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, Sans titre V, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 50 x 40 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$982

Painting, Hope, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 40 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$982

Painting, 0118.4, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 48 x 32 cm Painting - 18.9 x 12.6 inch

$1,859

Painting, 0118.3, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 48 x 32 cm Painting - 18.9 x 12.6 inch

$1,859

Painting, 0118.2, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 48 x 32 cm Painting - 18.9 x 12.6 inch

$1,859

Painting, 0118.14, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 48 x 32 cm Painting - 18.9 x 12.6 inch

$1,859

Painting, 0118.13, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 48 x 32 x 0.1 cm Painting - 18.9 x 12.6 x 0 inch

$1,859

Painting, 0218-10, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 48 x 32 cm Painting - 18.9 x 12.6 inch

$1,859

Painting, 0118.6, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 48 x 32 cm Painting - 18.9 x 12.6 inch

$1,859

Painting, 0118.5, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 48 x 32 cm Painting - 18.9 x 12.6 inch

$1,859

Painting, La mare aux fées, Bald

Bald

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

$5,598

Painting, Fireworks, Bald

Bald

Painting - 100 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch

$4,665

Painting, Street dreams, Bald

Bald

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

$4,665

Painting, Passion, Bald

Bald

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

$4,665

Painting, Comédie, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

Painting - 120 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch

$4,910

Painting, Marsfeld LI, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.6 inch

$479

Painting, Marsfeld L, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch

$602

Painting, Puzzle 3, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$613

Painting, Puzzle 4, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 45 x 45 x 2 cm Painting - 17.7 x 17.7 x 0.8 inch

$491

Painting, Le penseur, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 30 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$92

Painting, Opium, Damien Berrard

Damien Berrard

Painting - 97 x 130 x 2.5 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 1 inch

$5,524

Painting, Splash 46, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

Painting - 80 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch

$724

Print, Lemmy, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

Print - 61 x 47 x 0.1 cm Print - 24 x 18.5 x 0 inch

$393

Painting, Voir le tempête, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

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

$9,207

Painting, Menkar 2, Eric Robin

Eric Robin

Painting - 35 x 35 x 3 cm Painting - 13.8 x 13.8 x 1.2 inch

$982

Painting, Joyful Day, H-Nguyen

H-Nguyen

Painting - 65 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$1,350

Painting, BlackJack, Cosmos

Cosmos

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

$4,174

Painting, The World, Cosmos

Cosmos

Painting - 145 x 113 x 3 cm Painting - 57.1 x 44.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,770

Painting, Mix by M.Y., Max Yaskin

Max Yaskin

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

$1,250

Painting, Imagine!, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

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

$3,790

Painting, Rhythm, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

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

$1,841

Painting, Mindfulness, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

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

$1,841

Painting, Victoria, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

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

$1,841

Painting, Guna TT, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 98 x 66 cm Painting - 38.6 x 26 inch

$3,933

Painting, Lumenis 44, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 61 x 61 cm Painting - 24 x 24 inch

$3,862

Painting, Soul, I, Damien Berrard

Damien Berrard

Painting - 49 x 39 x 2.9 cm Painting - 19.3 x 15.4 x 1.1 inch

$552

Painting, Sirian, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 60 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

$1,043

Painting, Le chat rose, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 40 x 30 x 0.3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

$109

Painting, Sattva 39, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 86.36 x 66.04 cm Painting - 34 x 26 inch

$3,719

Painting, Sattva 40, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 86.36 x 66.04 cm Painting - 34 x 26 inch

$3,719

Painting, Shadow, Darlene Watson

Darlene Watson

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$17,989

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