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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Lemon and Strawberry
Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Summer in a Flower Garden
Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 58 x 58 x 3 cm Painting - 22.8 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,548
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Marta Zawadzka
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
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Âme Sauvage
Painting - 81 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch
$1,250
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Christian Valentine
Painting - 121.9 x 61 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 24 x 2 inch
$1,050
Abstract R 2508
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 140 x 225 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 88.6 x 0 inch
$3,248 $2,923
Abstract R 2506
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 140 x 230 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 90.6 x 0 inch
$3,389 $3,050
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Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 240 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 94.5 x 0 inch
$3,531 $3,177
Abstract 2477
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch
$2,118 $1,906
Abstract 2475
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 120 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,836 $1,652
Abstract 2474
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$2,118 $1,906
Abstract 2467
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$2,118 $1,906
Abstract 2465
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$2,118 $1,906
Abstract 2463
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,118 $1,906
Abstract 2457
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,695 $1,525
Abstract 2454
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$2,118 $1,906
Abstract 2449
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,695 $1,525
Abstract 2447
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,695 $1,525
Abstract 2444
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,695 $1,525
Abstract 2437
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch
$2,118 $1,906
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Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 165 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 65 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,643
Poetic Landscape - Gold II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1 inch
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Tracey Adams
Painting - 122 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 0 inch
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Âme Sauvage
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,071
Abstract 2431
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,836 $1,652
Abstract 2420
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$2,118 $1,906
Abstract 2419
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,118 $1,906
