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The unpredictability of human behavior is fodder for Abstract Expressionism. Sudden movement, brief glances and impermanent facial expressions defy the strict laws of realism, so how about a shift away from it? Portraiture may be described as still, posed and an effective rendering of the human form in the subject of figurative art. But the human can also be dynamic and in a state of motion, impossible to portray during sittings. By moving away from realism and using light, color, shapes and mixed media, abstract art creates movement on the canvas itself echoing the dynamism of the figure - the subject of abstract portraiture. Abstract artists such as Theo van Doesburg and his 1915 work Abstract Portrait uses  blocks of color and shapes to carve out what we recognize to be a figure. But the figure is deconstructed and seems to move and shift on the canvas. Expecting to see a face, the viewer uses their eye to put the portrait back together and find the figure in the work.  Today, Shay Mess combines female faces with nature to create portraits that are floral, saturated with color and draw the viewer in. Whilst Mario Henrique focuses on the dynamism of the human form depicting dancers and the fleeting nature of the human body.


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Painting, Freundschaft, Mila Veljac'a

Freundschaft

Mila Veljac'a

Painting - 160 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 63 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 3,408

Design, Child, Reinaldo Chavez

Child

Reinaldo Chavez

Design - 23.5 x 18 x 3 cm Design - 9.3 x 7.1 x 1.2 inch

CHF 224

Painting, Mexico, Toni Caldentey

Mexico

Toni Caldentey

Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,947

Painting, Tchin, Isabelle Lebret

Tchin

Isabelle Lebret

Painting - 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

CHF 2,142

Painting, Fête, Zwy Milshtein

Fête

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch

CHF 1,558

Painting, Le retour I, Kaige Yang

Le retour I

Kaige Yang

Painting - 30 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

CHF 1,558

Painting, Sin retorno, Toni Caldentey

Sin retorno

Toni Caldentey

Painting - 130 x 97 x 2 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,947

Painting, Octave, Zwy Milshtein

Octave

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 54 x 37 x 0.1 cm Painting - 21.3 x 14.6 x 0 inch

CHF 1,558

Painting, Destiny, Oleg Zhivetin

Destiny

Oleg Zhivetin

Painting - 120 x 120 x 0.2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,599

Painting, Absence, Ryse Kaïa

Absence

Ryse Kaïa

Painting - 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

CHF 1,850

Painting, Indifférence, Ryse Kaïa

Indifférence

Ryse Kaïa

Painting - 97 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

CHF 1,947

Painting, Fleur bleue, Zwy Milshtein

Fleur bleue

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 162 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 10,710

Painting, Boge Moi, Zwy Milshtein

Boge Moi

Zwy Milshtein

Painting - 162 x 130 x 2 cm Painting - 63.8 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 9,736

Painting, The Gossip, Oleg Zhivetin

The Gossip

Oleg Zhivetin

Painting - 147 x 171 x 0.2 cm Painting - 57.9 x 67.3 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,999

Painting, La lecture, Zwy Milshtein

La lecture

Zwy Milshtein

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

CHF 5,063

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