These pieces in particular demonstrate his "hard edge," or constructivist, style, in which Allan used bold colors and sharp geometrical figures to transform deep perspective fields into stark and simplified two-dimensional images.
« My most profound experiences of landscape were looking through the windshield. »
Allan D'Arcangelo
With this technique he was able to both portray and transcend spatial relationships, allowing the images to be experienced as representative of both direct experience and more general symbolism. Allan D'Arcangelo's work was included in a number of important
Pop Art exhibitions, including Mixed Media and
Pop Art at the Albright-Knox Museum in 1963. His paintings are in the permanent collections of a number of museums
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These pieces in particular demonstrate his "hard edge," or constructivist, style, in which Allan used bold colors and sharp geometrical figures to transform deep perspective fields into stark and simplified two-dimensional images.
« My most profound experiences of landscape were looking through the windshield. »
Allan D'Arcangelo
With this technique he was able to both portray and transcend spatial relationships, allowing the images to be experienced as representative of both direct experience and more general symbolism. Allan D'Arcangelo's work was included in a number of important
Pop Art exhibitions, including Mixed Media and
Pop Art at the Albright-Knox Museum in 1963. His paintings are in the permanent collections of a number of museums, such as the Tate Britain in London and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. (
Artist website)
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