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
From the mid-1950s to 1963, Bearden embraced nonfigurative painting, exploring different arrangements of color, texture and painterly techniques.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022
Two nonfigurative pieces manage to appear simultaneously fractured and exalted.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021
These artists weren’t concerned with either the epic or, although their work was nonfigurative, the abstract in any pointed way, and pitting the Shiraga against masterpieces that supremely embody both feels beyond maladroit: cruel.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 31, 2018
His painstaking canvases built on a tradition of secular spirituality that is a hallmark of 20th century nonfigurative painting.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2016
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