nonfigurative
Americanadjective
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Two nonfigurative pieces manage to appear simultaneously fractured and exalted.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021
And although this work is nonfigurative and even technically imageless, it very clearly suggests bound or bandaged flesh.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2019
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
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
It is telling that he called his nonfigurative paintings from 1960-1966 "Synthetic Abstractions," alluding to the Cubist approach of building up form.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2012
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