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, Astrocytes, Bald

Bald

Painting - 27 x 41 x 2 cm Painting - 10.6 x 16.1 x 0.8 inch

€500

Painting, Attirance, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch

€580

Painting, Atelier, Stanislav Bojankov

Stanislav Bojankov

Painting - 80 x 58 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 22.8 x 0.8 inch

€700

Painting, Trees, Stanislav Bojankov

Stanislav Bojankov

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

€450

Painting, Bois de feu, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

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

€79

Painting, Savage, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,300

Painting, Blue, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

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

€1,800

Painting, Sunny Stroll, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Painting, Hana, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

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

€6,579

Painting, Tangle 17, Tracey Adams

Tracey Adams

Painting - 76.2 x 56 cm Painting - 30 x 22 inch

€3,863

Painting, City Lights, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 105 x 140 x 2 cm Painting - 41.3 x 55.1 x 0.8 inch

€3,000

Painting, Vers le bleu, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

Painting - 80 x 60 x 4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

€540

Painting, City, Muriel Deumie

Muriel Deumie

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

€690

Painting, Today, Francesco Martini

Francesco Martini

Painting - 195 x 85 x 1 cm Painting - 76.8 x 33.5 x 0.4 inch

€2,500

Painting, Splash 64, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

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

€2,500

Painting, Fly over, H-Nguyen

H-Nguyen

Painting - 50 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€760

Painting, Charlie, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

Painting - 100 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,910

Painting, Span, Laura Newman

Laura Newman

Painting - 64 x 77 cm Painting - 25.2 x 30.3 inch

€4,949

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