nonfigurative
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Af Klint harnessed her spiritual practice into unorthodox, nonfigurative paintings, which are now collected in a seven-volume retrospective catalog edited by Kurt Almqvist and Daniel Birnbaum.
From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2022
Abstraction or nonfigurative art was held, if not in some disdain, at least as something less pressing.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2022
And — spoiler! — there are quite a few nonfigurative collages that he created in the earlier decade of abstract painting that is the focus of this show.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022
Two nonfigurative pieces manage to appear simultaneously fractured and exalted.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021
In nonfigurative work, these technical preoccupations are perhaps easier to spot, but, whether a human figure can be discerned in the work or no, the same battles with color, light, composition, and tone apply.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017
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