Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Abstract Expressionism: Refuse a center and carry stroke density to every edge
- Type
- Set in Abstract Expressionism's manner (Keep words to a few and place them clear of the paint), and let Gutai's lettering (Keep records to date and act described, adding no meaning through a title.) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Abstract Expressionism's material (Thick paint and poured washes on a large support, drips left visible); bring in exactly one thing from Gutai (Mud, paper, water, bulbs and paint, keeping the marks of tearing and treading.).
- Colour
- Build on #ddd4c5, #8d5541, #252221 and admit one accent from #e6dfd1, #d84831, #25211f.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Abstract Expressionism Scattering energetic strokes as decoration skips each artist's method, the postwar politics and the tie between scale and body, and with neither density nor a record of decisions it reads as a dirty backdrop.
- Gutai Restaging the physical gesture without responding to what the material does leaves only spectacle. Read the thought behind it, postwar Japan, the autonomy of material and the audience taking part.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Abstract Expressionism (Style, 1940s–1950s) and its accent from Gutai (Style, 1954–1972). Structural cues: Vast canvases; Bodily brushwork; All-over composition; Drips and stains. Accent cues, used sparingly: Body colliding with material; Outdoor exhibitions; Tearing, throwing, treading; Participation and play. Composition: Refuse a center and carry stroke density to every edge. Type and lettering: Keep words to a few and place them clear of the paint. Let one material quality come from the second style: Mud, paper, water, bulbs and paint, keeping the marks of tearing and treading.. Mood: Exhilaration, Rebellion, Calm, Play. Color: build on #ddd4c5, #8d5541, #252221 with a single accent drawn from #e6dfd1, #d84831, #25211f. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Abstract Expressionism 1940s–1950s / Style / Postwar American Art
On huge canvases, with bodily strokes, drips, stains and broad fields of color, what stays on the surface is the act of painting and strong inner feeling rather than a depicted subject.
- Gutai 1954–1972 / Style / Japanese Postwar Avant-garde
Acts directly on body, mud, paper, water, smoke and light bulbs, making the work an event in which spirit does not master material and each exposes the nature of the other.
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