Gestural abstraction

The phrase gestural abstraction refers to a way of making art - not what necessarily gets painted, but how it does.  By abandoning the application of paint to a surface in a controlled and premeditated way, gestural painters apply paint intuitively, physically, by dripping, splattering, pouring, smearing or throwing it at the surface itself. What matters to the gestural abstraction painters then isn't the paint but the physicality, honesty, intuition and deep personal expression. This in turn leads to the artist abandoning a focus on subject matter, turning inward for inspiration. As such, the act of painting itself becomes the subject. Willem de Kooning, Lee Krasner and Franz Kline led this movement from the 1940s onwards, with Jackson Pollock undoubtedly being the most notable with his pierced paint tins, dripping across the surface of Number 1A, 1948 (1948).  Abstract gestural painters explore their deepest emotions and they express that part of themselves during the physical act of painting. Pollock would later note that he had no fears about making changes to a painting, because, he said, the work has a life of its own. The painting itself is a relic of the action, it is a recording of the gestures made. Still influencing artists today, the likes of Caroline Vis and Sebastien Desnos (s3b desnos) both reference Pollock in their work, either echoing the expression of emotion or indeed as Desnos puts it, “action painting."

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Painting, covid 2019, Muriel Deumie

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Painting, Cabeza II, Pasturo

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Painting - 115 x 75 x 3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

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Painting, Cabeza, Pasturo

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Painting, Because More, Kris Haas

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Painting, ADN privé, Muriel Deumie

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Painting - 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

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Painting, Today, Francesco Martini

Francesco Martini

Painting - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch

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Painting, Stimulus 5, Gina Vor

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Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$481

Painting, Stimulus 3, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$481

Painting, Stimulus 1, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$481

Painting, Aqua 4, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$481

Painting, Pink Loafers, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$481

Painting, Red Stilettos, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$481

Painting, Yellow Shoes, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$481

Painting, Abstract No. 86, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 29.5 x 23 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.6 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

$180

Painting, Abstract No. 85, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 29 x 18 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.4 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch

$180

Painting, Abstract No. 84, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 31 x 23 x 0.2 cm Painting - 12.2 x 9.1 x 0.1 inch

$180

Painting, Abstract No. 82, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 33 x 24 x 0.2 cm Painting - 13 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch

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Painting, La scène, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

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Painting, Theorem 2, Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

Painting - 100.1 x 249.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 98.4 x 1 inch

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Max Yaskin

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Painting, Winter, Max Yaskin

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Painting - 150 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$1,023

Painting, Drips 7, Max Yaskin

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Painting, Elements n°16, Alice Maier

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Damien Berrard

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Damien Berrard

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Painting, About fear, Yichao Sun

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