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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Abstract 2265
Alex Senchenko
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Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch
€1,600
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€1,050
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Abstract 2522
Alex Senchenko
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Abstract 2520
Alex Senchenko
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Abstract 2518
Alex Senchenko
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Abstract 2517
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
€1,861 €1,675
Abstract 2480
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
€1,861 €1,675
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Painting - 30 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch
€170
Nage entre deux eaux
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Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,300
Luxe aquatique (avec de la feuille d'or véritable 24 carats)
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€2,600
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Daniela Pasqualini
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Âme Sauvage
Painting - 120 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch
€1,050
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€1,050
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Abstract 2263
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 40 x 40 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 15.7 x 0.6 inch
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Abstract 2536
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,489 €1,340
Abstract 2535
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€1,489 €1,340
Abstract 2508
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
€1,613 €1,452
Abstract 2528
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
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Abstract 2527
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
€1,489 €1,340
Abstract 2526
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
€1,489 €1,340
Abstract 2521
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
€1,861 €1,675
Abstract 2506
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
€1,861 €1,675
Abstract 2479
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
€1,489 €1,340
