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, Heads up, Catherine Clare

Catherine Clare

Painting . 46 x 38 x 2.5 cm Painting . 18.1 x 15 x 1 inch

CHF 1,220

Sculpture, Hybrid Lamb, Catherine Clare

Catherine Clare

Sculpture . 50 x 35 x 20 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 13.8 x 7.9 inch

CHF 1,171

Sculpture, Agape, Catherine Clare

Catherine Clare

Sculpture . 26 x 11 x 8 cm Sculpture . 10.2 x 4.3 x 3.1 inch

CHF 878

Painting, Scoop3, Agathe Wagner

Agathe Wagner

Painting . 50 x 50 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

CHF 927

Painting, Sisters, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

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

CHF 342

Photography, Les Moais, Aurélie Trabaud

Aurélie Trabaud

Photography . 29.3 x 21 x 0.1 cm Photography . 11.5 x 8.3 x 0 inch

CHF 205

Print, Abaque, Eduardo Arroyo

Eduardo Arroyo

Print . 40 x 30 cm Print . 15.7 x 11.8 inch

CHF 195

Sculpture, Punk man, Odin Pigelet

Odin Pigelet

Sculpture . 50 x 27 x 3 cm Sculpture . 19.7 x 10.6 x 1.2 inch

CHF 488 CHF 439

Painting, Mi amor, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

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

CHF 390

Sculpture, Abstraction, Catherine Clare

Catherine Clare

Sculpture . 35 x 28 x 28 cm Sculpture . 13.8 x 11 x 11 inch

CHF 878

Painting, Portrait, Gago Chtchyan

Gago Chtchyan

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

CHF 868

Painting, Unbreakable, Natalya Mougenot

Natalya Mougenot

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

CHF 342

Painting, La robe (2), Marta Grassi

Marta Grassi

Painting . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Painting . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

CHF 664

Painting, La robe, Marta Grassi

Marta Grassi

Painting . 50 x 40 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch

CHF 664

Painting, Portrait, Gago Chtchyan

Gago Chtchyan

Painting . 42 x 42 x 2 cm Painting . 16.5 x 16.5 x 0.8 inch

CHF 868