Sentences with phrase «tradition of abstraction»

Her work is informed by conceptual art as well as by Latin American and North American traditions of abstraction.

Her paintings draw on various traditions of abstraction from gestural and geometric, hard - edge styles.

I'm very interested in the modernist tradition of abstraction, yet also figurative work.

Informed by the interdisciplinary practices of earlier visual artists who engaged the applied arts, poetry, theater, and dance, she merges the rarified tradition of abstraction with techniques and materials common to decor and craft.

Contemporary exhibitions have posited abstract painting as a continuous dialogue, whether between artists and historical traditions of abstraction or among artists of current and prior generations.

We are told: «Many of these artists [in Tate's new room] are also concerned with working within or against the established traditions of abstraction.

Within this cluttered context of temporality, community, spatial dynamics and market pressures, the artists in «Wall Works» press on, synthesizing the legacy of wall - based painting and the much younger tradition of abstraction.

Although it has ties to Minimalism, Tansaekhwa is distinct from the Western tradition of abstraction because of its engagement with such Eastern philosophies as Taoism, Neo-Confucianism, and Buddhism.

One could point to a now - old tradition of abstraction, with Frank Stella in cut metal or Robert Ryman's stretchers visibly bolted to the wall.

Davis sees these newest pieces as being «rooted in the classical tradition of abstraction and the response to music in the art making process» just as the first ventures into abstraction in the early 20th century were reactions to the music of their day.

In this podcast recorded on March 8, 2007, at the National Gallery of Art as part of the Elson Lecture Series, Sean Scully, an artist of international acclaim, discusses his work in the modern tradition of abstraction.

He recreates their likeness as stone - carved busts influenced by the disparate traditions of abstraction and figuration, modern and ancient visual languages.

Some of the artists active in this period returned to the plastic tradition of abstraction in any of its forms — Constructivism, Neo-Concrete, Minimalism, etc. — but did not allow their practice to be associated with any particular trend or movement.

Despite such rough, utterly profane surfaces, it is a spiritual tradition of abstraction that Martin's work draws from: Native American folklore, religious mysticism, anthroposophist symbolism, the landscape painting of North American romanticism — and the great melting pot of New York City itself, where Martin has lived since 1975.

At the opposite end of the artistic spectrum from Riley and the Martins is the lushly sensuous painting of Howard Hodgkin (b. 1932), who has sustained the native tradition of abstraction founded on representation: the nudes and still lifes of Sir Matthew Smith (1879 - 1959) and the watery landscapes of Ivon Hitchens (1893 - 1979) all seem to have influenced him.

Clearly, Blannin is participating in that other tradition of abstraction that is connected more to Constructivism than to American Abstract Expressionism, the tradition that includes the British Constructionists and the Systems Group where the sense of «system» is a mathematical one.

Torkwase Dyson has dedicated a series of black abstract paintings to «black interiority», reclaiming traditions of abstraction and deploying them to deal with the physical spaces inhabited by black people, which are often absent from the mainstream narrative.

Finally, quilting was for Williams another manifestation of an African American tradition of abstraction.»

What their painting holds in common is their obvious love for the physicality of paint, their desire to create worlds that the viewer can enter, and their commitment to work forward in the historical tradition of abstraction, drawing on the past with the intention of developing a new visual vocabulary.

From the text provided by the Tate (curated by Mark Godfrey) for the aforementioned Painting After Technology display the explanation is given that: «Many of these artists are also concerned with working within or against the established traditions of abstraction... If gestures were usually assigned to an expressive artist, can a gesture be faked, or non-assignable?

ABSTRACTION celebrates the perseverance of non-figurative and non-objective art, including the practitioners, pioneers and those currently working in the traditions of abstraction.

While the title alludes to the well - known 1984 novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, this exhibition focuses on a literal lightness of materials and engages the tradition of abstraction.

Do you see yourself as an action painter or one who is continuing the tradition of Abstraction Expressionism?

They show signs of process, and they're abstract but not in a tradition of abstraction, more a tradition of postpainting, societally critical conceptualism.

celebrated the perseverance of non-figurative and non-objective art, including the practitioners, pioneers and those working in the traditions of abstraction.

The work presented in «Exceptional» offers a contemporary vision of the traditions of abstraction.

The paintings, sculpture, and works on paper in the Henry Street Gallery explore the tradition of abstraction in the visual arts.

«The Highlights» are bold colour compositions steeped in the traditions of abstraction and expressionism, and the exhibition also features a series of works the Central St Martins graduate calls her «wallpapers».

Some imagery hints at the mystical and psychedelic — mushrooms and pyramids — while other works fall squarely within the traditions of abstraction.

They suggest landscapes, but bear little resemblance to concrete scenes, objects, or experiences; in the tradition of abstraction, they are not representative, but exist as objects or places to be experienced in and of themselves.

This catalogue marks Brice Marden's first exhibition in London since 2000 and is notable for his in - depth exploration of multiple varieties of terre verte.Brice Marden has furthered the traditions of abstraction...

Dedicated to continuing the tradition of abstraction, Otero is an innovator in the genre.

Nico Munuera's pictorial practice relates to the tradition of abstraction that pierces through the whole avant - garde and neo-avant-garde.

From his early monochromes to his calligraphic compositions of the last three decades, Brice Marden has extended and refined the traditions of abstraction.

Brice Marden has furthered the traditions of abstraction with his exploration of surface, material, and color, from his early monochromatic work to his more recent calligraphic compositions.