![]() ![]() In addition to these melodramatic signs, the forthright masculinity of the composition is also in part achieved by the primal nature of his surface as Kline includes intentional voids as an integral part of the composition. Vertically, horizontally, and at oblique angles, this arrangement of muscular linear markings coalesces into a form that immediately recalls the towers and girders of the iconic Williamsburg or Brooklyn Bridges, or any of the other monolithic structures that traverse New York’s skyline. In both physical size and artistic scope, it skillfully captures the masculine energy that epitomized Abstract Expressionism, as onto this large canvas Kline lays down bold architectural swaths of paint. Yet, for Kline, the physical act of painting is not a means to capture or replicate the energy of New York or his native Pennsylvania it is an experience in and of itself-an act in which the artist commits to canvas his emotional reaction to the modern metropolis.Īt nearly eight feet tall, Light Mechanic belongs to a group of monumental canvases that Kline painted between 1950 and the early 1960s. His broad sweeps of paint and dramatic black-and-white gestures combine to produce enigmatic forms that evoke the aggressive dynamism of the urban landscape. Perhaps more than any other art of the period, the paintings of Franz Kline have come to be regarded as the embodiment of Abstract Expressionism. If you look at abstraction, you can imagine that it’s a head, a bridge, almost anything-but it’s not these things that get me started on a painting.” I don’t decide in advance that I’m going to paint a definite experience, but in the act of painting, it becomes a genuine experience for me….
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