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biomorph

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biomorph [′bī·ō‚mȯrf]
(graphic arts)
An abstract form (painted, drawn, or sculpted) whose shape resembles that of a living organism.
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I'm sure I saw traces of Picasso in the ironically titled Dream Couple, two extruded biomorphs fit only for each other; in Bugbear, a bald bloke gets down on all fours to throttle what looks for all the world like a doll described in Matisse's distinctive arabesques.
A stunning body of work by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Korman’s flexing biomorph, with its pinched and sloping forms, is likable enough, but doesn’t beguile like the complex structures seen in her last solo exhibition.
Painters Shape Up for Summer by Mario Naves / The New York Observer
Throughout the early '80s, Cubist still-life concerns reappeared in paintings depicting coffee cups, shoes, and fragments of domestic interiors, while her Chicago connection insinuated itself in images of wispy, ghostly hands, wraithlike figures, and schematized animalistic biomorphs.
Shapes of things to come by Dunham, Carroll / Artforum International
 
 
 
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