Sam Francis

Untitled, 1984

106.7 X 73 inch

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Tomma Abts

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With upright frameworks and perpendicular arrangements, which challenge the bystander as a striking representational structure would, Tomma Abts has built an enthusiastic following for her conceptual paintings. Born in Kiel in Germany in 1967, Abts has decided to name many of her works after German provinces and counties, a choice which amplifies the personification of her thematic process. She rarely decides which subject matter to explore, prior to immersing herself with the particulars of her method, which invariably include a specific canvas size, and her usual operating tools.

"I work inside- out, so to say, and the shapes are almost negative shapes." 
Tomma Abts
 
She favours fast drying industrial paint as well as pigments to expand her sketches form initial, carefully patterned components. Her paintings are often viewed as theoretical, and non-pictorial, and she has indeed decided to distance herself from the German Expressionist school of art: she has consciously decided to avoid conventional forms of characterization.

"I start with nothing really, I make no sketches before I start the painting, I work directly onto the canvas." 
Tomma Abts

 
The reality of the world perceptible with the senses, is seldom featured in her paintings, and she doesn't borrow from the specifics of individual physical experience to relate her vision the observer. Instead, she conjures multi-layered configurations, which creat
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Tomma Abts

Ohne Titel, 2015

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What is geometric abstract art?

This is one of the forms of abstract art that uses geometric forms placed into a non-illusionistic space (though not always) and then combined into non representational(non objective) compositions. From the experience and results of the many years of research in the area of art, artists have suggested that the process of geometric abstraction can be a solution to the modern problems where some artists have been rejecting illusionistic practices.

Ellsworth KELLY | Red Curve (For Joel) | Lithograph  available for sale on composition gallery

Ellsworth Kelly

Red Curve (For Joel), 1993

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Jim DINE | Untitled | Woodcut available for sale on composition gallery

Jim Dine

Untitled, 1996

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Alexander CALDER | Untitled | Lithograph  available for sale on composition gallery

Alexander Calder

Untitled, 1975

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Julio LE PARC | Dessin Infinie 36 | Marker available for sale on composition gallery

Julio Le Parc

Dessin Infinie 36, 2022

Drawing / Watercolor

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