image culled from the world, the furniture speaks directly to ways of
seeing that exceed the usual confines of an exhibition space.
In this exhibition, we can expect to
see a highly eclectic body of work
as Athol lets his imagination take the reins using Victorian mirrors, vintage chairs and plates, collages of vintage stamps and letters, wherever he can
see the potential to create an art work, and combining the discarded
objects with media such
as gloss
paint, enamel and duct tape to depict nostalgic images in his distinctive pop - art aesthetic.
During the 1950s, he did not
see such assembled
objects as independent works but
as aids in the development of the structure and space of his
paintings.
The exhibition, on view in Cleveland from October 17, 2010, to January 17, 2011, will provide American audiences with an unparalleled opportunity to
see about 100 extraordinary works of late antique, Byzantine, and Western medieval art, including precious metalwork
objects,
paintings, sculptures, and illuminated manuscripts, drawn from public and private collections
as well
as church treasuries across the United States and Europe.
The response,
seen through the symbol of
paint, burns, industrial
objects, and rendering of architectural space is that such a return is not so easy, just not
as clean
as we had imagined it might be.
As he sees his work as part painting, part sculpture, Sinsel brings these different kinds of found objects together in tight, simple, yet detailed compositions by means of craft - based practices such as metalworking, ceramics, weaving and sewin
As he
sees his work
as part painting, part sculpture, Sinsel brings these different kinds of found objects together in tight, simple, yet detailed compositions by means of craft - based practices such as metalworking, ceramics, weaving and sewin
as part
painting, part sculpture, Sinsel brings these different kinds of found
objects together in tight, simple, yet detailed compositions by means of craft - based practices such
as metalworking, ceramics, weaving and sewin
as metalworking, ceramics, weaving and sewing.
His lack of adventurousness and invention in this regard is in sharp contrast to the silkscreening (then considered solely a commercial process) adopted by Warhol for his
paintings, or the soft vinyl sculptures of everyday
objects concocted by Claes Oldenburg (who can be
seen, in many respects,
as the anti-Koons, outclassing him on every count of wit, irony, and imagination).
Greenberg
saw the clotted and oil - caked surfaces
as reflecting the artists» existential struggle; Rosenberg
saw the finished
object as only a kind of residue of the actual work of art, which he thought lay in the «process» of the
painting's creation.
Doing conservation meant that every day I was relating to
paintings that normally I would have only
seen in books or museums
as objects to be fixed, plain and simple.
Not
seeing painting or the studio
as a transcendent space separate from the rest of the world, but looking at a
painting as if it is a material
object in the world, like every other
object.
Cutouts are carefully placed on a starry background: grayscale barbershop portraits, paper plates spray -
painted silver, the nine planets in the Milky Way (and the sun), African sculptures and talismans, and everyday
objects such
as an electric
saw, a View - Master, a plastic trash can, and a portable blow - dryer.
Claire Ashley (Scottish, born 1971) earned her BA in 1993 from Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland and an MFA (
Painting and Drawing) from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1995)... As seen in this exhibition at 808 Gallery, Ashley's recent work explores inflatable objects as painting, sculpture, installation, and performance
Painting and Drawing) from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1995)...
As seen in this exhibition at 808 Gallery, Ashley's recent work explores inflatable objects as painting, sculpture, installation, and performance costum
As seen in this exhibition at 808 Gallery, Ashley's recent work explores inflatable
objects as painting, sculpture, installation, and performance costum
as painting, sculpture, installation, and performance
painting, sculpture, installation, and performance costume.
Kleine Spritztour (Joyride), one of my favorite works from this time, depicts a round
object (Baer keeps a shape archive, so - called «carriers,» serving
as sliced salami, breasts, etc.) resembling a vinyl record, a breast
seen from the front, or an eye smoking a cigarette, while traveling on a gray road toward a smoke storm of lace and
painted blur.
West
saw many of his
paint - covered paper - mache creations
as objects that should be physically interacted with, to be moved and placed in non-traditional ways.
Vincent Katz, in his book Janet Fish
Paintings writes: «Her paintings of things can be seen as pure delight, beautiful objects that convey no message, that cause the mind to stop thinking and to contemplate the marvel before on
Paintings writes: «Her
paintings of things can be seen as pure delight, beautiful objects that convey no message, that cause the mind to stop thinking and to contemplate the marvel before on
paintings of things can be
seen as pure delight, beautiful
objects that convey no message, that cause the mind to stop thinking and to contemplate the marvel before one's eyes.
By the end of World War II, Léger's
paintings had become increasingly abstract, with color transparencies floating amidst boldly drawn figures and
objects,
as seen in his Two Women Holding Flowers (1954).