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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Joeur de football sur fond sienna / Soccer Player on sienna background
Moon Shin
Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch
$3,410
Sans Titre (Untitled)
Antoni Tapies
Print - 29.5 x 46.1 x 0.1 cm Print - 11.6 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$1,734
Sign No. 14
Gina Vor
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$231
1973 Sienna Abstraction 2 Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul
Moon Shin
Painting - 24 x 18 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 inch
$8,669
Supernova 5 | Abstrait | Abstract
Gina Vor
Painting - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$173
Simones
Claire Bonnet-Masimbert
Sculpture - 60 x 24 x 24 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 9.4 x 9.4 inch
$1,040 $988
Violet Diptych, Diptyque Violet
Gina Vor
Painting - 30.2 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.9 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$231
MOON SHIN Red ink Sculpture 1972 Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul
Moon Shin
Painting - 15 x 12 cm Painting - 5.9 x 4.7 inch
$4,508
Black purple Abstraction 1973 Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul
Moon Shin
Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.2 inch
$5,664
Deep Purple blue Abstraction Pourpre Bleue 1972
Moon Shin
Painting - 24 x 22 x 0.5 cm Painting - 9.4 x 8.7 x 0.2 inch
$5,201 $2,601
1979 Poisson dans l'abysse Fish in Abyss
Moon Shin
Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch
$5,722
1979 Losange sur fond bleu Diamond on blue
Moon Shin
Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch
$5,779
1979 Losange sur fond bleu Diamond on blue
Moon Shin
Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch
$5,779
1979 Playing soccer Jouer au football Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul
Moon Shin
Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch
$5,722
1979 Tête de profil Bleu Blanc Rouge Head in profile Blue White Red
Moon Shin
Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch
$5,779
3 in 1 - Abstract Triptych (Triptyque Abstrait)
Gina Vor
Painting - 96 x 24 x 0.1 cm Painting - 37.8 x 9.4 x 0 inch
$289
