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A la recherche de couleurs II
Yichao Sun
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$509
Visual Poetry II
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch
$1,200
El gran vacio
Gabriela Lavezzari
Painting - 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch
$5,089
Foisonnement
Philippe Hautenauve
Painting - 100 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$2,827
Smooth and rich
Philippe Hautenauve
Painting - 50 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$3,166
Jardin secret
Philippe Hautenauve
Painting - 81 x 116 x 2 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch
$3,732
Richesse et nuances
Philippe Hautenauve
Painting - 116 x 89 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 35 x 0.8 inch
$3,619
Colors moving
Philippe Hautenauve
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$5,428
Voyage en couleur
Philippe Hautenauve
Painting - 50 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$4,297
Ville après la pluie
Yichao Sun
Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch
$6,785
Unseen - Disjointed reality #19
Kris Haas
Painting - 107 x 102 x 0.25 cm Painting - 42.1 x 40.2 x 0.1 inch
$4,015
Chaotic Memories - Disjointed reality #20
Kris Haas
Painting - 94 x 68 x 0.25 cm Painting - 37 x 26.8 x 0.1 inch
$2,884
Seen - Disjointed reality #18
Kris Haas
Painting - 107 x 114 x 0.25 cm Painting - 42.1 x 44.9 x 0.1 inch
$4,015
A closer look (Strange garden) 1
Nestor Toro
Painting - 175.3 x 198.1 x 2.5 cm Painting - 69 x 78 x 1 inch
$18,600
Strange spectra 6 (Over Red)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 76.2 x 182.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 72 x 0.7 inch
$7,000
Fiery song (over teal) / Diptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 1.8 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.7 inch
$5,550
Overnight Realization (Becoming Clear) / Diptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 0.7 inch
$5,545
Dulling the Blade
Newel Hunter
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$7,200
Garden in blue mood
Nestor Toro
Painting - 101.6 x 228.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 40 x 90 x 0.7 inch
$16,520
Sequel of a dream 2 (Gardens) - Triptych
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 182.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 72 x 0.7 inch
$10,025
Hide & seek Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 2 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.8 inch
$7,600
No time for reflection
Newel Hunter
Painting - 91.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 36 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$5,950
The Inevitable Conclusion Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 72 x 1.5 inch
$11,250
Face to Face Diptych
Newel Hunter
Painting - 101.6 x 152.4 x 2 cm Painting - 40 x 60 x 0.8 inch
$7,700
Sequel of a dream 3 (Starry night)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 91.4 x 177.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 36 x 70 x 0.7 inch
$9,840
Under a microscope (Golden sand)
Nestor Toro
Painting - 182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 72 x 60 x 1.5 inch
$12,825
La Coulée du Temps
Jérémie Rebourgeard
Painting - 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$124
J. Pollock style acrylic
Max Yaskin
Painting - 90 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,108
J. Pollock style acrylic
Max Yaskin
Painting - 90 x 90 x 1 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$961
Confrontation 3 by M.Y.
Max Yaskin
Painting - 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,006
Jungle flowers 4 by M.Y.
Max Yaskin
Painting - 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,527
Expression 10 by M.Y.
Max Yaskin
Painting - 95 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 37.4 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch
$1,979
Expression 8 by M.Y.
Max Yaskin
Painting - 100 x 190 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$1,923
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."