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![Painting, Amber Veil, Ulyana Korol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154948_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, More Money, Nacks](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1914180_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Inevitable Coincidence, Hansol Yoon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1468692_1_grid.jpg)
Inevitable Coincidence
Hansol Yoon
Painting - 29 x 21 x 1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
$1,264
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Left (paper) pieces : between A and B
Hansol Yoon
Painting - 38.7 x 26.7 x 1 cm Painting - 15.2 x 10.5 x 0.4 inch
$1,443
![Sculpture, The Business Stormtrooper, Ian Philip](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153837_1_grid.jpg)
The Business Stormtrooper
Ian Philip
Sculpture - 65 x 45 x 30 cm Sculpture - 25.6 x 17.7 x 11.8 inch
$4,362
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Triangle du Tacul
Jean Jacques Boimond
Painting - 34 x 24.5 x 2 cm Painting - 13.4 x 9.6 x 0.8 inch
$1,055
![Painting, Sans titre Ref (350), Nicolas Dubreuille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1927797_1_grid.jpg)
Sans titre Ref (350)
Nicolas Dubreuille
Painting - 95 x 88 x 3 cm Painting - 37.4 x 34.6 x 1.2 inch
$3,915
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Atelier de porcelaine I
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$671
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Fours traditionnel à bois pour le porcelaine
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$559
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Le jaguar du Costa Rica, N°2
Catherine Clare
Print - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$391
![Print, Le jaguar du Costa Rica, N°1, Catherine Clare](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207301_1_grid.jpg)
Le jaguar du Costa Rica, N°1
Catherine Clare
Print - 35 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print - 13.8 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$391
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Fruit d'Anémone du Japon
Thierry Robert
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$403
![Print, Natural Springs, Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2174208_1_grid.jpg)
Natural Springs
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.05 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0 inch
$436 $393
![Painting, The one who loves you a lot 24, Poonam Choudhary](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2156583_1_grid.jpg)
The one who loves you a lot 24
Poonam Choudhary
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 2 inch
$1,550
![Photography, Poolside Chic, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142911_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Poolside social, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142909_1_grid.jpg)
Poolside social
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$2,181
![Photography, A poolside story, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142908_1_grid.jpg)
A poolside story
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$2,181
![Photography, Poolside chat, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142906_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Nelda and friends, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142905_1_grid.jpg)
Nelda and friends
Slim Aarons
Photography - 51 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 20.1 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$2,181
![Photography, Poolside gathering, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142904_1_grid.jpg)
Poolside gathering
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 20.1 x 0 inch
$2,181
![Photography, Helen & Nelda by the Pool, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142903_1_grid.jpg)
Helen & Nelda by the Pool
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 31 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 12.2 x 0 inch
$1,845
![Photography, Poolside dreams, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142901_1_grid.jpg)
Poolside dreams
Slim Aarons
Photography - 31 x 41 x 0.01 cm Photography - 12.2 x 16.1 x 0 inch
$1,845
![Photography, Poolside host, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142900_1_grid.jpg)
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Party on the steps
Slim Aarons
Photography - 41 x 30 x 0.01 cm Photography - 16.1 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$1,845
![Photography, The Dance, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101488_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Unbridled, Drew Doggett](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2101455_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Etre dans le bleu, Jean-Claude Mathier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1926660_1_grid.jpg)
Etre dans le bleu
Jean-Claude Mathier
Photography - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Photography - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,477
![Painting, Topology of feelings - II, Vladimir Kolosov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1755294_1_grid.jpg)
Topology of feelings - II
Vladimir Kolosov
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 1.9 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.75 inch
$590
![Painting, Village de campagne 3, Xiu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1620390_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Disapearing 2, Sara Chaar](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1142304_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, The Magic Circle, Giorgio Lo Fermo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/949455_1_grid.jpg)
The Magic Circle
Giorgio Lo Fermo
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,237
![Photography, Shore Break, Bernard Biancotto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/475672_1_grid.jpg)
Shore Break
Bernard Biancotto
Photography - 60 x 90 x 1 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Print, Attendez-moi (FR), Sophie Calle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/227755_1_grid.jpg)
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Birches Bend to Left and Right
Rebecca Klementovich
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$3,200
![Painting, Toujours la même chanson, Bertrand Thomassin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1822314_1_grid.jpg)
Toujours la même chanson
Bertrand Thomassin
Painting - 62 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 24.4 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,901
![Painting, Sans Titre, Meteo Meteo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1690464_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Pand'ours pop art Dior red, Christophe Comerro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1606515_1_grid.jpg)
Pand'ours pop art Dior red
Christophe Comerro
Sculpture - 40 x 35 x 35 cm Sculpture - 15.7 x 13.8 x 13.8 inch
$984
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Suspends Ton Vol #4
Michèle Laurence Prévost
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,349
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Végas pop art Naomi Vogue
Christophe Comerro
Sculpture - 45 x 30 x 45 cm Sculpture - 17.7 x 11.8 x 17.7 inch
$1,320
![Painting, L’étreinte du phénix, Milla Laborde](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1533144_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, La vie, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1438530_1_grid.jpg)
La vie
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$470
![Fine Art Drawings, It’s Beyond my control, Yohan Storti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1438527_1_grid.jpg)
It’s Beyond my control
Yohan Storti
Fine Art Drawings - 35 x 25 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$470
![Print, Post Punk Flower - Black, Shepard Fairey (Obey)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1408332_1_grid.jpg)
Post Punk Flower - Black
Shepard Fairey (Obey)
Print - 61 x 46 x 0.2 cm Print - 24 x 18.1 x 0.1 inch
$531
![Print, Tanger, Tony Soulié](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/940947_1_grid.jpg)
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![Photography, Ombre et lumière III, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7734_1_grid.jpg)
Ombre et lumière III
Feng Hatat
Photography - 48 x 32 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
$559
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Gentlemen prefer blondes
Patricia Gadisseur
Painting - 100 x 120 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1 inch
$1,230
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Ombre et lumière 7
Feng Hatat
Photography - 70 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$671
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Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Photography, Ombre et lumière I, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7735_1_grid.jpg)
Ombre et lumière I
Feng Hatat
Photography - 48 x 32 x 1 cm Photography - 18.9 x 12.6 x 0.4 inch
$559
White
In physics, white is the sum of all the colours. To the human eye, white appears to be the total absence of colour. Amongst artists, white and its many uses in art are continuously evolving and challenging those who would embrace them. Is white, then, a non-colour, or an enhancer of colours? Intangible or material? Absence or excess?
Since Antiquity, white has been appreciated for its symbolic value. In Ancient Greece, where they would paint their statues, it was a sign of incompletion, whereas the Romans believed it showed pomp and imperialist virtue. With the rise of Christianity, white was used in opposition to black in order to emphasise moral dichotomies: the pure, divine white against the darkness. In some cases, however, white was used to show sickness or death, most notably in the pallid representations of the skeletal, crucified Christ.
In the Renaissance white was used to sublimate faces and backgrounds. Da Vinci even based his sfumato technique on the soft transition from light into darkness. Throughout the history of painting, white was considered precious for its ability to reflect light. It attracts the gaze even when used in the tiniest quantities, and illuminates the subject, drawing out stunning contrasts as seen in the works of Rembrandt, or in Vermeer's famous Girl with the Pearl Earring.
With the rise of Impressionism, white was used as the brightest tone amongst shades of grey. While Manet produced canvases which were forerunners to monochromes, including The Reader, which was almost pure white, Monet delivered a stunning gradient of whites whilst recreating the snow at his home in Giverny. The first true white monochrome appeared with the arrival of Malevitch's White Square on a White Background. The artist said 'I have broken the blue boundary of colour limits, and come out into the white'.
Modernists were equally passionate about white and valued it incredibly highly. Miro in particular questioned the status of white on canvases. In his painting Woman, Bird and Star white is in parts boldly painted, but is also distinctive for its absence around the star. Picasso, on the other hand, explored white in conjunction with his famous coloured periods. Piero Manzoni became famous thanks to his 'achromatic' paintings, a series of canvases produced exclusively in shades of white. Moving into the 20th century, white became synonymous with minimalist abstraction. For artists like Kandinsky, white was a cosmic colour, associated with a spiritual search for the absolute, guiding the artists as he seek to express his emotions.
Today, white remains an ever popular subject. Roman Opalka made his name creating a series of white numbers of a white background, while Daniel Arsham reinvents white walls in galleries by letting his artwork drip down onto them. White is a colour with multiple symbolic interpretations. The colour of divinity or humility; of purity and immaculate, of emptiness and absence, but always colour. If blue has Klein and red has Rothko, it appears that no artist has yet succeeded in fully mastering white – but maybe you'll find them in our selection!