Ghostly Calligraphies
Though calligraphy is the art of writing, that art is measured by the interpretation of the beholder. Using the tools of a writer, whether that be the brush, ink, paint or pen the artist can create a connection between symbol and gesture. Unsurprisingly, calligraphy finds a home in the Abstract Expressionism movement that followed the end of World War II. The likes of Jasper Johns, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler and Franz Kline sought to create deeper connections with the self and express what was reserved for the interior in a much more honest way. But that interior may be filled with an interest in the fantastic, plagued by grief or consumed by miserabilism. Though Kline is the artist from the movement of Abstract Expressionism most associated with the use of calligraphy, Bernard Buffet, featured here on Artsper, also began to convey the personality of his interior by 1947 – after war had ended. The Parisian-born Buffet tried to save money and used very little paint on his canvases. Therefore there was little variety in color, and mostly grey, black and green tones are seen in his portraits. The grey faces, wrinkled foreheads, thinning hair and contracted hands took on a crucified, ghostly appearance. Whilst the likes of Bruno Mallart modernizes his version of ghostly calligraphies by merging it with digital techniques.
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Bruno Mallart
Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 22 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.7 x 8.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,192
Tête tatouée
Geneviève Seillé
Fine Art Drawings - 91 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 35.8 x 18.1 inch
$3,815
Little Batman revisité
Fabien Verschaere
Sculpture - 23 x 11 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 4.3 x 3.9 inch
$1,431
Menunggu Pelanggan
Imam Sucahyo
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 11 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 4.3 inch
$715
Vanité
Eugénie Lichet
Fine Art Drawings - 84 x 59 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 33.1 x 23.2 x 0 inch
$775
Homes Without Hands
Adele Moreau
Sculpture - 40.5 x 45 x 8 cm Sculpture - 15.9 x 17.7 x 3.1 inch
$1,256
Au pied de la lettre
Bruno Mallart
Sculpture - 43 x 27 x 7 cm Sculpture - 16.9 x 10.6 x 2.8 inch
$4,172
Jack Danieel
Mehdi Mirbagheri
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 100 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 39.4 inch
$2,384
Cicada Mechanimal
Ardif
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 20 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,001
Sans titre
Gérard Garouste
Fine Art Drawings - 78 x 58 cm Fine Art Drawings - 30.7 x 22.8 inch
$16,690
Affiche d'exposition, lettrage argent Lumière et ténèbres d'Adam et Eve 2019
Marko Zoric
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$179
Mexico
Lucas Ninin
Fine Art Drawings - 17 x 28 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.7 x 11 x 0.1 inch
$238 $215
Sans titre
Charles Djerry
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 51 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 20.1 inch
$1,669
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Julien Soone
Sculpture - 80 x 6 x 10 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 2.4 x 3.9 inch
$2,265
Yellow Man Car
Bault
Fine Art Drawings - 18 x 13 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.1 x 5.1 x 0 inch
$262
Planète Rimbaud
Gabor Breznay
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
$477
Die Wasser Schlange
Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 100 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,384
The Bottle in Green
David Paul Kay
Sculpture - 27 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
$2,861
Ocean Blue Three
David Paul Kay
Sculpture - 30 x 25 x 22 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 9.8 x 8.7 inch
$5,245
Les peintres de rue d'apres Caillebotte
Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 46 x 61 x 0.2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.1 inch
$1,788
Kafka sur le rivage
Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 80 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch
$1,669
Notre-Dame - Rose
Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
$3,576
Chasse de nuit d'après Pablo Uccello
Artiste Ouvrier
Painting - 40 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,384
Les Pommes de la Connaissance
Bernard Buffet
Print - 65.5 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 25.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$2,217
Venus de Milo, Icons Series
David Paul Kay
Painting - 157 x 36 x 0.1 cm Painting - 61.8 x 14.2 x 0 inch
$13,709
La Tour Solidor
Bernard Buffet
Print - 80 x 121 x 0.05 cm Print - 31.5 x 47.6 x 0 inch
$2,980 $2,682
Empire State of Mind
David Paul Kay
Painting - 88 x 203 x 0.1 cm Painting - 34.6 x 79.9 x 0 inch
$16,690
