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

Coils 24

Fade Out Lines

Pray

1987 Cubintra Variation XVI

Poltrona Fiore Verde Tessuto

Red Seams on Blue

Untitled

Jabón Azul. From The Composition with Tools series

Free electrons

La fleur de verre et ses petites bêtes - Série fleur stylisée

Armille - Sculpture pâte de verre composée de 5 éléments mobiles

F.230101

Open Self Model (Single Green Female)

In Conversation

Wild Flower IV

Construction #1

CBS-16

Concentric Squares

Lani LDT

Eclipse II

Grill

Morceaux choisis

Absence Versus Thin Air

Magnétix

Modulation

Net

Women Walking

Homage to Thelonious Monk

Changing Terrains 2

Projects for private rites

Faïence n°6

Abstraction

Verso il Rosso

Utopian # 51

Infinite Loop

Exoplanete 23

14.16 (In the Cities)

The guitar player

Bab

Ariel View, Painting, Oil on Canvas

Vortex Rouge

Jap's Eye 04

Generaciones

Sans titre

Eternal Signs 11

Tapis carrés magiques – Sonia Delaunay x Artcurial

Meditations on modernism -3

Balade

Church window

Le Monde n°24097

gravure originale Monotype N° 2

Dawn wave

Rectangles

Untitled 922

The beach

Blue n.18

The Alphabet (Beige)

ES 12 Empire du signe, aquagravure originale

Plateforme

20 Hours

Le Cube

Blugregli

Sans titre

Sin título

Obsolète

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