Ghostly Calligraphies

Though calligraphy is the art of writing, that art is measured by the interpretation of the beholder. Using the tools of a writer, whether that be the brush, ink, paint or pen the artist can create a connection between symbol and gesture. Unsurprisingly, calligraphy finds a home in the Abstract Expressionism movement that followed the end of World War II. The likes of Jasper Johns, Mark Rothko, Helen Frankenthaler and Franz Kline sought to create deeper connections with the self and express what was reserved for the interior in a much more honest way. But that interior may be filled with an interest in the fantastic, plagued by grief or consumed by miserabilism. Though Kline is the artist from the movement of Abstract Expressionism most associated with the use of calligraphy, Bernard Buffet, featured here on Artsper, also began to convey the personality of his interior by 1947 – after war had ended. The Parisian-born Buffet tried to save money and used very little paint on his canvases. Therefore there was little variety in color, and mostly grey, black and green tones are seen in his portraits. The grey faces, wrinkled foreheads, thinning hair and contracted hands took on a crucified, ghostly appearance. Whilst the likes of Bruno Mallart modernizes his version of ghostly calligraphies by merging it with digital techniques.

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Ghostly Calligraphies

Panas

'Z'

'Y'

'O'

'K'

J-

G-

'D'

'C'

Improvisation 06

Improvisation 05

Improvisation 04

Improvisation 03

Improvisation 01

Palimpseste 02

Palimpseste 06

Palimpseste 05

Palimpseste 04

Palimpseste 03

Palimpseste 01

Black graff

Rainbow failure

Les Libérateurs

N°1312 - from the collection Neveshteh

Ultra blue

Geisha soone

L'Onda ghematrica 1/3

Hokusoone

Geisha au sabre

Aïkido grand format

Boscone dei Numeri Primi P.d.A.

Failure

Azulesoone

Bosco della città degli alberi

Varco Celesta P.d.A.

Infinito a Cannaregio P.d.A

Moltiplicatore Naturale 2/3

Patriot

Les poissons morts

Black mask

Scintille Cremisi 1/5

Boscone, Foresta Profetica, P.d.A.

Eternal Kiss

Ref. 1525 - Ballon Face

Monster Black 1

La Traversée

King

Samouraï

Dragon

Sans titre

Etude Rimbaud 2

Forward

Hangover

Klimt Warhol

Untitled

Naïades

Ceci est mon Corps

L'Enfer de Dante

Sans titre

Le jardin des délires, le paradis

Oh no, it 's morning

Not afraid

Geisha colorfull

Secret seas

Reflections – Untitled VII

Out of this World