Fragment Invader
Lasveguix
Fine Art Drawings - 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
$566
White
In physics, white is the sum of all the colours. To the human eye, white appears to be the total absence of colour. Amongst artists, white and its many uses in art are continuously evolving and challenging those who would embrace them. Is white, then, a non-colour, or an enhancer of colours? Intangible or material? Absence or excess?
Since Antiquity, white has been appreciated for its symbolic value. In Ancient Greece, where they would paint their statues, it was a sign of incompletion, whereas the Romans believed it showed pomp and imperialist virtue. With the rise of Christianity, white was used in opposition to black in order to emphasise moral dichotomies: the pure, divine white against the darkness. In some cases, however, white was used to show sickness or death, most notably in the pallid representations of the skeletal, crucified Christ.
In the Renaissance white was used to sublimate faces and backgrounds. Da Vinci even based his sfumato technique on the soft transition from light into darkness. Throughout the history of painting, white was considered precious for its ability to reflect light. It attracts the gaze even when used in the tiniest quantities, and illuminates the subject, drawing out stunning contrasts as seen in the works of Rembrandt, or in Vermeer's famous Girl with the Pearl Earring.
With the rise of Impressionism, white was used as the brightest tone amongst shades of grey. While Manet produced canvases which were forerunners to monochromes, including The Reader, which was almost pure white, Monet delivered a stunning gradient of whites whilst recreating the snow at his home in Giverny. The first true white monochrome appeared with the arrival of Malevitch's White Square on a White Background. The artist said 'I have broken the blue boundary of colour limits, and come out into the white'.
Modernists were equally passionate about white and valued it incredibly highly. Miro in particular questioned the status of white on canvases. In his painting Woman, Bird and Star white is in parts boldly painted, but is also distinctive for its absence around the star. Picasso, on the other hand, explored white in conjunction with his famous coloured periods. Piero Manzoni became famous thanks to his 'achromatic' paintings, a series of canvases produced exclusively in shades of white. Moving into the 20th century, white became synonymous with minimalist abstraction. For artists like Kandinsky, white was a cosmic colour, associated with a spiritual search for the absolute, guiding the artists as he seek to express his emotions.
Today, white remains an ever popular subject. Roman Opalka made his name creating a series of white numbers of a white background, while Daniel Arsham reinvents white walls in galleries by letting his artwork drip down onto them. White is a colour with multiple symbolic interpretations. The colour of divinity or humility; of purity and immaculate, of emptiness and absence, but always colour. If blue has Klein and red has Rothko, it appears that no artist has yet succeeded in fully mastering white – but maybe you'll find them in our selection!
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Teddy Love Pearl White & Gold
Nicolas Krauss
Sculpture - 33 x 28 x 15 cm Sculpture - 13 x 11 x 5.9 inch
$4,046
Roboclusion Où est Charlie ?
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
$1,500
Heartfelt Blooming Bear
Blooming Bears
Sculpture - 32 x 18 x 12 cm Sculpture - 12.6 x 7.1 x 4.7 inch
$3,750
What we see in others is a reflection of ourselves
Esteban Vera
Painting - 110 x 89.9 x 12.7 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 5 inch
$3,600
Be patient. Some things take time
Esteban Vera
Painting - 110 x 89.9 x 5.1 cm Painting - 43.3 x 35.4 x 2 inch
$3,500
Doors - L.A Woman
Michael Viviani
Sculpture - 18.5 x 29 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 7.3 x 11.4 x 1 inch
$2,081
Break the silence
Isabelle Scheltjens
Painting - 144 x 112 x 4.5 cm Painting - 56.7 x 44.1 x 1.8 inch
$22,540
Hermiona
Isabelle Scheltjens
Painting - 138 x 103 x 4.5 cm Painting - 54.3 x 40.6 x 1.8 inch
$20,228
Giant Chewbacca Chanel N.5
Norman Gekko
Sculpture - 40 x 30 x 15 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 11.8 x 5.9 inch
$1,387
No Stain, No Gain (Purple & White Edition)
John M Armleder
Print - 100 x 70 cm Print - 39.4 x 27.6 inch
$2,959
Qui a peur des souris?
Sylvie Cappe
Sculpture - 15 x 10 x 20 cm Sculpture - 5.9 x 3.9 x 7.9 inch
$243
Vive les fleurs et les chats en scooter
Seb Paul Michel
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$103
Dans quel monde Vuitton ?
Marie-Laure Vareilles
Print - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,081
Time is money box
Phantom Art
Sculpture - 40.5 x 47.5 x 36 cm Sculpture - 15.9 x 18.7 x 14.2 inch
$14,448
Milk Box Pop Art Chanel
Olivier DeGroote
Sculpture - 26 x 8 x 8 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 3.1 x 3.1 inch
$335
Cassell's Popular Educator, 1888
Alexander Korzer-Robinson
Sculpture - 23 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 6.3 x 2 inch
$462
Sunday Hours, 1887
Alexander Korzer-Robinson
Sculpture - 21 x 16 x 2.5 cm Sculpture - 8.3 x 6.3 x 1 inch
$347
No future !! Future was brighter in the past !!
Mr Popart
Painting - 87 x 87 x 3 cm Painting - 34.3 x 34.3 x 1.2 inch
$1,098
Narcisse aime les filtres
Mr Popart
Painting - 164 x 84.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 64.6 x 33.3 x 1 inch
$1,734
Audrey Hepburn Nothing is impossible 2
Gardani Art
Painting - 96.5 x 127 x 3.8 cm Painting - 38 x 50 x 1.5 inch
$5,900
Luxury Apple - So Powerful - Crown
Ziza
Sculpture - 14 x 12 x 12 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 4.7 x 4.7 inch
$265
I Wish I Was A Meme
James Jarvis
Fine Art Drawings - 30.5 x 21 x 2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12 x 8.3 x 0.8 inch
$2,500
Bonne bouille X
Véronique Ball
Sculpture - 29 x 15.5 x 15.5 cm Sculpture - 11.4 x 6.1 x 6.1 inch
$520
Don’t live without it - In the best of all possible worlds
Fringe
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$9,825
Louis loves blue - In the best of all possible worlds
Fringe
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$9,825
Il faut en rire
Ben
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$5,779
Croco white marble bag
Phantom Art
Sculpture - 40 x 34 x 18 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.4 x 7.1 inch
$8,669
Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass
Alexander Korzer-Robinson
Sculpture - 22 x 15 x 3 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.2 inch
$462
Where there is love there is Life Gandhi
Gardani Art
Painting - 129.5 x 99.1 x 3.8 cm Painting - 51 x 39 x 1.5 inch
$6,100
Flower bomb de Banksy
Ray Chan
Sculpture - 36 x 30 x 25 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 11.8 x 9.8 inch
$1,445
Channel Blooming Bear
Blooming Bears
Sculpture - 50 x 33 x 23 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 13 x 9.1 inch
$6,000
Bunnies and guns #6 (Bunnies, Bubbles and Guns)
Amy Nelder
Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 1.5 inch
$6,000
Le monde coloré de Mr.Hope
MrHope
Painting - 61 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$347 $295
Champions' painting - Ferrari
Yannick Bouillault
Sculpture - 16 x 14 x 14.5 cm Sculpture - 6.3 x 5.5 x 5.7 inch
$266
Le vieux pot de pastel
Yannick Bouillault
Sculpture - 23 x 13 x 18 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 5.1 x 7.1 inch
$358
Victoire de Samothrace
Les Frères Guinet
Sculpture - 88 x 52 x 28 cm Sculpture - 34.6 x 20.5 x 11 inch
$7,976
Scie électrique
Petite Poissone
Photography - 15 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 5.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$555
Chanel Kid Cup – Sculpture
Léo & Steph
Sculpture - 55 x 15 x 15 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 5.9 x 5.9 inch
$9,500
Boccacce (trittico)
Rossella Mercedes
Fine Art Drawings - 14.8 x 63 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.8 x 24.8 x 0.1 inch
$173
Free style and Co
Marie-Aude Molin
Painting - 60 x 40 x 0.25 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$555
Vive les fleurs et le surf
Seb Paul Michel
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$231
