Howard Arkley may have made his mark via his suburban exteriors and interiors, however he would have been unable to do so without his solid grounding in such abstract textural works from the early... Read full biography
Howard Arkley may have made his mark via his suburban exteriors and interiors, however he would have been unable to do so without his solid grounding in such abstract textural works from the early 1980s as Leaves and Flowers, 1981. That Arkley was a superlative abstractionist is beyond dispute.... Read full biography
Howard Arkley may have made his mark via his suburban exteriors and interiors, however he would have been unable to do so without his solid grounding in such abstract textural works from the early 1980s as Leaves and Flowers, 1981. That Arkley was a superlative abstractionist is beyond dispute. Although he has placed his organic detritus here within the format of a solid grid formation, the leaves and flowers of his subject zone seem to shift and shimmy on an autumn wind. It is as though here... Read full biography
Howard Arkley may have made his mark via his suburban exteriors and interiors, however he would have been unable to do so without his solid grounding in such abstract textural works from the early 1980s as Leaves and Flowers, 1981. That Arkley was a superlative abstractionist is beyond dispute. Although he has placed his organic detritus here within the format of a solid grid formation, the leaves and flowers of his subject zone seem to shift and shimmy on an autumn wind. It is as though here he has captured the chaos of nature through a mathematical prism. Movement is primary, the sense of swirling rhythm that captures the viewer's eye. Music was a primary source of inspiration to Arkley, especially the emergent punk movement, and it is... Read full biography
Howard Arkley may have made his mark via his suburban exteriors and interiors, however he would have been unable to do so without his solid grounding in such abstract textural works from the early 1980s as Leaves and Flowers, 1981. That Arkley was a superlative abstractionist is beyond dispute. Although he has placed his organic detritus here within the format of a solid grid formation, the leaves and flowers of his subject zone seem to shift and shimmy on an autumn wind. It is as though here he has captured the chaos of nature through a mathematical prism. Movement is primary, the sense of swirling rhythm that captures the viewer's eye. Music was a primary source of inspiration to Arkley, especially the emergent punk movement, and it is safe to assume that the artist would have effectively 'danced' this work into being, his... Read full biography
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