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Gisela Gaffoglio
Painting - 97 x 200 x 3 cm Painting - 38.2 x 78.7 x 1.2 inch
CHF 3,776
Winter's Dream
Kenneth Halvorsen
Painting - 152.4 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 inch
CHF 7,171
Winter's Dream
Kenneth Halvorsen
Painting - 152.4 x 101.6 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 40 x 1.5 inch
CHF 6,953
Ça me rend chevre
Angélique Dufossé
Painting - 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 2,041
Reine de la nuit
Pierre-Gérard Langlois
Print - 56 x 76 x 0.2 cm Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch
CHF 357
The Enigmatic Journey of Ninjacat : White Stealthy Whiskers
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 60 x 80 x 50 cm Sculpture - 23.6 x 31.5 x 19.7 inch
CHF 15,308
The space between IV
Claire Smith
Painting - 80 x 90 x 5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 35.4 x 2 inch
CHF 2,019
70' - 80' MyGeneration
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
CHF 8,062
70' - 80' My Generation
Sokratis Evgenidis
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
CHF 7,042
Discussion Ref BDNW7549
Lutka Pink
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 inch
CHF 184
Discussion Ref BDNW7541
Lutka Pink
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 30 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 11.8 inch
CHF 184
Japan Ref BDNW7464
Lutka Pink
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 16 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 6.3 inch
CHF 184
White Scarf
Patrick Pietropoli
Painting - 96.5 x 50.8 x 3.8 cm Painting - 38 x 20 x 1.5 inch
CHF 5,203
Landscape with a Moon Jar
Mun-Hyun Cho
Fine Art Drawings - 130.3 x 162 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 51.3 x 63.8 x 0.1 inch
CHF 15,308
El Abrazo II
Pere Bennàssar Obrador
Sculpture - 71 x 34 x 27 cm Sculpture - 28 x 13.4 x 10.6 inch
CHF 5,495
Le Bandeau 1 (d'après Caravaggio)
Roland Moreau
Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch
CHF 663
Nous ne sommes pas les derniers 187
Zoran Music
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.9 inch
CHF 2,245
Nous ne sommes pas les derniers 188
Zoran Music
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.9 inch
CHF 2,245
Nous ne sommes pas les derniers 189
Zoran Music
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.9 inch
CHF 2,245
Nous ne sommes pas les derniers 186 variante 2
Zoran Music
Print - 66 x 50.5 cm Print - 26 x 19.9 inch
CHF 2,245
THE UNITED PANDASAN : SPECTRAL SYMMETRY SILVER & WHITE
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 55 x 45 x 45 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 17.7 x 17.7 inch
CHF 12,246
THE UNITED PANDASAN : SPECTRAL SYMMETRY BLU & SILVER
Hiro Ando
Sculpture - 55 x 45 x 45 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 17.7 x 17.7 inch
CHF 12,246
A travers l'hiver
Pauline Guillemard
Painting - 100 x 80 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0.6 inch
CHF 765
Ayrton Senna. Essais du GP de F1 à Imola
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,531
Essais Hivernaux Circuit Paul Ricard
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,531
Ayrton Senna se prépare pour la course d'Imola sur sa Williams
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,531
Réflexion de l'artiste Ayrton Senna
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 90 x 60 x 2 cm Photography - 35.4 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,531
Ayrton Senna. Imola. 1994. Stop et Fin...
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,531
Sadhus sur les ghats de Varanassi. Inde 1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
Sadhus sur les ghats de Varanassi. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
Sadhus sur les ghats de Bénarès. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,021
Touareg. Ouarzazate. Maroc
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
Enfants pendant le rite initiatique. Tanzanie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
Joueurs de cartes pendant le Holi Festival. Rajasthan. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,325
Femme Kényane. Kenya. Afrique
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
Femme au miroir. Femme Mursi. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
Femme Hamer. Marché. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
Femmes Hamer. Ethiopie
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,325
Femme voilée dans le Bengale occidental. Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
Jeune Fille Indienne du Nord de l'Inde
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 89.99 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
Indiens Sioux. Pow Wow
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
Ayrton Senna. Brésil. Sao Paulo 1992
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,531
Concentration du pilote Mika Hakkinen. MacLaren
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,327
David Coulthard. MacLaren. Formule 1
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 70 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 27.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 1,021
Muskan, Portrait. From The Series The Third Gender of India
Jill Peters
Photography - 152.4 x 101.6 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 40 x 0.1 inch
CHF 6,622
White Porsche
Nick Veasey
Photography - 60 x 166 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 65.4 x 0.8 inch
CHF 22,451
Glass elegy no. 13
Joseph Adolphe
Painting - 101 x 76 x 4 cm Painting - 39.8 x 29.9 x 1.6 inch
CHF 16,941
Excentricité ordinaire Couple filles Kinaly & Shima COSPLAY
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 20 x 20 x 0.1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0 inch
CHF 306
Folding in motion 4
Simcha Even-Chen
Sculpture - 22 x 30 x 19 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 11.8 x 7.5 inch
CHF 2,857
Monsieur Pipi
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 24 x 16 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.4 x 6.3 x 0 inch
CHF 306
Pingouin de carnaval
Arnaud Baumann
Photography - 16 x 24 x 0.1 cm Photography - 6.3 x 9.4 x 0 inch
CHF 306
Sneaker Slam Jordan & Basketball pop art sculpture
Dervis Akdemir
Sculpture - 22 x 20 x 3 cm Sculpture - 8.7 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
CHF 392
Wally Ghost 02
Thomas Campion
Photography - 75 x 50 x 2 cm Photography - 29.5 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
CHF 561
Biophilia; Air Vase
Kazuhiro Toyama
Sculpture - 48 x 50 x 50 cm Sculpture - 18.9 x 19.7 x 19.7 inch
CHF 10,164
New religion
Jean-Marie Gitard (Mr Strange)
Print - 49 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.3 x 27.6 x 0 inch
CHF 305
Geogram 5
Hoel Gwern
Fine Art Drawings - 19.6 x 17.8 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.7 x 7 x 0.1 inch
CHF 184
Geogram 4
Hoel Gwern
Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 15.3 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 6.5 x 6 x 0.1 inch
CHF 184
Process
Kamsar Ohanyan
Fine Art Drawings - 50 x 40 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0 inch
CHF 357
Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart dancing forever
Virginie Schroeder
Painting - 102 x 102 x 3 cm Painting - 40.2 x 40.2 x 1.2 inch
CHF 3,572
Untitled #6. From the series There is an ocean in my glass
Ying Chen
Photography - 152.4 x 203.2 x 0.3 cm Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.1 inch
CHF 3,784
Pueblo
Francisca Morales Alliende
Painting - 49 x 34 x 1 cm Painting - 19.3 x 13.4 x 0.4 inch
CHF 3,481
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!