Stormtrooper, welcome to the dark side
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$2,890
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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Medusa out of this world
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 85 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 33.5 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
$1,922
Pand'ours pop art Dior red
Christophe Comerro
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$867
Dollar skull
Ghost Art
Sculpture - 80 x 150 x 20 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 59.1 x 7.9 inch
$2,774 $2,358
Chanel n°5 bottle, Miss Chanel
Patrick Cornée
Sculpture - 27 x 20 x 6 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 7.9 x 2.4 inch
$3,352
Chanel n°5, kaws, I love pop art
Patrick Cornée
Sculpture - 27 x 20 x 6 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 7.9 x 2.4 inch
$3,352
Flowerball (3D) From the Realm of the Dead
Takashi Murakami
Print - 71 x 71 cm Print - 28 x 28 inch
$5,201
Le street art c’était mieux avant
Onemizer
Painting - 20.1 x 20.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch
$1,734
Je T'aime (Red Splash)
Mr Brainwash
Sculpture - 17 x 22.5 x 4.5 cm Sculpture - 6.7 x 8.9 x 1.8 inch
$3,236
Equilibrium part 1
Konovalov Igor
Painting - 90 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch
$2,890
Life is Beautiful Black
Mr Brainwash
Sculpture - 14 x 22 x 4 cm Sculpture - 5.5 x 8.7 x 1.6 inch
$2,774
35cm Teddy CH Tribute, Chrome White
Naor
Sculpture - 35 x 25 x 28 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 9.8 x 11 inch
$1,352
Mesnager Contre Le Duo Basquiat Warhol
Jérôme Mesnager
Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$2,196
Playmobil Christian Dior
Guillaume & Anthony
Sculpture - 63 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 24.8 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,200
Capsule Yves Saint Laurent YSL
S2Bart
Sculpture - 35 x 35 x 4 cm Sculpture - 13.8 x 13.8 x 1.6 inch
$347
I love my style in Louis Vuitton
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,387
Ours Pompon Orlinski
Richard Orlinski
Design - 12 x 23 x 4.5 cm Design - 4.7 x 9.1 x 1.8 inch
$566 $510
One dollar rosso bianco one
Karl Lagasse
Sculpture - 39 x 17.5 x 0.4 cm Sculpture - 15.4 x 6.9 x 0.2 inch
$1,491
My luxury lifestyle in a candy white
Ad Van Hassel
Design - 70 x 24 x 18 cm Design - 27.6 x 9.4 x 7.1 inch
$896
Cœur pour toi
Virginia Benedicto
Sculpture - 40 x 25 x 4.5 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 9.8 x 1.8 inch
$1,387
Porsche 75th years anniversary Helmet
Ian Philip
Sculpture - 18 x 13 x 14 cm Sculpture - 7.1 x 5.1 x 5.5 inch
$2,000
“Banksy style – Balloon girl” skateboard
Guillaume & Anthony
Sculpture - 80 x 20 x 3 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$1,000
Kaws x Peanuts Joe Snoopy Vinyl Figure
Kaws
Design - 21 x 12.7 x 9 cm Design - 8.3 x 5 x 3.5 inch
$5,409
Donald Duck x Loves PopArt?!
Koen Betjes
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$635
Minnie Mouse, hotel, pool, champagne and sunbathing
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,508
Les lions sont des rois
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,855
Audrey Hepburn loves Andy Warhol
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,699
Doggy POP, Pink version
Patrick Cornée
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$3,699
Wild Kong Oil
Richard Orlinski
Sculpture - 45 x 25 x 16 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 9.8 x 6.3 inch
$15,489
Wrapping Bonbon Blanc
Laurence Jenkell
Sculpture - 23 x 8.5 x 4 cm Sculpture - 9.1 x 3.3 x 1.6 inch
$2,890
Gacko Bear Trio Basquiat Pop Art
André Gacko
Sculpture - 86 x 25 x 25 cm Sculpture - 33.9 x 9.8 x 9.8 inch
$4,392
The Butler (Alfred Pennyworth & Catwoman)
Kobalt
Print - 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$462
Colourful Brain by David
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 75 x 30 x 25 cm Sculpture - 29.5 x 11.8 x 9.8 inch
$1,030
30cm Heart CH Tribute Black
Naor
Sculpture - 30 x 15 x 10 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.9 x 3.9 inch
$1,537
David & The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 42 x 25 x 12 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 9.8 x 4.7 inch
$329
Hermes Lego Design
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 30 x 20 x 18 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.9 x 7.1 inch
$329
Silince Design Sculpture
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 25 x 10 x 10 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 3.9 x 3.9 inch
$165
Michelangelo’s David bust
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 42 x 25 x 15 cm Sculpture - 16.5 x 9.8 x 5.9 inch
$247
Eyes of the Infinite Sky
Sephora Venites
Print - 114.3 x 83.8 x 0.3 cm Print - 45 x 33 x 0.1 inch
$2,352
“Keith Haring style – Red heart” skateboard
Guillaume & Anthony
Sculpture - 80 x 20 x 3 cm Sculpture - 31.5 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$900