Cubism
Explore a selection of Andy Renard's paintings connected to the theme of Cubism. Discover original works that approach the subject through different stories, moods and visual expressions.
About Cubism
Cubism is an artistic approach that breaks subjects into simplified, fragmented, and geometric forms. Rather than presenting the world from a single viewpoint, cubist art can combine different perspectives, allowing several sides of a subject to exist within the same image.
Developed in the early twentieth century, Cubism challenged traditional ideas of perspective and realistic representation. Faces, bodies, objects, and spaces could be divided, rearranged, flattened, or reconstructed, shifting attention away from what something literally looks like toward how it can be perceived and interpreted.
The cubist elements in the artworks presented here are used freely rather than as a strict adherence to historical Cubism. Fragmented faces, distorted proportions, geometric structures, and overlapping perspectives become tools for exploring people, identity, emotion, and perception.
This approach can create a tension between recognition and abstraction. A face may still clearly be a face while simultaneously appearing divided or reconstructed, leaving space for several expressions, viewpoints, or meanings to coexist.
These works draw on the visual language of Cubism while combining it with contemporary figurative painting, symbolism, and personal storytelling.
Synonyms: cubist art, cubist painting, geometric art, fragmented art, geometric painting