#abstract-art

#abstract-art

we've been featuring her here on Open Culture since 2017, first in the context of whether she counts as the first abstract painter. Just a few years before that, practically no one in the world had ever heard her name, let alone beheld any of her more than 1,200 paintings and drawings. In fact, it was only in 2013, with the show Hilma af Klint - A Pioneer of Abstraction at Stockholm's Moderna Museet, that she first became publicly known.

Splash captures the kind of moment that usually evaporates as quickly as it appears, the instant when paint leaves the brush and lands in an unplanned, perfect pattern. This design takes that impulse and fixes it in textile form, allowing a fleeting artistic gesture to live permanently within a space. The concept begins with the language of abstract art. The surface is scattered with color in unpredictable rhythms, as if created by a single motion of the arm and a quick flick of the wrist.

Carter's elegant, off-kilter forms articulate the alienating experience of life in the thick of political turmoil, drawing on references as disparate as jazz and Russian Constructivism.

Ed Sheeran paints in a protective suit, contrasting with messy artists like Jenny Saville and Van Gogh, highlighting the playful nature and perceived safety of his approach.

As an architecture photographer, I usually make images with correct perspective, but on this occasion I wanted to see if I could create something more abstract.

There was nothing pale about his work. He loved the drama; he loved the colour. His influence has faded since his death, but now it’s time for a reappraisal.

"Our assignment was to treat contemporary works of art as the jumping off points for new recipes, working backward to develop dishes that mirror the original paintings."

My exploration, abstraction gradually took precedence, leading me to delve into the creation of abstract landscapes. This unexpected shift revealed to me a fundamental truth: amidst the chaos that surrounds us.

To be honest, I keep thinking of them as evolving forms. I try to find new things in them when I look at them. I'm not entirely sure I want to figure them out because I probably won't want to make them if I understand them.