Olitski applied the paint by staining, then spraying, and later used
unconventional tools such as brooms, mops, and leaf blowers, among other things.
Not exact matches
In the 1940s and 1950s the main groups within the Abstract expressionism were the «Gesture Painters» and the «Color - Field Painters», who experimented with new techniques for applying paint: dripping, pouring, throwing, squirting, squeegeeing, and spattering, and with the use of
unconventional tools,
such as wall paper brushes, sticks, and trowels.
In her practice, she often used
tools associated with mechanical reproduction that she employs in
unconventional ways, as well as mechanically reproduced materials,
such as a windows screens, plastic mannequins, and studio floor debris from previous art pieces.
Richter's surfaces also record the quickness or slowness of his gestures, gestures made with physical effort, but mediated through large
unconventional tools,
such as house paint brushes taped to long bamboo rods and variously sized squeegees edged with transparent Plexiglas.