Palimpsest VIII (2012) Estampas & grabados por Costigan

Costigan’s work is mainly based on colour relativity and the use of ambiguous form.  He believe symbols and their associations with certain subject matter is a very apparent part of society, from propaganda, religious iconography, body language to brands and marketing as people can only visually understand something if it is either associated with archetypes or they can put it into a category as an object.

Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an attempt to reproduce an illusion of visible reality. By the end of the 19th century many artists felt a need to create a new kind of art which would encompass the fundamental changes taking place in technology, science and philosophy. The sources from which individual artists drew their theoretical arguments were diverse, and reflected the social and intellectual preoccupations in all areas of Western culture at that time. Abstract art, non-figurative art, non-objective art, and non-representational art, are closely related terms. They are similar, but perhaps not of identical meaning.

• Nacionalidad: REINO UNIDO
• Fecha de nacimiento : fecha desconocida
• Dominios artísticos: Representado por una galería,
• Grupos: Artistas Británicos Contemporáneos Artistas presentados por una galería