figuration
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Moreover, one reason for all the imagining from without is the paucity of figuration from within Sunni Islam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
He dabbled with Fauvism, Austrian Expressionism and Post-Impressionism, but like so many who experiment, these tastes gave way to the hard stuff: Abstract Expressionism and Francis Bacon-inspired figuration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
But I’m more interested in painting that utilizes figuration, where there’s no longer that hierarchy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
“I don’t think it’s possible to have a conversation about figuration without going back to this very fecund moment of Black artistic development.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
Mere assent is nothing; the question of importance is whether the figuration of the creed is dull or vivid—as vivid as the shadows of a June sun on a white house.
From Miriam's Schooling and Other Papers by Mark Rutherford
