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Gestural abstraction

The phrase gestural abstraction refers to a way of making art - not what necessarily gets painted, but how it does.  By abandoning the application of paint to a surface in a controlled and premeditated way, gestural painters apply paint intuitively, physically, by dripping, splattering, pouring, smearing or throwing it at the surface itself. What matters to the gestural abstraction painters then isn't the paint but the physicality, honesty, intuition and deep personal expression. This in turn leads to the artist abandoning a focus on subject matter, turning inward for inspiration. As such, the act of painting itself becomes the subject. Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner and Franz Kline led this movement from the 1940s onwards, with Jackson Pollock undoubtedly being the most notable with his pierced paint tins, dripping across the surface of Number 1A, 1948 (1948).  Abstract gestural painters explore their deepest emotions and they express that part of themselves during the physical act of painting. Pollock would later note that he had no fears about making changes to a painting, because, he said, the work has a life of its own. The painting itself is a relic of the action, it is a recording of the gestures made. Still influencing artists today, the likes of Caroline Vis and Sebastien Desnos (s3b desnos) both reference Pollock in their work, either echoing the expression of emotion or indeed as Desnos puts it, “action painting."

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Painting, November IV, H-Nguyen

H-Nguyen

Painting - 80 x 60 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$1,030

Painting, November I, H-Nguyen

H-Nguyen

Painting - 80 x 60 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$1,115

Painting, Novembre III, H-Nguyen

H-Nguyen

Painting - 80 x 60 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$1,115

Painting, Monotype2, H-Nguyen

H-Nguyen

Painting - 100 x 80 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 inch

$1,260

Painting, Ti Sento, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch

$4,682

Painting, Delirium, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 130 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

$4,338

Painting, Feeling good, H-Nguyen

H-Nguyen

Painting - 95 x 95 x 3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 37.4 x 1.2 inch

$2,278

Painting, Sphere 3, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 95 x 95 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 37.4 x 0.4 inch

$1,938

Painting, Alchemy 2, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

$1,805

Painting, Shambala, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,635

Painting, Alchemy, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$3,029

Painting, Abstract, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 95 x 135 cm Painting - 37.4 x 53.1 inch

$1,635

Painting, Space 2, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 80 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 31.5 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,151

Painting, Wild Flowers 7, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$2,241

Painting, Two Stars, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,999

Painting, Frozen city, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$2,120

Painting, Patchwork 6, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$2,302

Painting, Leaf Fall, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 90 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,514

Painting, Gravitation 3, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 150 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$1,030

Painting, Winter, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 150 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$1,030

Painting, Expression 2, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 85 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 33.5 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$2,181

Painting, Santorini 5, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$1,878

Painting, Jungle, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$2,241

Painting, Mystic, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 150 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

$1,514

Painting, Manhattan, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 105 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 41.3 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

$2,120

Painting, Wild Flowers 5, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$2,120

Painting, Space 4, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

$1,878

Painting, Flowers 2, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100 x 150 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.4 inch

$1,635

Painting, Drips 7, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 150 x 100 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch

$1,333

Fine Art Drawings, Balancing Act 1, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 51 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 20.1 inch

$1,790

Painting, Floating Light, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$3,392

Painting, Comédie, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$4,846

Painting, Theorem 2, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100.1 x 249.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 98.4 x 1 inch

$2,890

Painting, Elysium I, H-Nguyen

H-Nguyen

Painting - 75 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,914

Painting, Plaisir, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 50 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

$3,029 $2,726

Painting, Big heart, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 114 x 146 x 2 cm Painting - 44.9 x 57.5 x 0.8 inch

$4,664 $3,965

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