Detail from a painting by John Brosio for "Mondo Tondo", an exhibition of paintings on 24-inch diameter round panels, by 52 of the worlds best contemporary representational artists.

Opening reception: Saturday, March 16th, 6-9pm at Arcadia Contemporary.

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An American Revolutionary Guide to 21st-Century Art
American representational artists pursue the sublime
Michael J. Pearce
https://t.co/5KJC7eVcXG

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"My most recent work investigates the objectification of women—how far we’ve come, and how far we have to go. Exploring female sexuality and empowerment, earlier representational sculptural work is informed by Renaissance art, Surrealism, and mythology." - LANNIE HART

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Total prize pot: £35,000

First Prize: £20,000

Enter the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize by submitting up to 4 representational paintings/drawings by 5pm today: https://t.co/2rdDs2YAw9

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When ur dog becomes part of ur homework.
1st Representational
2d Cropped and Simplified
3d Gemometric
4th Distortion-exaggerated.

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Hard to say whether it was a representational convention or something more, but its appearance is widespread. In this scene from a 1597-8 AD Mughal ms of Amir Khusraw's Khamsa made for Akbar (, W.624), the same visual trope was used.

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Here’s a couple basic pics for representational purposes. The purple derg known as Infrasound.

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Born in 1880—The first American painter to experiment with pure abstraction, Arthur Dove dispensed with representational subjects, creating patterns, rhythms, and color harmonies in order to communicate through form and color alone.

See five works

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Have you read my blog? There are over 4400 posts about illustration, academic painting, color, animation, and comic art.
Read the whole post: https://t.co/Oz2HZzObsE

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artist talks to dateagleart about his practice & 'the importance of play in the act of making and engaging with art, the tension between abstract & representational painting, and the formal issues of colour, shape, light &form' https://t.co/2KrIuj7Grd

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Piet Mondrian celebrated the legacy of Van Gogh by emulating Vincent's interest in his Dutch heritage. Mondrian later progressed from the physical to metaphysical realm eschewing representational painting for a language of contemplative geometry and pure color in his late work.

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