figuration

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But I’m more interested in painting that utilizes figuration, where there’s no longer that hierarchy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

The other was the vigorous argument between abstraction and figuration as front runner of the avant-garde, then being hard-fought in the American art world.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Well before the current market craze over Black figuration, Thomas was exploring the Black female figure.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2024

In contrast, Brown tries to straddle two distinct idioms: abstract mark-making and impressionistic figuration.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023

"The harmless Faun," says Bulwer Lytton, "has been the figuration of the most implacable of fiends."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 by Various