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.
Antoni Tapies
Moon Shin
Moon Shin Museum Stairs 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch
£1,707
Blue Simphony / Symphonie en bleue
Moon Shin
Painting - 42 x 27 cm Painting - 16.5 x 10.6 inch
£2,651
Famille Family MMCA Museum Seoul Collection
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch
£1,752
Sculpture Moon Shin TOTEM 1975
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 10 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.1 x 3.9 inch
£1,707
Moon Shin Two Black Sculptures 1978
Moon Shin
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 21 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 8.3 inch
£2,606
Gina Vor
Hans Hartung
Chiharu Shiota
State of Being (pistol)
Chiharu Shiota
Sculpture - 50 x 50 x 30 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 19.7 x 11.8 inch
£116,818
Philippe Cognée
Tête brûlée
Philippe Cognée
Sculpture - 20 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 7.9 x 6.5 x 1 inch
£1,797 £1,617
Charles Lapicque
Les comédiens dans la forêt
Charles Lapicque
Painting - 92 x 65 x 6 cm Painting - 36.2 x 25.6 x 2.4 inch
£43,133
Le patriote Ref AB122
Charles Lapicque
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 inch
£2,696
Apo
Kam Zin Choon
1952 Paris Portrait
Kam Zin Choon
Fine Art Drawings - 60 x 45 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.2 inch
£854
1956 Dieu dans la rivière River God
Kam Zin Choon
Painting - 50 x 30 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 11.8 x 0.2 inch
£1,752
1958 Parisiens Parisians
Kam Zin Choon
Painting - 48 x 64 x 0.5 cm Painting - 18.9 x 25.2 x 0.2 inch
£1,033
Jaanika Peerna
Small Maelstrom (Ref 855)
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 18.1 inch
£970
Storm Series (Ref 844)
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 18.1 inch
£970
Screech of ice series 42
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.7 inch
£700
Screech of ice series 43
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.7 inch
£700
Screech of ice series 41
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 28 x 22 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11 x 8.7 inch
£700
Storm Series (Ref 845)
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 18.1 inch
£970
Small Maelstrom (Ref 854)
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 46 x 46 cm Fine Art Drawings - 18.1 x 18.1 inch
£970
Maelstrom Series 77
Jaanika Peerna
Fine Art Drawings - 92 x 92 cm Fine Art Drawings - 36.2 x 36.2 inch
£2,450
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Unda III
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Painting - 122 x 62 x 3 cm Painting - 48 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch
£2,741
All in one
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Sculpture - 194 x 115 x 3 cm Sculpture - 76.4 x 45.3 x 1.2 inch
£5,616
Untitled
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,168
Untitled
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,168
Untitled
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,168
Untitled
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
£1,168
Untitled
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Painting - 55 x 40 x 1 cm Painting - 21.7 x 15.7 x 0.4 inch
£791
Cirrus
Vincent Abadie Hafez a.k.a Zepha
Painting - 115 x 97 x 3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 38.2 x 1.2 inch
£3,999