figuration
Example Sentences
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Joan Vila-Grau’s brilliantly hued stained-glass windows seem suspended between abstraction and figuration, never resolving the tension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
They brilliantly bridge figuration and abstraction by letting the dressed body tell the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
Well before the current market craze over Black figuration, Thomas was exploring the Black female figure.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
To his interest in figuration, he adds a rope motif, an idea he has been exploring in works that appeared in group shows like “Shattered Glass” at Jeffrey Deitch gallery in 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
It is an artistic conception, and in "light winged figuration" far more mature than the Chopin of op.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker
