“One might truthfully say that abstract art is stripped bare of other things in order to intensify it, its rhythms, spatial intervals, and color structure. Abstraction is a process of emphasis, and emphasis vivifies life.”
Robert Motherwell was part of a movement comprised of loosely associated painters who sought to illuminate universal and emotional truths through nonrepresentational art. Inspired by the surrealists’ exploration of the subconscious, Motherwell adopted a spontaneous, “automatic” painting process, letting his brush wander across the canvas, undeterred by preconceived ideas.
Source: Museum of Modern Art, Christie’s
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