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![Photography, Silhouette (L), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2200180_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Fuck Mickey (Ninu&Vincent Bardou), Ninu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199844_1_grid.jpg)
Fuck Mickey (Ninu&Vincent Bardou)
Ninu
Sculpture - 26 x 30 x 16 cm Sculpture - 10.2 x 11.8 x 6.3 inch
$4,026 $3,422
![Photography, 8th Position Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198641_1_grid.jpg)
8th Position Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 177.8 x 177.8 cm Photography - 70 x 70 inch
$50,000
![Photography, 8th Position Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198640_1_grid.jpg)
8th Position Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 152.4 cm Photography - 60 x 60 inch
$20,000
![Photography, 8th Position Silhouette, Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198639_1_grid.jpg)
8th Position Silhouette
Tyler Shields
Photography - 114.3 x 114.3 cm Photography - 45 x 45 inch
$10,000
![Photography, Smoke Mouth (4), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198430_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Smoke Mouth (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198429_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Smoke Mouth (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198428_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Papaver 2, Béa Bealaff-Girotto](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198212_1_grid.jpg)
Papaver 2
Béa Bealaff-Girotto
Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Photography, Glitter Pill (4), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197385_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Glitter Pill (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197384_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Swan (4), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197341_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Swan (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197340_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Swan (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197339_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Swan (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197338_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, On Top Of The World II (4), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196981_1_grid.jpg)
On Top Of The World II (4)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 213.4 x 160 cm Photography - 84 x 63 inch
$50,000
![Photography, On Top Of The World II (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196980_1_grid.jpg)
On Top Of The World II (3)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 182.9 x 142.2 cm Photography - 72 x 56 inch
$25,000
![Photography, On Top Of The World II (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196979_1_grid.jpg)
On Top Of The World II (2)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 152.4 x 114.3 cm Photography - 60 x 45 inch
$15,000
![Photography, On Top Of The World II (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196978_1_grid.jpg)
On Top Of The World II (1)
Tyler Shields
Photography - 101.6 x 76.2 cm Photography - 40 x 30 inch
$10,000
![Painting, Un Vuelo Color Blanco, Adriana Velarca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196771_1_grid.jpg)
Un Vuelo Color Blanco
Adriana Velarca
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$4,753
![Photography, Green Book (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196630_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Green Book (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196629_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Choice (4), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195494_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Choice (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195493_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, The Choice (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195492_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Andy Warhol Brillo 400% et 100%, Bearbrick](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195338_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mini collector Draw me a bear, Stéphane Gautier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194155_1_grid.jpg)
Mini collector Draw me a bear
Stéphane Gautier
Print - 25 x 25 x 1 cm Print - 9.8 x 9.8 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Print, Mini collector Nemo, Stéphane Gautier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194149_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Mini collector Be copied, Stéphane Gautier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194129_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Quatrefoil (3), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192562_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Quatrefoil (2), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192561_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Quatrefoil (1), Tyler Shields](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2192560_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, At the end of the tunnel, Baptiste Laurent](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190455_1_grid.jpg)
At the end of the tunnel
Baptiste Laurent
Painting - 50 x 50 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$671
![Painting, Hope in the Shadow of Death, Selma Tunca](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2189535_1_grid.jpg)
Hope in the Shadow of Death
Selma Tunca
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$4,753
![Print, Bleached Moonrise, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2151792_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition No.322, Sumit Mehndiratta](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1534218_1_grid.jpg)
Composition No.322
Sumit Mehndiratta
Painting - 30.5 x 91.4 x 0.1 cm Painting - 12 x 36 x 0 inch
$1,007
![Photography, 23 Flats, Barry Cawston](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/921957_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lisa, Alexandre de Poplavsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205831_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Air Force 1, Fabrik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204148_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Son of Glove, Fabrik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204146_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Note to myself, Boris Eldagsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203281_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, The leftovers, Boris Eldagsen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203042_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Flamingo pond, Evgeny Chernyakovsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199297_1_grid.jpg)
Flamingo pond
Evgeny Chernyakovsky
Painting - 75 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 29.5 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
$2,300
![Painting, Flower time Pandy, Paco Roum](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187489_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Duality, Alexandre de Poplavsky](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2187139_1_grid.jpg)
Duality
Alexandre de Poplavsky
Painting - 150 x 100 x 3.5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 1.4 inch
$31,317
![Painting, Sans titre, Jo Di Bona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173365_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Then & now, Jean Feinberg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2039886_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Skiers at Gstaad, Slim Aarons](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365819_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Journal D'Un Graveur - Vol. 2 Plate 6, Joan Miró](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/993972_1_grid.jpg)
Journal D'Un Graveur - Vol. 2 Plate 6
Joan Miró
Print - 57 x 45.5 x 0.1 cm Print - 22.4 x 17.9 x 0 inch
$1,566
![Print, Power, Cleon Peterson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/960177_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Effimera, Lorena Fonsato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205014_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Chaos Mind 1, Sam Bergwein](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2208810_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Ikarian landscape (Greek Island), Konstantinos Tsachas](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2207236_1_grid.jpg)
Ikarian landscape (Greek Island)
Konstantinos Tsachas
Painting - 40 x 53 x 3 cm Painting - 15.7 x 20.9 x 1.2 inch
$7,214
![Painting, Tanker, Stéphane Joannes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205811_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Requin, Stéphane Joannes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205808_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Stéphane Joannes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205806_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Stéphane Joannes](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205801_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Inward Journey, Vahe Bagumyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194337_1_grid.jpg)
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![Painting, Variations colorées, Sylvie Julkowski-Egard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204918_1_grid.jpg)
Variations colorées
Sylvie Julkowski-Egard
Painting - 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,957
![Painting, Winter on the Desna, Andrey Chebotaru](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195999_1_grid.jpg)
Winter on the Desna
Andrey Chebotaru
Painting - 80 x 100 x 2.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1 inch
$4,400
![Fine Art Drawings, Barrigonas, Reyner](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195588_1_grid.jpg)
Barrigonas
Reyner
Fine Art Drawings - 29 x 19 x 0.03 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.4 x 7.5 x 0 inch
$2,740
![Sculpture, Big Easter Egg, Kseniia Redina](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2193139_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 15.10.2017, 17h41, Prisca Lobjoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190726_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, 01.12.2013, 22h, Prisca Lobjoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2190723_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Composition, Miodrag Djuric (Dado)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/992961_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Mémoire de JingDeZhen, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7873_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Photography, Mémoire de JingDeZhen, Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/7868_1_grid.jpg)
Mémoire de JingDeZhen
Feng Hatat
Photography - 32 x 48 x 1 cm Photography - 12.6 x 18.9 x 0.4 inch
$671
![Photography, Une nuit pluvieuse , Feng Hatat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/30897_1_grid.jpg)
Une nuit pluvieuse
Feng Hatat
Photography - 60 x 40 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch
$671
![Painting, Aigrette en Camargue derrière des barbelés, Lionel le Jeune](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2199067_1_grid.jpg)
Aigrette en Camargue derrière des barbelés
Lionel le Jeune
Painting - 37 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 14.6 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,454
![Painting, Spring, Sona Adalyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2195928_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La cage où le silence fût brisé par la voix d'un homme au bord des larmes, Sandra Chevrier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2188311_1_grid.jpg)
La cage où le silence fût brisé par la voix d'un homme au bord des larmes
Sandra Chevrier
Painting - 80 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
$11,744
![Print, Composition bleue, Antoni Clavé](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/17610_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 28 mai 2022, Raymond Attanasio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1502634_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Tokyo, Bruno Cantais](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205731_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Nr 5 marble bottle, Phantom Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2205392_1_grid.jpg)
Nr 5 marble bottle
Phantom Art
Sculpture - 36 x 21 x 8.5 cm Sculpture - 14.2 x 8.3 x 3.3 inch
$5,536
![Photography, Palazzo Grimani, Male Center, Magda Von Hanau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203983_1_grid.jpg)
Palazzo Grimani, Male Center
Magda Von Hanau
Photography - 121.9 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 48 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$4,000
![Design, Flight, Fabrik](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203781_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Falls of Light, Charlie Easton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2196287_1_grid.jpg)
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![Print, Untitled from Artist Against Torture, Antoni Tapies](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1242189_1_grid.jpg)
Untitled from Artist Against Torture
Antoni Tapies
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,566
![Painting, Aria, Olga Marciano](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2204944_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Small Love in White, Gergana Ivanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203803_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Love in White, Gergana Ivanova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203794_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Tribal Hermes, Massimiliano Pelletti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203262_1_grid.jpg)
Tribal Hermes
Massimiliano Pelletti
Sculpture - 37 x 27 x 30 cm Sculpture - 14.6 x 10.6 x 11.8 inch
$43,620
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!