Project VI: Into Abstraction

Material abstraction and
Innovative painting applications
Emphasizing formal elements and principles of design as subject matter

Sigmar Polke
Thomas Nowzakowski
Lucy Mink

Sigmar Polke was a German painter and photographer. 
Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matters and materials. 
Born: February 13, 1941, Olesnica, Poland 
Died: June 10, 2010, Cologne, Germany

                            






Thomas Nozkowksi  b. 1944






Lucy Mink Interview with Lucy Mink







Abstract Expressionists:
Jackson Pollock


Jackson Pollock

Jackson Pollock



Franz Kline
Franz Kline
 Willem de Kooning
  Willem de Kooning
  Willem de Kooning


Hans Hoffman

 Hans Hoffman



Helen Frankenthaler


Helen Frankenthaler

 Superflat artists from Japan - contemporary

Aya Takano
Aya Takano Video: 20:10
                               
Aya Takano
Aya Takano




 Yoshitomo Nara
https://hyperallergic.com/11659/wtf-is-superflat/

Yoshitomo Nara
 Yoshitomo Nara

Yoshitomo Nara
                     
Yoshitomo Nara


Tashaki Murakami
https://www.gagosian.com/artists/takashi-murakami


Tashaki Murakami


Tashaki Murakami


Tashaki Murakami


Tashaki Murakami


Tashaki Murakami


Polly Apfelbaum (b. 1955)
www.pollyapfelbaum.com/


Polly Apfelbaum


Polly Apfelbaum


Polly Apfelbaum


Jessica Stockholder


Jessica Stockholder


Jessica Stockholder


Jessica Stockholder


Philip Taaffe 
philiptaaffe.info/


Julie Evans
www.julieevans-art.com/


Julie Evans


Julie Evans

Student Work













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