Exhibition
Abstract or not
26 Apr 2019 – 19 Jul 2019
Regular hours
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Monday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- 143 New Bond Street, First Floor
- London
England - W1S 2TP
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- C2
- Bond Street
Olivier Malingue is pleased to present Abstract or not, an exhibition including works by Georges Braque, Nicolas De Staël, Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier, Raymond Hains, Alain Jacquet, André Masson, Joan Mitchell, Judit Reigl, Jean-Paul Riopelle and Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.
About
The exhibition will explore different interpretations of abstraction, through a selection of artworks produced from 1943 onwards. The selection of works will show how the concept of abstraction can be open to interpretation, and also the role that figuration has played in influencing or informing the artists' work.
Before the Second World War, abstract art was represented by artists such as Kandinsky, Mondrian and Malevich, portraying a nonobjective style with no formal subject. This changed radically in the second half of the century, with gestural application and the experimental use of colours and mixed media at the basis of creation.
The act of painting itself became an essential part of the artwork, emphasising physicality, materiality and texture. In the selection of works at Olivier Malingue, the link to reality is ambiguously present, leading the viewer to understand how subtle and illusive the line between figuration and abstraction can be.
