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A little flower painting : Pink, Purple and Many Other Colors
Takashi Murakami
Print - 55 x 44 cm Print - 21.7 x 17.3 inch
$2,922
Fenêtre sur soi - série abstraction
Dominique Arzoumanian (Darzou)
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$596
Tout est devenu flou
Tristan Morlet
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,629
Ragisména series White M3
Rodrigo Zuliani Hauck Zampol
Sculpture - 30 x 19.8 x 3.8 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.8 x 1.5 inch
$600
Ragisména series White M4
Rodrigo Zuliani Hauck Zampol
Sculpture - 30 x 19.8 x 3.8 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.8 x 1.5 inch
$600
Ragisména series White M2
Rodrigo Zuliani Hauck Zampol
Sculpture - 30 x 19.8 x 3.8 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.8 x 1.5 inch
$600
Ragisména series White M1
Rodrigo Zuliani Hauck Zampol
Sculpture - 30 x 19.8 x 3.8 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 7.8 x 1.5 inch
$600
Pret pour la baignade
Rudyard Heaton
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$1,124
Chess vase
Nina Urushadze
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 41 x 0.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 16.1 x 0.2 inch
$899
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
$1,348
Andromède - série Coque de bateaux
Sylvie Le Pape dite Khali
Painting - 70 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$702
Esponjas 8, 11 y 16
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.4 x 0.3 inch
$1,000
Medusas 11, 12 y 13
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Sal 22, 23 y 24
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 11, 22 y 67
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 23, 63 y 64
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 75, 83 Y 26
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 14, 41 y 68
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Algas 88, 28, 87
Paola Dávila
Photography - 10.4 x 34.8 x 0.8 cm Photography - 4.1 x 13.7 x 0.3 inch
$1,000
Desert signe LVIII (SG249)
Sylvie Guyomard
Sculpture - 50 x 40 x 5 cm Sculpture - 19.7 x 15.7 x 2 inch
$551
Insta(nt)llation - Protection 2/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,180
Insta(nt)llation - Cone in globe. 1/3
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,180
Insta(nt)llation - Completion. 1/2
Eszter Poroszlai
Photography - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,180
Dual Perspectives
Jose Margulis
Sculpture - 71.1 x 188 x 6.4 cm Sculpture - 28 x 74 x 2.5 inch
$19,000
Amsterdam
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,686
Untitled (It's all wrong but it's alright...)
Rero
Painting - 121.9 x 203.2 cm Painting - 48 x 80 inch
$18,000
Bosco della città degli alberi
Tobia Ravà
Print - 60 x 60 x 10 cm Print - 23.6 x 23.6 x 3.9 inch
$7,416
Cenizas y diamantes XX
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 45 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$600
Cenizas y diamantes XIV
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 45 x 33 x 0.3 cm Painting - 17.7 x 13 x 0.1 inch
$600
Cenizas y diamantes VIII
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 33 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$600
Cenizas y diamantes VII
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 33 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$600
Reflet d'une vieille coque
Richard Bouts
Painting - 65.3 x 54.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 25.7 x 21.5 x 1 inch
$1,124
Cenizas y diamantes V
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 33 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$600
Cenizas y diamantes IV
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 33 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 13 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$600
Cenizas y diamantes I
Cecilia Méndez Casariego
Painting - 32.8 x 45 x 0.3 cm Painting - 12.9 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch
$600
Crystalized Charmander Relic
Daniel Arsham
Sculpture - 33 x 33 x 12 cm Sculpture - 13 x 13 x 4.7 inch
$6,742
Dark Materials II
James Sparshatt
Photography - 67 x 100 x 2 cm Photography - 26.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,289
Recherche de Motifs 8
François Azambourg
Painting - 217 x 100 x 0.1 cm Painting - 85.4 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$1,798
Recherche de motifs 15
François Azambourg
Painting - 135 x 99 x 0.1 cm Painting - 53.1 x 39 x 0 inch
$1,348
Portrait of the artist
Mikhail Baranovskiy
Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,686
Woman with orange flowers
Dondi Schwartz
Painting - 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch
$899
Still life with milk and lemon
Irina Trushkova
Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.8 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.7 inch
$1,348
Alpine mountain
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,030
Majestic Alps landscape
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,390
Snowy mountains
Behshad Arjomandi
Painting - 100.1 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,030
Renaissance woman 6
Léo Caillard
Photography - 120 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$4,270
Roboclusion Stormtrooper
Vincent Sabatier
Sculpture - 25 x 16 x 5 cm Sculpture - 9.8 x 6.3 x 2 inch
$1,461
Pieces of a free soul - Diptych
Cátia Goffinet
Painting - 30 x 59.9 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
$730
Massavo the Makokean
Lazarus Massavo
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1 inch
$2,000
Inner path
Saverio Filioli Uranio
Painting - 30 x 42 x 0.2 cm Painting - 11.8 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
$337
Rincón con maceta
Felisa Esteban - Maifx
Painting - 61 x 38 x 1 cm Painting - 24 x 15 x 0.4 inch
$1,405
Smat156,part2
Lassana Sarr
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 29.7 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
$787
Brume matinale - série paysage rural
Philippe Maillebuau
Painting - 46 x 61 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 24 x 0.8 inch
$629
Feeding The Birds
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$3,023
A girl awaiting the train
Kirill Postovit
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$3,023
Volcan II aquagravure originale
Bernard Alligand
Print - 52 x 52 x 1 cm Print - 20.5 x 20.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,011
Golden sun, blue planet
Rebecca Nizar
Painting - 61 x 51 x 3 cm Painting - 24 x 20.1 x 1.2 inch
$1,011
My Kid Just Ruined My Basquiat (Granit Version)
Ziegler T
Painting - 76 x 56 cm Painting - 29.9 x 22 inch
$337
Les mots n'ont plus de bouche
Valerio Adami
Print - 31 x 28.5 x 0.05 cm Print - 12.2 x 11.2 x 0 inch
$337
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!