Sentences with phrase «varying shape of the canvas»

In their works they dealt with what they considered to be the fundamental formal elements of abstract painting: pure, unmodulated areas of color; flat, two - dimensional space; monumental scale; and the varying shape of the canvas itself.

Not exact matches

A characteristic permanent installation might consist of a series of large single - color painted canvases or steel panels in varying shapes — wedges, arcs, triangles, trapezoids — cartwheeling across an expanse of wall.

This idea of a theatrical, eccentrically shaped space is echoed in a varied series ofTeatrini (1965 - 66) with their characteristic black frames that create a void around the canvas.

His various methods for producing optical effects on canvas, including his use of color — contrasting, physical mixing or varying proportions of just one color — in combination with other techniques, such overlapping planar shapes or lines in compositions; defining shapes with hard or diffuse edges; adding vertical or horizontal lines to activate the surfaces; and layering dots, dashes and triangles in contrasting colors on the surfaces to produce vibrational effects.

The artist has created a new work for the exhibition, 3 Part Variation # 11 (2017), in which a trio of canvases are arranged with varying temperature and pastel tones of blue, grey and yellow, creating a subtle depth within the abstract shapes and lines.