Rhythmic Gesture is a contemporary abstract from the Modern Collection by Japandi.Art. The work stands in the tradition of gestural abstraction that runs from East Asian calligraphy to mid-twentieth-century painters such as Franz Kline and Pierre Soulages — an image made by the moving hand and held in balance by the surrounding empty paper. The Japandi register keeps the mood quiet rather than dramatic.
The image is built from bold brushstrokes and dynamic curves, set against a wide field of open ground. The speed reads in the line — the slight tapering at the trailing edge, the thicker core of each stroke — and the tension between mark and empty surface is the real subject. The print is produced as a giclée on archival paper — a pigment ink process that keeps the dark body of the stroke and the soft, unprinted ground clean.
In a room, the print stays self-assured but unforced. The strong dark gesture suits a study, a hallway or a living-room wall and gets along w . . . Read More >>
Rhythmic Gesture is a contemporary abstract from the Modern Collection by Japandi.Art. The work stands in the tradition of gestural abstraction that runs from East Asian calligraphy to mid-twentieth-century painters such as Franz Kline and Pierre Soulages — an image made by the moving hand and held in balance by the surrounding empty paper. The Japandi register keeps the mood quiet rather than dramatic.
The image is built from bold brushstrokes and dynamic curves, set against a wide field of open ground. The speed reads in the line — the slight tapering at the trailing edge, the thicker core of each stroke — and the tension between mark and empty surface is the real subject. The print is produced as a giclée on archival paper — a pigment ink process that keeps the dark body of the stroke and the soft, unprinted ground clean.
In a room, the print stays self-assured but unforced. The strong dark gesture suits a study, a hallway or a living-room wall and gets along with pale wood, white plaster and a single warm accent — leather, brass or a fired clay vessel.
The print is available in three formats. The paper version is printed on heavy archival paper and prepared for a clip frame or a custom frame. The framed version arrives ready to hang, with shatterproof acrylic glass — lighter and safer than glass. The canvas version is printed on satin-coated cotton and stretched on a wood frame.
Frequently asked questions
What does Rhythmic Gesture show?
Bold brushstrokes and dynamic curves against a wide field of open paper; the tension between mark and empty surface carries the image.
Which tradition does the work connect to?
Gestural abstraction running from East Asian calligraphy to mid-twentieth-century painters such as Franz Kline and Pierre Soulages, held in a quiet Japandi register.
Which rooms does the print suit?
Studies, hallways and living rooms. It gets along with pale wood, white plaster, leather, brass and fired clay.
How is the print produced?
As a giclée with pigment inks on archival paper. The same motif is also available as a framed edition behind shatterproof acrylic glass or on satin-coated cotton canvas on a wood stretcher frame.
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