Geometric

In 1910, Wassily Kandinsky became a pioneer of abstract art, a style where formal elements take precedence over any representation of reality. He was one of the first artists to place colour at the centre of his work. He carefully considered the symbolic meaning of different hues, for Kandinsky blue inspired peace, green was synonymous with stillness, red was representative of warmth and black signified the eternal silence. Kandinsky inspired the discovery of a new expression through uncharted territories and, along with Malevich and Mondrian, invented abstract art.

Inspired by the legacy of constructivism, and opposed to realism, these artists established a new approach to abstraction. Through the use of geometrical shapes, they explored artistic purity and simplification. Their canvases were characterised by squares, circles, rectangles and triangles.

Sonia Delaunay sought after simultaneous contrasts through the juxtaposition of geometric shapes and colours. Kazimir Malevich launched suprematism and played with geometric monochrome shapes on canvases. Victor Vasarely cleverly used shapes and colour, especially gradients, to create impressive optical illusions.

In contemporary art, the repetition of patterns is one of Yayoi Kusama's signature styles and Claude Viallat reproduces patterns obsessively. Julio Le Parc and Carlos Cruz Diez are among the pioneers of kinetic art and op-art, and more recently, Georges Rousse drew inspiration from Malevich for his work in photography with geometric anamorphs.

The gallerist's role was decisive in introducing this art and new artists to the general public, especially in France. For instance, the renowned gallerist Denise René supported Op-Art artists such as Vasarely after the Second World War. Today, galleries continue to play an essential role: The Perrotin gallery represents the great Venezuelan artist Jesus-Rafael Soto and the Gimpel & Müller gallery pays tribute to both famous and emerging contemporary artists such as Cruz-Diez while also giving continuing visibility to modern artist like Léon Zack or Guy de Lussigny.

In Artsper's selection of geometric art, discover the artists who developed this style, working in a number of different movements including cubism, kinetic art and optical art. You'll also be able to explore the work of many contemporary artists who continue to be fascinated by the possibilities offered by manipulating colours and shapes.

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Geometric

Passatge Modernista I

TTD-24

A cave

Korkozégône

Union V, Terracotta

Blue 12 lights surfaces

Bloc XI

Ensemble

Sous les Pavés XXXVII - liberté,envolée

Flight geometry

Page blanche

Kyoto 05

Kyoto 04

Les objets visuels sont des touts

Headspace

Walk on water

Perspective urbaine en bleu - double diptyque

5 – Pi 144 patatoïde vert sur fond noir – Tirage photographique argentique

6 – Pi 76 polygonal rouge fond noir – Tirage photographique argentique

7 – Pi 81 polygonal rouge sur fond noir – Tirage photographique argentique

13 – Pi 99 concentrique centrifuge rouge - Tirage photographique argentique

11 – Pi 78-7 barres bleu céanothe – Tirage photographique argentique

10 – Pi 78-6 barres vert herbe – Tirage photographique argentique

3 – Pi 55 concentrique vert coquelicot – Tirage photographique argentique

2 – Pi 55 concentrique vert céréales – Tirage photographique argentique

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Untitled (3)

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Untitled

Untitled

Perspective N°5

Perspective N°2

Perspective N°1

Forest green roof

L'officier gris

Guermantes

Attraversando il rosso

Gestalt, Pans, Plan

3T-20

CC2P02-23

CCT05-23

Sans titre

Chromadynamica #70

Assemblage no.03

Fuck

Analitica 7

Yellow play

Red Play

Sans titre

2141

Squares

Trade Market Box

Two

Bonne bouille VI

Grossert 3 - Musée des Sables Barcarés

Contrecoup

In my atelier

Culinary Astronomy #3

Floue cosmographie

Wellenelement Rotation dynamisch

CTLG-25

Bubble

A.C.

Untitled

To be free II

To be free I