New Figuration

Pigments were invented about 40,000 years ago and since then have been used by artists as a visual element to form works of art. From the use of red in ancient Egypt to blue being more sought after than gold in the middle ages, the use of color and its value has shifted through the ages. This has led to the subsequent color theory in art. It was the German poet Jonathan Wolfgang Goethe who first developed a theory about color (1810). According to him, colors are composed of both light and shadow. Later, the Impressionists would disregard the classic visual elements of painting and indeed figurations and focus on the essence of color, using colors that compliment and capture light rather than use dark colors for shadow. At the turn of the 20th century Vassily Kandinsky created a grid for colors, which associated emotions and sounds with 10 colors. In our selection of works the use and admiration of color is still being explored with Guive Khosravi's works, high in vivid colors are juxtapositions of images mixing well-known characters and images whilst Robert Combas, who in the early 80s invented a new figurative painting (Free Figuration), uses color to manipulate daily life.

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Painting, Dual Unity, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0 inch

CHF 1,944

Painting, Quiet mind, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 59.4 x 42 x 0.1 cm Painting . 23.4 x 16.5 x 0 inch

CHF 486

Painting, Between times, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

CHF 680 CHF 476

Painting, Luminous self, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

Painting . 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Painting . 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch

CHF 389 CHF 330

Painting, Women XXI, Eulogia Merle

Eulogia Merle

Painting . 100 x 81 x 1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.4 inch

CHF 1,935

Painting, Crisis, Carmen Cañadas

Carmen Cañadas

Painting . 33.5 x 18.5 cm Painting . 13.2 x 7.3 inch

CHF 1,215

Sculpture, Joe, Odin Pigelet

Joe

Odin Pigelet

Sculpture . 35 x 20 x 10 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 7.9 x 3.9 inch

CHF 437

Painting, Protect Me, Sarah Elqa

Sarah Elqa

Painting . 65 x 50 cm Painting . 25.6 x 19.7 inch

CHF 890

Painting, Le bain, Odin Pigelet

Odin Pigelet

Painting . 38 x 56 x 0.1 cm Painting . 15 x 22 x 0 inch

CHF 311

Painting, Deux, Anton

Anton

Painting . 70 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

CHF 680