Expressing a preference for more
traditional picture space versus an all - over approach to abstraction, Behnke notes: «I don't like a lot of chaos... I want there to be important forms and then lesser forms, important colors and lesser colors.
Not exact matches
The gradual arc of gray iron reaches out of the
space defined by the
traditional picture plane to break new ground (literally and metaphorically), occupying an area normally denied to it by wall mounted work.
In contrast to the
traditional verticality of the renaissance
picture plane, which is dependent on head - to - toe correspondence with the viewer, with his combines Rauschenberg introduced the «flat - bed» plane and in doing so completely reoriented the pictorial surface so that it was no longer representative of a world
space, but an analogue of operational processes.
The intention is to create what the artist calls a «suspended» and constructed array of forms in tiers that build outward into the gallery
space from the
traditional picture plane.
The destruction of
traditional perspectival
space in the
picture plane has defined everything from cubism through Ellsworth Kelly and Andy Warhol all the way up to Takashi Murakami at the turn of the millennium, making «flat» one of the prime qualities sought in good, honest painting.
«It seemed it was not a mirrored object but an object full of mirroredness... If the
traditional sublime is in deep
space, then this is proposing that the contemporary sublime is in front of the
picture plane, not beyond it this is a whole new spatial adventure.
In short, Pollock (and others) jettisoned all the
traditional concepts of composition,
space, volume and depth, allowing the flatness of the
picture plane to take centre stage.
Between them, they jettisoned many of the
traditional concepts of composition,
space, volume and depth, allowing the flatness of the
picture plane to take centre stage.
Log this one into the cool
picture category... This photo from the Flickr account of Jason Kurylo shows UBC's ASRS (Automated Storage and Retrieval System), which allows millions of extra books to be stored in half the
space of a
traditional shelving.
The focal point of this
space is the JF Fabrics
Picture Perfect wallpaper that covers the headboard wall displaying
traditional moulded antiqued frames in subtle neutral greys tones.
A
traditional grandfather clock in the background anchors the light airy
space between
picture windows, framed with neutral patterned curtains.