Towards
- Artist
- Friedel Dzubas
- Style
- Color field painting
- Genre
- Abstract
"Towards" exemplifies Color field painting, a style of Abstract art that emerged in 1940s and 1950s New York. The painting features large, flat expanses of solid color that spread across the canvas, emphasizing areas of unbroken surface and a flat picture plane. Its focus is on the purity of color, which is liberated from objective representation and becomes the subject itself. Unlike movements that prioritize gesture or brushwork, "Towards" demonstrates a contemplative process, showcasing an overall consistency of form and process characteristic of Color field painting, where color’s emotional and aesthetic power is foregrounded.
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