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Test Pattern 6 (Grey study)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 6 (Grey study)
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
Test Pattern
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 5 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 5 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern series sets up
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 5 (Grey study)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 5 (Grey study)
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
Test Pattern
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 6 (Grey study)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
Test Pattern series sets up a generic
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 2 (Grey Study)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
Test Pattern series sets up a generic
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 5 (Grey study)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
Test Pattern series sets up a generic
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 4 (Grey Study)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed.
Test Pattern series sets up a generic
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 6 (Grey study)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
purpose, the test pattern. This is not a strictly conceptual usage however, but more of a purposeful play
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern
Located in Denver, CO
Electric Coffin is coded within art history and ideologies from archetypes of mysticism. We explore found truths from modernity and a personal historical perspective. A process-drive...
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Resin, Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Graphite
Small Test Pattern 4 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Small Test Pattern 4 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern series
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Gouache
Grey Test Pattern 1 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Grey Test Pattern 1 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern series
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Gouache
Large Test Pattern 7 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Large Test Pattern 7 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern series
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Gouache
Grey Test Pattern 1 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Grey Test Pattern 1 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern series
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Gouache
Large Test Pattern 7 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Large Test Pattern 7 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern series
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Gouache
Small Test Pattern 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Small Test Pattern 2 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern series
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Gouache
Small Test Pattern 4 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Small Test Pattern 4 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern series
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Gouache
Large Test Pattern 3 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Large Test Pattern 3 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern series
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Gouache
Small Grey Test Pattern 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Small Grey Test Pattern 2 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 5 (Grey study) (Abstract Drawing)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 5 (Grey study) (Abstract Drawing)
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 2 (Grey Study) (Abstract Drawing)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 2 (Grey Study) (Abstract Drawing)
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting)
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Small Grey Test Pattern 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Small Grey Test Pattern 2 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic/gouache on wood - Unframed
Test Pattern
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Wood, Acrylic
Test Pattern 2 (Grey Study) (Abstract Drawing)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 2 (Grey Study) (Abstract Drawing)
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Paper, Ink
Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 12 (Grey study) (Abstract painting)
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Test Pattern 4 (Grey Study) (Abstract Painting)
By Tom McGlynn
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 4 (Grey Study) (Abstract Painting)
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
Basquiat Test Pattern 1979 (Basquiat Gray)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Jean-Michel Basquiat Test Pattern 1979:
Basquiat created this flyer on the occasion of a
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Television Test Pattern, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink
By Richard Tuschman
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Television Test Pattern, limited edition photograph, signed, archival ink
A self-taught model
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
testing nature
By Barbara Kuebel
Located in New Orleans, LA
drawing, the assemblage of independent characters in patterns gives her a special sort of freedom. She
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Testing gravity/ colour black
By Barbara Kuebel
Located in New Orleans, LA
drawing, the assemblage of independent characters in patterns gives her a special sort of freedom. She
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Groovy Lucille Ball, original painting for TV Guide cover
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
triple portrait with twisting, curving and undulating flat patterns. It's set against a TV screen, "Test
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache
"Restoration Test, " Marble Mosaic, 2017
Located in Chicago, IL
this mosaic entitled "Restoration Test," Kii approaches art as a process of repair and healing, not
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract More Art
Materials
Mosaic
Patterns, Original Contemporary Painting
Located in Boston, MA
Patterns
150.0 x 100.0 x 1.0, 1.0 lbs
Acrylic
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
testing space with a body/ colour red
By Barbara Kuebel
Located in New Orleans, LA
drawing, the assemblage of independent characters in patterns gives her a special sort of freedom. She
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
October 28, Original Patterned Foliage Painting
Located in Boston, MA
constantly experimenting and testing the limits of ordinary materials. Heller has been teaching surface
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
October (Grid and Flower), Original Patterned Foliage Painting
Located in Boston, MA
making, she is constantly experimenting and testing the limits of ordinary materials. Heller has been
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
H 22.5 in W 30 in D 0.03 in
Emir, 2016, oil on canvas, abstract painting with patterns
Located in Izmir, TR
bound by one's senses and materialism. Materialism is shown by also patterns in the paintings. The two
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 55.12 in W 39.38 in D 1.19 in
Sun Salutations, Blue Teal Orange Coral Peach Geometric Abstract Patterns
By Jenny Kemp
Located in Kent, CT
Geometric shapes compose a symmetrical pattern of curving horizontal stripes with edges rounded
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Panel
Energy Field #135 – Stephen Gill, Colour, Abstract, Pattern, Photography, Art
By Stephen Gill
Located in Zurich, CH
. 1/1
framed
Stephen Gill (*1971, Bristol, Great Britain) likes to test the limits that photography
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stephen GillEnergy Field #135 – Stephen Gill, Colour, Abstract, Pattern, Photography, Art, 2013-2016
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H 49.02 in W 42.01 in
Energy Field #053 – Stephen Gill, Colour, Abstract, Pattern, Photography, Art
By Stephen Gill
Located in Zurich, CH
of 1, plus 1 AP; Ed. no. 1/1
framed
Stephen Gill (*1971, Bristol, Great Britain) likes to test the
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stephen GillEnergy Field #053 – Stephen Gill, Colour, Abstract, Pattern, Photography, Art, 2013-2016
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H 49.02 in W 42.01 in
Energy Field #260 – Stephen Gill, Colour, Abstract, Pattern, Photography, Art
By Stephen Gill
Located in Zurich, CH
Gill (*1971, Bristol, Great Britain) likes to test the limits that photography imposes on him. As a
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stephen GillEnergy Field #260 – Stephen Gill, Colour, Abstract, Pattern, Photography, Art, 2013-2016
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H 49.02 in W 42.01 in
Energy Field #427 – Stephen Gill, Colour, Abstract, Pattern, Photography, Art
By Stephen Gill
Located in Zurich, CH
Stephen Gill (*1971, Bristol, Great Britain) likes to test the limits that photography imposes on him. As
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Stephen GillEnergy Field #427 – Stephen Gill, Colour, Abstract, Pattern, Photography, Art, 2013-2016
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H 49.02 in W 42.01 in
Drape, Coral, Dark Pink, Gray, Orange Geometric Abstract Curving Lines Pattern
By Jenny Kemp
Located in Kent, CT
An abstract geometric pattern is composed of thick curving lines in dark pink, coral, and orange
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic, Panel
H 40 in W 32 in D 1.5 in
Three face mirror, 2020, oil on canvas, abstract painting with patterns
Located in Izmir, TR
bound by one's senses and materialism. Materialism is shown by also patterns in the paintings. The two
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 35.44 in Dm 35.44 in
Untitled, from 'Talking to Ants' – Stephen Gill, Colour, Abstract, Pattern, Art
By Stephen Gill
Located in Zurich, CH
) likes to test the limits that photography imposes on him. As a conceptual artist – and also a bit of a
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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H 44.01 in W 44.01 in
Basquiat Gray 1980
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
, then Test Pattern, the Basquiat co-founded group, settled on the name "Gray", after Basquiat's fondness
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Reality Show
By Nora See
Located in New Orleans, LA
test pattern, historically used to indicate that no program was being broadcast. This image of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Basquiat hand-painted sweatshirt 1979/1980 (early Jean-Michel Basquiat)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
:
- "Stupid Games, Bad Ideas" (color xerox; see Basquiat: Boom For Real pg. 108).
- Basquiat (untitled) "Test
Category
1980s Pop Art Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Obar Bedrock
Located in Dallas, TX
Derived from photographs of subsistence craters formed in the aftermath of underground atomic tests
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Glitter, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Hybla Fair Bedrock
Located in Dallas, TX
patterns that define this and other works from this series. All test images used in my Bedrock series are
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Glitter, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Entrapped 5 by Simcha Even-Chen - porcelain sculpture, red
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
. The artist tests the physical limits of the material (its collapse during firing) and plays with the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 9.06 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
Folding in Motion 2 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, blue, white, line
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
. The artist tests the physical limits of the material (its collapse during firing) and plays with the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 8.27 in W 11.82 in D 10.63 in
Entrapped 4 by Simcha Even-Chen - porcelain sculpture, blue
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
. The artist tests the physical limits of the material (its collapse during firing) and plays with the
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 7.09 in W 13 in D 10.24 in
Folding in Motion 4 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, green lines
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
organic, dynamic, and natural shapes. The material's physical limits are tested (it collapses during
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 8.67 in W 11.82 in D 7.49 in
Folding in Motion 9 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, yellow lines
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
organic, dynamic, and natural shapes. The material's physical limits are tested (it collapses during
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 9.06 in W 16.93 in D 5.52 in
Entrapped 1 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, blue lines, movement
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
organic, dynamic, and natural shapes. The material's physical limits are tested (it collapses during
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 7.49 in W 13.78 in D 7.88 in
Folding in Motion 11 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, orange lines
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
organic, dynamic, and natural shapes. The material's physical limits are tested (it collapses during
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 6.3 in W 11.82 in D 4.73 in
Folding in Motion 6 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, orange, line
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
organic, dynamic, and natural shapes. The material's physical limits are tested (it collapses during
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 7.88 in W 12.6 in D 7.88 in
Folding in Motion 1 by Simcha Even-Chen - porcelain sculpture, red and yellow
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
organic, dynamic and natural shapes. The artist tests the physical limits of the material (its collapse
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 9.45 in W 18.12 in D 10.24 in
Folding in Motion 8 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, red, white, lines
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
flexibility—to produce organic, dynamic, and natural shapes. The material's physical limits are tested (it
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 6.7 in W 14.18 in D 4.34 in
Entrapped 2 by Simcha Even-Chen - Porcelain sculpture, blue, motion
By Simcha Even-Chen
Located in Paris, FR
organic, dynamic, and natural shapes. The material's physical limits are tested (it collapses during
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
H 6.7 in W 13.78 in D 11.03 in
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