Frank Bowling - From Figuration to Abstraction | Artist Interview | TateShots
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 เม.ย. 2012
- The artist reflects on his career and the impact of moving from London to New York.
'I realised that one of the main ingredients in making paintings was colour and geometry', says the artist.
Born in Guyana (then British Guiana) in 1934, at 19 years old Frank Bowling moved to London. He went on to study painting at the Royal College of Art alongside David Hockney and R.B. Kitaj.
As Bowling reflects on his long career, he remarks that his shift from figuration to abstraction came when he moved from London to New York.
'As I became more involved in the making of paintings, I realised that one of the main ingredients in making paintings was colour and geometry. And in New York I found ways of proceeding to deepen my investigations in that area', says the artist. 'New York was very much the place where it was all happening.'
After moving to New York, the artist began working on a series paintings where poured paint directly onto canvas.
'It was spilling, dripping, rushing', says Bowling. 'It’s a process of a ground all over, the canvas tacked to the wall, the pouring and throwing and spilling and dripping takes place, then the material is allowed to settle, and once it starts drying you sort of pull it back up the wall, so that it can be completely dried out.'
'It all happens very much in an extempore way. I don’t have any pre-planned idea about how I’m going to make a painting.'
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What a fantastic video. Both his work and his words are really speaking to me. I’ll be watching this gem again.
Wow, I'm new to Bowling's work and I love it! Great post, thank you.
Yes! Great stuff!
Thank you for sharing this beautiful message. Powerful stuff. 🖼🍀😄
Love this video and amazing wonderful artist. Thank you
I recognize this motive from figuration into the abstract - it is a bit like color music or maybe even cantillations of life. Great work
What a lovely interview and look at Franks works!
Great work very inspiring
inspirational
WONDERFUL WONDERFUL WONDER-FULL!! MANY THANKS.
Thankyou I always wanted a conversation about this sort of messy art
That 60's painting 'Mirror',the staircase one,in Tate Britain by Bowling is a standout painting from that era.
Stunning; moving...
fantastic, love the paintings and aggre that colour is the most imporatant part of painting... at least for me.
Most beautiful color painting
Incredible.❤
inspiring
Love the work and the man. Cool cat.
Great Art!
POWERFUL STUNNING BEAUTIFUL THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟 DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜 AWESOME
Fabulous Work
wow big canvas
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Abstract Art
Interesting! I am new to you/yourwork.
new york
o dear
Hi
Art art only.
O! No realism pseudo-fans here.
Figuration art is the consolation prize for none artist so they can convince themselves that they are an artist
I’ve always seen figuration as a collage of many abstractions.
In art school, "I try to..." is a dirty word. Either you did it or you did not.
The biggest enemy to artist, is other artist. Art is an free form, like an personality. Every art is diff, like every person watch diff at the world. But you know how people are. You not see like me? Fuck you then.
Joshua Taylor Madison Wow Yoda wisdom right there. So deep man.
Hahaha
Joshua Taylor Madison Ok Artist
Wall ornament making at best.