ABSTRACTION EXHIBIT - Paths to Abstraction 1867-1917
Art Gallery NSW
http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/current/paths_to_abstraction
This exhibition showcased a number of artists and offered information on; Whistler; Monet and Cezanne; Nabis; Gauguin and The Primitivist Woodcut; The Exaltation of Colour; Cubism; 1912-17 : The Limits of Abstraction.
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My personal favourite from the exhibition was Frantisek Kupka, a Czech painter and graphic artist. Kupka started out as an illustrator, his work didn't become abstracted till 1910 and expressed his theories on motion, colour and orphism(the connection between painting and music). He was involved in the Abstract Art Movement and Cubism, specifically Orphism which focused on pure abstraction and bright colours. Kupka was interested in colour theory and studied he work done by Sir Isaac Newton and Hermann von Helmholtz. This lead Kupka to produce a series of paintings called 'Discs of Newton' (1911-12).
The gallery exhibited one of the many 'Discs of Newton', the colour made circular patterns of morphing all colour in the colour wheel, he was said to be created his own colour wheels and to disconnect colours form their associations. Kupka was exhibited with Delaunay couple (Robert and Sonya), who were highly influenced by Kupkas' colour theory and later paintings.
The gallery exhibited one of the many 'Discs of Newton', the colour made circular patterns of morphing all colour in the colour wheel, he was said to be created his own colour wheels and to disconnect colours form their associations. Kupka was exhibited with Delaunay couple (Robert and Sonya), who were highly influenced by Kupkas' colour theory and later paintings.
Information - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrantiĊĦek_Kupka
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