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are explicit and blocked out large. One might even guess that this painting was a very close up detail of the 1952 piece. But now look more closely and notice how both paintings masterfully handle the color and how in each the forms seem |
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Untitled, 1952, oil on canvas, 92 x 68 in |
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woven together to the point of creating a magnificent claustrophobic quality. Throughout the span of Briggs work a fine balance is consistently struck where individual pieces stand on their own merits yet are bound together by a strong underlying sense of style. |
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In addition to the pursuit of color relationships and establishing a visually rhythmic sensibility, another notable aspect is Brigg�s approach to space. In some paintings such as the Untitled from 1960 (side view) the forms are rendered in part as volumetric. Actually a duality is established in which the shapes are presented |
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