Modern Art
What defines modern art?
Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophy of the art produced during that era. The term is usually...
Contemporary Art
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world.
Author: KELLY RICHMAN-ABDOU
Yayoi Kusama, “Yellow Pumpkin,”...
ARTWORKS MEDIA
Visual arts media is the material and tools used by an artist, composer or designer to create a work of art, for example, "pen and ink" where the pen is the tool and the ink is the material. Here is a list of types of...
Lygia Pape
Lygia Pape, Brazilian visual artist.
Monica Amor
From the neo-concrete to the culture of the Amazons: A Multitude of Forms looks back at the Brazilian avant-gardist.
Lygia Pape, Livro do tempo (Book of time), 1961–63. Tempera and acrylic on wood, 365 parts. Photo:...
Zurich Concrete artists
Zurich Concrete artists
Concrete Art/Geometric Abstraction
In 1930, the Dutch artist Theo van Doesburg established art concrèt, according to which the composition of a work is to be developed based on objective geometrical principles. Although Van...
The Fantastic Four: Zurich Concrete and Special Friends
The Fantastic Four: Zurich Concrete and Special Friends
BY QUINN LATIMER
Richard Paul Lohse Fünfzehn systematische Farbreihen innerhalb eines symetrischen Systems (Fifteen Systematic Colour Sequences Within a Symmetrical System), 1950–65 Oil on canvas
The traces, shadows and aftershocks of Concrete...
Tips on how your YouTube channel can help foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Video Art
YouTube’s mission is to “give everyone a voice and show them the world.” If you’re looking for ways to make your content more inclusive and appeal to a broader audience, then you’re watching...
Breakthrough: A conversation with Fernando Cocchiarale about the exhibition “Ruptura” and the foundation of...
Breakthrough: A conversation with Fernando Cocchiarale about the exhibition “Ruptura” and the foundation of Concrete art
BY CYNTHIA GARCIA
Judith Lauand (1922), Espiral (Spiral), 1956, enamel paint on eucatex, 40 cm diameter.
The exhibition “Ruptura” (Rupture), first presented...
Ivan Serpa Brazilian painter
Ivan Serpa Brazilian painter
Ivan Ferreira Serpa was a Brazilian painter, draftsman, printmaker, designer, and educator active in the concrete art movement. Much of his work was in geometric abstractionism.
Born: April 6, 1923, Rio de Janeiro, State...
Concrete art
Concrete art
Concrete art was an art movement with a strong emphasis on geometrical abstraction. The term was first formulated by Theo van Doesburg and was then used by him in 1930 to define the difference between his...
What is “Concrete Art?”
What is “Concrete Art?”
There are several major works of Concrete Art in the Ricola Collection. The Zurich Concretists Max Bill (1908–1994), Camille Graeser (1892–1980), Verena Loewensberg (1912–1986), and Richard Paul Lohse (1902–1988) were all...
CONCRETE ART
CONCRETE ART
In 1930, Dutch artist Theo Van Doesburg and four of his friends openly declared war on every kind of impressionism, sensibility and subjectivity in art. The concrete art group and the magazine Art Concret,...
Constructivist Showcase
Constructivist Showcase
Max Bill and Zurich Concrete Art
Beim Stadthaus, www.kmw.ch
«concrete art is when taken to its logical conclusion the pure expression of harmonious measure and rule. It orders systems and with artistic means breathes life...
Concrete Art
Concrete ArtDefinition, History, Famous Artists, Abstract Paintings.
DefinitionFirst coined by the Dutch artist and designer Theo Van Doesburg (1883-1931), the term "concrete art" refers to any type of abstract art which has no figurative or symbolic references....