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."
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Abstraction concrète 723
Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.8 inch
$3,042
Abstract 2416
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch
$2,087 $1,879
Abstract 2414
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch
$2,087 $1,879
Abstract 21104
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,670 $1,503
Abstract 2196
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 90 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,227 $2,004
Abstract 2195
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 90 x 180 x 4 cm Painting - 35.4 x 70.9 x 1.6 inch
$2,227 $2,004
Tidal Poetry diptych - framed
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1 inch
$8,550 $6,840
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Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$8,000
Abstract 2534
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 150 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,087 $1,879
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Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 121.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 48 x 1 inch
$6,900
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Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 58 x 58 x 3 cm Painting - 22.8 x 22.8 x 1.2 inch
$1,521
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Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 203.2 x 152.4 x 5.1 cm Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 inch
$12,000
Lemon and Strawberry
Gaëlle Wagner
Painting - 120 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 47.2 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,755
Sinfonia Di Luce
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 inch
$3,900
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Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$5,100
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Painting - 76.2 x 101.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 30 x 40 x 1 inch
$3,900
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Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,925
Abstract R 2508
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 140 x 225 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 88.6 x 0 inch
$3,201 $2,881
Abstract R 2506
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 140 x 230 x 0.1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 90.6 x 0 inch
$3,340 $3,006
Abstract R 2504
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 240 x 0.1 cm Painting - 59.1 x 94.5 x 0 inch
$3,479 $3,131
Abstract 2467
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$2,087 $1,879
Abstract 2465
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 150 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$2,087 $1,879
Abstract 2463
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 150 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch
$2,087 $1,879
Abstract 2457
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,670 $1,503
Abstract 2449
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$2,254 $2,029
Abstract 2447
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.6 inch
$1,670 $1,503
Abstract 2444
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,670 $1,503
Abstract 2437
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 150 x 1.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 59.1 x 0.6 inch
$2,783 $2,505
Abstract 2431
Alex Senchenko
Painting - 100 x 120 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch
$1,809 $1,628
Serenity V - White box frame
Daniela Pasqualini
Painting - 35.6 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm Painting - 14 x 11 x 1 inch
$500
Visual comfort
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Painting - 121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm Painting - 48 x 36 x 1.5 inch
$4,800 $3,840
Living in colors - Composition of 56 paintings
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Painting - 121.9 x 137.2 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 54 x 1 inch
$6,500
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Painting - 152.4 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 60 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$5,800
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Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1 inch
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Painting - 165 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 65 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
$4,563
