Word: abstractionism
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Some Options in Abstraction, a thoughtful and provocative show curated by Klaus Kertess at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, seeks to make this relationship accessible and concrete. Kertess has selected a small but rich and diverse body of work; these dozen paintings and photographs by seven artists illuminate...
Fuss sucessfully infuses a kind of meta-realism into his work, using the actual process as a means of bringing the outside world into abstraction. His photograms—prints created sans negative, by placing objects directly on photosensitive material—resemble a cross between the line and drips...
Laura Owens provides the clearest, and most whimsical, example of the connection between abstraction and figuration. In “Untitled” (1999), a monkey sits atop a branch, staring at a bee, which exists in three dimensions as thick gobs of oil paint form the yellow and black...
Because the abstract can seem disconnected from daily reality, from the expected, it is often a more difficult form of artistic expression for viewers to connect with. However, it can be rewarding to come to terms with the unfamiliarity of abstraction—by seeing how truly familiar it can...
"Stripburger" #28 brings out the child in you. A tactile delight, you start by rubbing your hand over the ribbed cardboard tube that wraps around the box like the cozies they put around your morning coffee cup. Small squares and circles have been handcut into the cardboard, so creatures underneath...