
This program is free, but space in-gallery is limited so pre-registration is required. This program is facilitated by artist Shauna LeAnn Smith. Guests spend an hour carefully observing and speaking about the works on view, resulting in a deeper understanding of how they and others relate to the artwork and to each other. All lyrical artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30-day money-back guarantee. Slow Viewing is a supportive practice for anyone who wants to develop their skills of interpretation, observation, and discussing art. Shop for lyrical wall art from the worlds greatest living artists and iconic brands. Saturday, March 11, 2:00 PM, Greybull by Robert P. $55 workshop fee includes all materials and covers a group of up to 5 people.

In this workshop, each group will receive one 24” x 36” canvas and work together to create an abstract painting – no paintbrushes allowed! Use your creativity to explore other methods of applying paint to the canvas for fun textures and shapes.

View the Exhibition Photo Album Related Programsįamily Painting Workshop: Anything but a Paint Brush This exhibit features work by lyrical abstract artists in the Museum’s permanent collection including Poons, Natkin, Francis, Marlene Mueller, and Sharon Jesik, among others. Their work was created, in part, in reaction to the streamlined aesthetics, coolness, and political implications of Minimalist and Conceptual Art.ĭubbed “lyrical abstractionists,” these artists made work characterized by loose gestural brushstrokes, acrylic staining, an emphasis on rich color, monumental scale, occasional imagery, and a return to a physical and direct sensory experience of painting. These artists sought to expand the idea of abstract painting and to reassert the importance of the formal elements of line and color. All lyrical artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30-day.

Exhibit DetailsĪmerican Lyrical Abstraction developed as an art movement in the 1960s and 70s led by a group of artists including Dan Christensen, Larry Poons, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Natkin, and Sam Francis. Shop for lyrical wall art from the worlds greatest living artists and iconic brands. Collection of the Springfield Art Museum. Image credit: Walter Darby Bannard, Viola Sudan #9, 1970, Acrylic on canvas.
