Inspired by the nontraditional ways Postimpressionists like Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat depicted the world, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered an even more abstract style in which reality was fragmented into flat, geometric forms. Cubism majorly influenced 20th-century Western art as it radically broke with the adherence to composition and linear perspectives that dated back to the Renaissance. Its watershed moments are considered Picasso’s 1907 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, in which nude figures are fractured into angular shapes, and Georges Braque’s 1908 painting show, which prompted a critic to describe his visual reductions as “cubes.”
Although Cubism was a revolutionary art movement for European culture, it was informed by African masks and other tribal art. Its artists, which included Fernand Léger, Alexander Archipenko, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Jean Metzinger, experimented with compressing space and playing with the tension between solid and void forms in their work. While their subjects were often conventional, such as still lifes, nudes and landscapes, they were distorted without any illusion of realism.
Cubist art evolved through different distinct phases. In Analytic Cubism, from 1908 to 1912, figures or objects were “analyzed” into pieces that were reassembled in paintings and sculptures, as if presenting the same subject matter from many perspectives at once. The palette was usually monochromatic and muted, giving attention to the overlapping planes. Synthetic Cubism, dating from 1912 to 1914, moved to brighter colors and a further flattening of images. This unmooring from formal ideas of art would shape numerous styles that followed, from Dada to Surrealism.
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$5,383
Color photography in methacrylate, playground/childhood, with aluminum frame.
Located in Carballo, ES
Color photography printed in high resolution on methacrylate, with a wooden frame on the back. The work is signed and numbered, includes a certificate of authenticity. The dimension...
Plexiglass
$4,545
Color photography in methacrylate, playground/childhood, with aluminum frame.
Located in Carballo, ES
Color photography printed in high resolution on methacrylate, with a wooden frame on the back. The work is signed and numbered, includes a certificate of authenticity. The dimension...
Plexiglass
$270
H 3.12 in W 9.1 in D 0.28 in
Stefanie Schneider Minis - 3 Minis from the movie Stay
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
3 Stefanie Schneider's Minis from the movie Stay: 'Forgive me', 'Lila', 'Jellyfish' signed in front, not mounted Lambda digital Color Photographs based on Stefanie Schneider expired ...
Plexiglass, Color, Lambda, Polaroid
Rouge Libre, Classic Red Lips
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This work by James Chadwick features captivating cut-out plump lips, adorned with the vibrant and iconic shade of Rouge Libre red lipstick. These lips radiate a profound sense of emp...
Plexiglass
$6,975
H 50.01 in W 62.21 in
"Library, Freie Universität, Berlin", photography by Reinhard Görner, 2014
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the Freie Universität Library in Berlin by Reinhard Görner. Fine Art Lightjet Print, mounted on aluminum, plexiglass or resin. Two weeks manufacturing time, then shipp...
Plexiglass, Color, Digital Pigment, Lambda
$6,975
H 50.01 in W 51.19 in
"Milich'sche Library I, Görlitz", photography by Reinhard Görner, 2016
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the Milich'sche Libary I in Germany by Reinhard Görner. Fine Art Lightjet Print, mounted on aluminum, plexiglass or resin. Two weeks manufacturing time, then shipping ...
Color, Digital Pigment, Plexiglass
$6,975
H 57.49 in W 50.01 in D 1.97 in
"The Cohen Room, Oxford", photography by Reinhard Görner, 2017
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the Cohen Room in Oxford, UK by Reinhard Görner. Reinhard Görner was born in Leipzig (Germany) in 1950, and is a freelance architectural photographer based in Berlin. ...
Plexiglass, Color, Digital Pigment
Barbie Lips
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This artwork, featuring a cut-out image of plump lips in a metallic Barbie pink, encapsulates the culture of Barbie, an iconic symbol of beauty, fashion, and empowerment. The lusciou...
Plexiglass
L'occhio di Dio
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Fidel Santos' evocative photograph, L'occhio di Dio, captures a stunning polychromed carving of the All-Seeing Eye, radiating golden beams of light against a stark black background. ...
Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Mixed Media
Sting - The best of 25 years
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5 Mounted in Plexiglas Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The World Records series celebrates some of...
Plexiglass, C Print
Madonna di Pietraquaria
Located in Brooklyn, NY
The photograph titled "Madonna di Pietraquaria" captures a poignant portrait of a centuries-old carved wooden statue of the Virgin Mary, deeply rooted in the traditions of Baroque an...
Plexiglass, Archival Ink, Mixed Media
$12,000
H 55.12 in W 63 in
Johnny Cash – The Songs That Made Him Famous – Garrard 209
By Kai Schäfer
Located in New York City, NY
Edition of 5 Mounted in Plexiglas Kai Schäfer is an acclaimed German photographer with a passion for vinyl records and iconic turntables. The World Records series celebrates some of...
Plexiglass, C Print
$9,300
H 59.85 in W 62.21 in
"Books, clocks and globes, national library, Prague" by Reinhard Görner
Located in Paris, France
Photograph of the National Library of Prague by Reinhard Görner. Fine Art Lightjet Print, mounted on aluminum, plexiglass or resin. Two weeks manufacturing time, then shipping in tw...
Plexiglass, Color, Digital Pigment, Resin
"The Anatomy of Noise"
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In The Anatomy of Noise, James Chadwick dissects chaos with a surgeon's intuition and a poet's unrest. Drawing visual language from the raw urgency of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Chadwick ...
Plexiglass
Man Ray's Studio, Pablo Picasso Portrait in 1933
By Man Ray
Located in Pasadena, CA
Man Ray, Pablo Picasso , 1933 Man Ray (American/French, 1890-1976), sepia gelatin silver print , studio stamp from Man Ray Paris stamp verso, matted and framed under glass 6"h x 5"w ...
Silver Gelatin