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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Painting, Brouillard, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

CHF 633

Painting, Claim 121, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

Painting - 100 x 150 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch

CHF 2,277

Painting, SpaceBeat, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 80 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,460

Painting, Rest Stop, Newel Hunter

Newel Hunter

Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 0.8 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.3 inch

CHF 1,577

Painting, Heartbreaker, Newel Hunter

Newel Hunter

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 0.3 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.1 inch

CHF 1,411

Painting, Inner light, Newel Hunter

Newel Hunter

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 0.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.3 inch

CHF 1,618

Painting, Verve, Newel Hunter

Newel Hunter

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 0.5 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.2 inch

CHF 1,432

Painting, Maximum Mojo, Newel Hunter

Newel Hunter

Painting - 45.7 x 61 x 0.8 cm Painting - 18 x 24 x 0.3 inch

CHF 1,618

Painting, Full of Itself, Newel Hunter

Newel Hunter

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch

CHF 1,494

Painting, Hot times, Newel Hunter

Newel Hunter

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 0.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.3 inch

CHF 1,494

Painting, Trio, Newel Hunter

Newel Hunter

Painting - 59.7 x 45.7 x 0.8 cm Painting - 23.5 x 18 x 0.3 inch

CHF 2,116

Painting, Esprit sain, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 90 x 90 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1 inch

CHF 730

Painting, Flamme bleue, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 150 x 200 x 2 cm Painting - 59.1 x 78.7 x 0.8 inch

CHF 6,813

Painting, Red wall, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

CHF 4,672

Painting, Urbain II, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 137 x 75 x 1 cm Painting - 53.9 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch

CHF 2,725

Painting, Regard, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 100 x 120 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 0.8 inch

CHF 4,866

Painting, Vue, Yichao Sun

Vue

Yichao Sun

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

CHF 4,672

Painting, City I, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

CHF 4,672

Painting, 2 X-Rayted, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

Painting - 146 x 114 x 2 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0.8 inch

CHF 8,321

Painting, Trees, Stanislav Bojankov

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting - 50 x 40 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.2 inch

CHF 438

Painting, Bygone Era, Kris Haas

Kris Haas

Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 1 inch

CHF 3,029

Painting, Num-004, Damien Berrard

Damien Berrard

Painting - 60 x 120 x 3.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch

CHF 1,363

Painting, Num-011, Damien Berrard

Damien Berrard

Painting - 81 x 116 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.9 x 45.7 x 1 inch

CHF 1,460

Painting, Boule et Bill, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 50 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

CHF 526 CHF 457

Painting, Laure, Jérémie Rebourgeard

Jérémie Rebourgeard

Painting - 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0 inch

CHF 107

Painting, Blue reflexion 2, Jo Sada

Jo Sada

Painting - 30 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch

CHF 95

Painting, Polaris, Eric Robin

Eric Robin

Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

CHF 5,742 CHF 5,283

Painting, Black Circle, Eric Robin

Eric Robin

Painting - 119 x 119 x 5 cm Painting - 46.9 x 46.9 x 2 inch

CHF 8,273

Painting, Black Line, Eric Robin

Eric Robin

Painting - 119 x 119 x 5 cm Painting - 46.9 x 46.9 x 2 inch

CHF 8,273

Painting, Emerald River, Eric Robin

Eric Robin

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

CHF 5,840

Painting, Mystérieuse, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

CHF 1,071

Painting, Funky Flashback, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 127 x 155 x 0.1 cm Painting - 50 x 61 x 0 inch

CHF 1,752 CHF 1,524

Painting, Red fire, Jo Sada

Jo Sada

Painting - 40 x 30 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.8 inch

CHF 107

Painting, Blue bubble, Juliana Haggoo

Juliana Haggoo

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

CHF 2,239

Painting, In the city, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 40 x 120 x 1 cm Painting - 15.7 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

CHF 1,051

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