figuration
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His sculptures from this time look like whimsical industrial castoffs or colorful yet mangled theatrical masks, toeing the line between objects and bodies, abstraction and figuration.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2023
In contrast, Brown tries to straddle two distinct idioms: abstract mark-making and impressionistic figuration.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023
Studying his work and sources I began to think about combining figuration and abstraction, and melding manipulated planes and organic shapes.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023
His oeuvre spans six decades in which he has repeatedly explored the possibilities and limits of painting as well as the tension between abstraction and figuration.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2023
A fourth course comprised, in the first term, counterpoint, canon, choral figuration, and fugue; in the second term, "free counterpoint, canon and fugue, analysis, commencement of composition in the larger forms."
From Edward MacDowell by Gilman, Lawrence
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
