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 - 150 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

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

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Painting, Bleu II, Yichao Sun

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Painting - 150 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 59.1 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

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Print, Sans titre 89, Yichao Sun

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Painting, Le bolide, Âme Sauvage

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Fine Art Drawings, Sunset and Rain, Gaëlle Wagner

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Painting, Voir le tempête, Yichao Sun

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$978

Painting, Joyful Day, H-Nguyen

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$1,344

Painting, Splash 38, Mark Hellbusch

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Painting - 140 x 140 x 3 cm Painting - 55.1 x 55.1 x 1.2 inch

$3,055

Painting, Dreamscape, Damien Berrard

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Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch

$1,222

Painting, Re 12, Mark Hellbusch

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Painting - 120 x 110 x 1.5 cm Painting - 47.2 x 43.3 x 0.6 inch

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Painting, Dreams, Francesco Martini

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Painting, Claim 95, Mark Hellbusch

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$2,053

Painting, Claim 81, Mark Hellbusch

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Painting - 100 x 140 x 1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 55.1 x 0.4 inch

$2,444

Painting, Mix by M.Y., Max Yaskin

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Painting - 89.9 x 154.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.4 x 61 x 1 inch

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Painting, Imagine!, Nikolaos Schizas

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Painting - 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

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Painting, Rhythm, Gina Vor

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Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,833

Painting, Mindfulness, Gina Vor

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Painting - 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,833

Painting, Victoria, Gina Vor

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Painting, Guna TT, Tracey Adams

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Painting, Lumenis 44, Tracey Adams

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Painting, Le chat rose, Âme Sauvage

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Painting, Sattva 39, Tracey Adams

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Painting, Sattva 40, Tracey Adams

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Painting, Dark Lord, Marta Zawadzka

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Painting, Ankar, Eric Robin

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Painting, Rainbow, Nikolaos Schizas

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Painting, Pink Soul, Marta Zawadzka

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Fine Art Drawings, Meditation, Gina Vor

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