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."

Read more
Painting, Marsfeld CXX, Mark Hellbusch

Mark Hellbusch

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

CHF 380 CHF 304

Painting, In-Visible n°1, Alice Maier

Alice Maier

Painting - 152 x 156 x 0.2 cm Painting - 59.8 x 61.4 x 0.1 inch

Sold

Painting, TX4, Marcel Speet

TX4

Marcel Speet

Painting - 60 x 50 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

CHF 657 CHF 585

Painting, N° 21.26 Paradoxe, Isa-L

Isa-L

Painting - 89 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

CHF 11,688

Painting, Rio, Bald

Rio

Bald

Painting - 120 x 39.5 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 15.6 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,773

Painting, Allesx1.0 AL12, Marcel Speet

Marcel Speet

Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

CHF 409

Painting, N° 20.81 Oxygène, Isa-L

Isa-L

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

CHF 6,818

Painting, N° 194 Magie, Isa-L

Isa-L

Painting - 97 x 75 x 2 cm Painting - 38.2 x 29.5 x 0.8 inch

CHF 5,844

Painting, Allesx1.0 AL05, Marcel Speet

Marcel Speet

Painting - 50 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 19.7 x 13.8 x 0 inch

CHF 409

Painting, Satyriasis, Pasturo

Pasturo

Painting - 160 x 180 cm Painting - 63 x 70.9 inch

Sold

Painting, Festosa di sfere, Pasturo

Pasturo

Painting - 190 x 130 x 5 cm Painting - 74.8 x 51.2 x 2 inch

Sold

Painting, Abiquiu, Pasturo

Pasturo

Painting - 150 x 180 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 70.9 x 2 inch

Sold

Painting, Abstract 2326, Alex Senchenko

Alex Senchenko

Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

CHF 1,688

Painting, Abstract 2302, Alex Senchenko

Alex Senchenko

Painting - 100 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

CHF 2,138

Painting, Abstract 2288, Alex Senchenko

Alex Senchenko

Painting - 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

CHF 3,713

Painting, Abstract 2283, Alex Senchenko

Alex Senchenko

Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

CHF 1,350

Painting, Abstract 2236, Alex Senchenko

Alex Senchenko

Painting - 130 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 51.2 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch

CHF 3,825

Painting, Abstract 2225, Alex Senchenko

Alex Senchenko

Painting - 150 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch

CHF 2,700

Painting, Abstract 2176, Alex Senchenko

Alex Senchenko

Painting - 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

CHF 3,713 CHF 3,342

Painting, Abstract 2137, Alex Senchenko

Alex Senchenko

Painting - 120 x 200 x 4 cm Painting - 47.2 x 78.7 x 1.6 inch

CHF 3,375 CHF 3,038

Painting, Fly over, H-Nguyen

H-Nguyen

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

CHF 740

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

CHF 779

Painting, Hope, Yichao Sun

Yichao Sun

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

CHF 779

Painting, Japandi 2, Gina Vor

Gina Vor

Painting - 108 x 78.5 x 2 cm Painting - 42.5 x 30.9 x 0.8 inch

CHF 974

Painting, BlackJack, Cosmos

Cosmos

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

CHF 3,312

Painting, The World, Cosmos

Cosmos

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

CHF 4,578

Painting, Sparks, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 146 x 114 x 0.1 cm Painting - 57.5 x 44.9 x 0 inch

CHF 4,782

Painting, Ti Sento, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 97 x 130 x 0.1 cm Painting - 38.2 x 51.2 x 0 inch

CHF 3,825

Painting, Delirium, Nikolaos Schizas

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 130 x 90 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35.4 x 0 inch

CHF 3,544

Painting, Greens 2, Tiny de Bruin

Tiny de Bruin

Painting - 60 x 40 x 4 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1.6 inch

CHF 925

Painting, Browns, Tiny de Bruin

Tiny de Bruin

Painting - 60 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

CHF 1,373

Painting, Angels, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

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

CHF 2,289

Painting, Tiny De Bruin, Tiny de Bruin

Tiny de Bruin

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

CHF 1,276

Painting, Sans titre 15, Arsène Odin

Arsène Odin

Painting - 24 x 18 x 1 cm Painting - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.4 inch

CHF 175

Painting, Maternity, Marta Zawadzka

Marta Zawadzka

Painting - 122 x 91 x 2 cm Painting - 48 x 35.8 x 0.8 inch

CHF 2,581

Painting, La côte rose, Âme Sauvage

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 31 x 41 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch

CHF 83

12/71