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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Orella

Marie M

Equilibre

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1970 Abstraction MOON SHIN MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul

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Aparicions 4

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Roseline

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Carne Dei Fiori

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Hilaire

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Corps

Sienna Portrait Sculpture 1977

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Follow the Line 6 - Linear Abstract (Abstrait Linéaire)

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Happy - Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste)

Melting 5 - Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste)

Melting 4 - Minimalist Abstract (Abstrait Minimaliste)

Mia

Kanelle

Totem Dyade 1971

MMCA Musem Collection 2023 RetrospectiveFourmis Sculptures Ants

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Butterfly sculpture MOON SHIN COLLECTION MMCA MUSEUM SEOUL SOUTH KOREA

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1972 MMCA Museum Collection Sculpture Vase

3 Totems à Bulbes 1972 MMCA Museum Collection

1971 MMCA Museum Collection Pagoda 5 Moon Shin sculptures

MMCA Museum Collection 2 Pagodas Fountain sculptures Moon Shin 1979

3 Moon Shin MMCA Museum Collection Sculptures Pagodes Pagodas

1979 Moon Shin Monumental sculpture on the City

Totem from Barcares 1970 to Seoul Olympiads 1988, Collection MMCA Museum Modern Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea