Typically
using symmetrical compositions, Colman explores themes of human sexuality, societal hierarchies, and life and death.
Typically
using symmetrical compositions, Colman explores themes of human sexuality, societal hierarchies, life and death.
Not exact matches
I also love the stories within stories and the marvelous
use of models and bright colors to accentuate the artificiality of the world Anderson constructs, as well as the claustrophobic spaces and
symmetrical compositions.
Initially, Sanín created works
using a gestural abstract style, like contemporaries Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, and Joan Mitchell, but found her true voice in the geometry of hard - edge,
symmetrical compositions filled with flat planes of color.
(1959), «Black Paintings» series «Out of frustration with some previous works I'd made
using combinations of black, yellow and red stripes, I started making
symmetrical paintings with all - black bands that radiated in concentric patterns from the center of the
composition.
Contemporary artists like Shinique Smith or Yinka Shonibare who
use bundled discarded garments or African textiles respectively also relate, as do recent «it is what it is» explorations of simple and
symmetrical abstract
compositions by Josh Smith or Joe Bradley.
Symmetrical balance is achieved when the
composition uses mirror imaging, and asymmetrical balance is achieved when the visual elements aren't mirrored along a central axis, but the visual placement still produces a pleasing overall effect.
Blannin has responded to the fresco's particular chromatic properties by
using a series of collaged drawings as the basis for paintings, whose oppositional and complimentary colour relationships highlight, balance and unbalance the
symmetrical composition through the organisation of form and layers of paint.