Archives for posts tagged ‘abstraction’

Theo van Doesburg

  Theo van Doesburg From top to bottom: Still Life (1913), Design for the Central Hall of a University (1923), Maison Particuliere: Axonometric Drawing (1923), and Contra-Construction Project Axonometric (1923) “Born Christian Emil Küpper in 1883 into an artistic family in Utrecht, he only became “Theo Doesburg” when he started painting – his adopted name being borrowed from his stepfather. The “van” […]

Painter Painter

Work from Painter Painter at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Painter Painter presents new work by 15 artists from the US and Europe in a focused survey of emergent developments in abstract painting and studio practice. With an expanded series of public programs, it also considers the ever-shifting role of the painter in contemporary art and culture, […]

Chad Muthard

Chad Muthard Work from Lost in Thought. “The work I construct is an attempt to resolve issues or conflicts in the mind. Most of the work is derived from events or moments in life, that I struggle to understand the affect of and/or outcome of the situation. These ideas are then taken and projected into […]

Casey Reas

Casey Reas Work from The Protean Image and Process 18 (Object 1, 2). “The Protean Image plays with the mutable nature of software. Participants modify the software by filling out programming cards that are inserted into The Protean Image Machine. The Machine reads the cards and makes alterations to the software as it’s projected onto […]

Marilyn Minter

Marilyn Minter Work from Green Pink Caviar Green Pink Caviar is up at Salon 94 in NYC until June 13. Amazing photo-realistic paintings that are a far cry from what I normally post, but what the hell, it is my birthday, literally. “Id and superego fight it out on the lush picture planes of Marilyn […]