Spontaneous Lines

It is unsurprising that, historically, black as a color has been linked to somberness, melancholy and madness, but the history of this color is so much more nuanced than that. From the thick black strokes creating spontaneous lines in Edouard Manet's Music in the Tuileries (1862) to Anish Kapoor gaining the rights to Vantablack (the darkest shade of black at the time) in 2016, the use of black line has captured the artist's obsessions for centuries. Pierre Soulages used black line as a way to provide texture to his paintings, playing with how black and light interact upon the canvas. Whilst Mark Rothko revered the simplicity of color and line, and their rightful place in the history of abstract art, as a link between the emoting artist and their expression on the canvas – regardless of whether that emotion was dark or not. Line is the ultimate factor of definition and declaration, thus, unsurprisingly it is used instinctively by the artist. In Artsper's own selection of works, the likes of Moon Shin and Gérard Escougnou have been noted for their use of spontaneous lines. In fact, Escougnou uses black lines to emit vibrations from his work, with white used as a void or a moment of silence. Lines can cause the viewer to become introspective and reflective, a way for the viewer to relate to a work and the artist's reasons for creating it.

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1979 Moon Shin Monumental sculpture on Woodstock paper Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea

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Maelstrom Series 67

Maelstrom Series 68

Maelstrom Series 77

Thaw 14

Small Yellow Sign No 7, Abstrait Minimaliste

1979 Moon Shin Monumental sculpture on Woodstock paper Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea

Vision 3

Vision 1

Brain Power 2

Small Blue Sign No 8 | Abstrait Minimaliste

Small Blue Sign No 7 | Abstrait Minimaliste

Brain Power

Two Small Yellow Signs, Deux Tableaux Abstraits

Small Yellow Sign No 11, Abstrait Minimaliste

Small Yellow Sign No 10, Abstrait Minimaliste

Small Yellow Sign No 8, Abstrait Minimaliste

Small Yellow Sign No 5

Small Yellow Sign No 4

Small Yellow Sign No 3

Small Yellow Sign No 2 | Abstrait Minimaliste

Small Yellow Sign No 1 | Abstrait Minimaliste

Small Sign No 29 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Small Sign No 27 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Small Sign No 26 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Small Sign No 23 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Small Sign No 22 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Small Sign No 21 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Small Sign No 19 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Small Sign No 17 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Small Sign No 16 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Small Sign No 15 - Black and White Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste Noir et Blanc)

Roi carolingien

L'intrigant

Infrablue

Partage de midi

1958 Parisiens Parisians

1956 Dieu dans la rivière River God

Iago

Sculpture Moon Shin Museum 3

Le village hanté

Big Melt #10

Big Melt #16

Tipping Point #5

Tipping Point #7

Thaw 3

Gushing 3

Blue Melt 19

Big Blue Melt 14

Ablation Zone 6

1955 Le coq The peacock

Le jardin des supplices

Collection les Bleus de St Laz Perso

1958 Parisienne au fauteuil Parisian on a chair MUSEUM SINGAPOUR Collection

Peindre aujourd'hui II

Peindre aujourd'hui

Sans titre

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Marie M

Equilibre

1958 Course de chevaux Horse Race

1958 Course de Voiliers Sailing boats race