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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Spontaneous Lines

Minor

Nocturno Matinal

Yellow Abstract Diptych, Diptyque Abstrait Jaune

Éloigne toi

Odon

Farandole 8

Variation 15

Parfum

Farandole 7

Farandole 1

Blue Abstract No. 5

LLambrec 10

Farandole 2

Vers le large

Les roseaux Vert 1

Derrière les roseaux bleus 2

Artists Against Torture

Sans titre

Berlin Suite

Paroles Peintes IV

La Main Jaune

Farandole

Farandole 18

Farandole

D'eux

AL 4

Looking Blue

Als Mestres de Catalunya

Espiral

Homage to Picasso

Moon Shin MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul, South Korea, Column Sculpture 1972

1977 Moon Shin Série de Sculptures Noires MMCA MUSEUM SEOUL Collection

Moon Shin 9 Black Sculptures 1978 MMCA MUSEUM SEOUL Collection

Moon Shin Two Black Sculptures 1978

Paris Blue Sculptures 1972

Sans-titre

Farandole 11

Quatre carrés

HC L-52

Regarde

Les roseaux verts 2

Et l'oiseau

Des corps II

Broussailles

Sans titre

Stairs museum Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea

Meditation

Not There 1

Cosmic Beasts

Gestures

Las Estampas de la Cometa

Las Estampas de la Cometa

Rhythm

Mindfulness

Victoria

Japandi 2

Impact 2

Terra Cotta

Japan

Blue And Red

Supernova No. 10

Space

Llambrec 15

Farandole

Farandole

AL 2