Her concentrated compositions engage
the viewer in the contemplation of pure abstraction, in which colour relationships structure a luminosity that emanates, creating complex layers of space.
He focuses on conveying expansive spaces as aims for his scenes to fully envelop
the viewer in contemplation.
Not exact matches
It can be argued that this scale is more difficult to work with, as they forgo the impact of a larger piece, pulling the
viewer in close to create a more intimate experience, one that invites study,
contemplation, even scrutiny.
As a result, the paintings produce
in the responsive
viewer a sense of the ethereal and a state of spiritual
contemplation.
Dubuffet requires the
viewers toparticipate
in this frenzy of visual information, and asks them to get lost
in contemplation and experience,
in Dubuffet's words, «viewing by the mind, not the eyes».
Dreamlike, mystical, surrealist, but also harboring references to the everyday, his paintings alternate between engaging the
viewers directly and holding back
in passive
contemplation.
Dubuffet requires the
viewers to participate
in this frenzy of visual information, and asks them to get lost
in contemplation and experience,
in Dubuffet's words, «viewing by the mind, not the eyes».
The artist often appears as the subject of her paintings, depicted with her back turned to the
viewer, looking away or
in partial view, amidst large family gatherings,
in quiet
contemplation, or
in private moments with her husband.
They also allow the
viewer to look at them
in a way that eases the
contemplation of weightier issues.»
Bhavsar's work draws the
viewer in, commanding serious
contemplation.
The
viewer is privy to the softest, most intimate parts of their daily rituals, from bathing to dressing, writing
in their diaries and solitary
contemplation.
The works
in the show offer a wide spectrum of interpretive variations on this theme, all of which are guaranteed to engage
viewers in thoughtful
contemplation and visual delight.
In this sense, her art is a metaphysical
contemplation, encouraging the
viewer to observe closely and inspiring to make one's own marks within the uncontrollable setting of life.
As reflected
in the title of the exhibition, the works» ambition is to transcend boundaries and invite
viewers to
contemplation.
In this new body of work I am continuing my exploration of the art object as a catalyst for
contemplation and meditation for the
viewer as well as the artist.
The Unswept Floors series offers actual environments upon or across which one moves and interacts, while the works
in Tabula Rasa both engage and confront the
viewer in private moments of
contemplation.
Starting with the gallery foyer and expanding up to the second floor, the exhibition immerses the
viewer into a sensory journey
in which basic acts such hearing and seeing become vessels for
contemplation and introspection.
Again,
in a 1998 interview with Charles Merewether, Salcedo expounds upon this notion of the metamorphosis, describing the experience of the
viewer with her own artistic repair or restoration of the past: «The silent
contemplation of each
viewer permits the life seen
in the work to reappear.
C,
in its reductive simplicity, aims to place the
viewer «
in an indeterminate, luminous space,
in attentive
contemplation» experiencing the light and space of symbolic carbon.
Using the world around her and the antics of her friends and family as her primary influences Tinari gives the
viewer a glimpse of a life that is full of action and adventure along with moments of
contemplation; reflected
in her recent work featured
in her 2013 show at Mixed Greens that focuses on objects related to her son, Mars.
Mark Rothko, Clyfford Stills, Barnett Newman) were experimenting with the use of flat areas or fields of colour to induce
contemplation in the
viewer - even to a pitch of mystic intensity.
Since then, I have found a place to marry the worlds of literal and conceptual reality and so,
in a sense, I'm reaching backwards, taking parts I liked
in my earlier work and using the skills and interests that evolved over time and re-making what I have been always searching for
in my work, to make each painting a unique, intimate environment that invites the
viewer to experience and offer
contemplation on a multi-faceted level.