2020 Foundations

Je Yeoran is a Korean abstract artist that uses a squeegee rather than a paintbrush for her paintings. This technique appears to give her painting’s a unique thick texture.

Kikuo Saito is an abstract artist from Tokyo, Japan. His paintings are known for utilizing a variety of colors through delicate strokes. Personally, I find his works to be aesthetically pleasing.

Here is an abstract mural in Philadelphia (12th and Walnut Streets) that was painted by Brad Carney and Michael Konrad in October 2018. This work is called “Expanding Perspective: Infinite Movements.”

For anyone interested in psychology, I found a cool paper about the correlation between early abstract art and experimental psych. It is interesting to see the comparisons about how the two fields started.

Van Campen, Crétien. “Early abstract art and experimental Gestalt psychology.” Leonardo 30.2 (1997): 133-136.

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/607434/pdf?casa_token=Pju3xpaGBW0AAAAA:7pX7kat9cCvorMWTHTQzH3HDJiNllub-JlZ7AXZKMuW986huYFKNLf9us1L-Z3qSurthIoMPKrE

Synesthesia is a neurological condition that causes the brain to process data in the form of several senses at once. For example, a person with synesthesia may hear sounds while also seeing them as colorful swirls.

Melissa McCracken is an artist with Synesthesia. Specifically, she processes songs as colors. Using her condition, her paintings are inspired by her favorite musicians.

I think it’s really interesting to be able to associate color with different sounds and words involuntarily.

I always find company logos interesting, and many of them are abstract forms that are symbolic of things relevant to each company. Here, we can see the Spotify logo and the curves that represent sound waves as Spotify occupies part of the music streaming industry. https://1000logos.net/spotify-logo/

Spotify Logo

Spotify Logo

Kika Karadi is known for her abstract painting style. Her paintings are inspired by the film noir and horror. She made a lot of large-scale monochromatic paintings. I think it’s interesting to see the texture in her work!