figuration
noun
fig·u·ra·tion
ˌfi-g(y)ə-ˈrā-shən 
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At the Barbican Gallery, the late American artist, Noah Davis’s first UK retrospective blends lush figuration with a fierce commitment to representation and community.
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Nargess Banks, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Farrell, the Met curator who co-organized the current Wilson retrospective, said these works, though a return to figuration, are different from his work of the early 1940s.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 25 Feb. 2025
The other was the vigorous argument between abstraction and figuration as front runner of the avant-garde, then being hard-fought in the American art world.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
What about zombie formalism and the recent figuration craze?
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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Nargess Banks, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Farrell, the Met curator who co-organized the current Wilson retrospective, said these works, though a return to figuration, are different from his work of the early 1940s.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 25 Feb. 2025
The other was the vigorous argument between abstraction and figuration as front runner of the avant-garde, then being hard-fought in the American art world.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
What about zombie formalism and the recent figuration craze?
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for figuration
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“Figuration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figuration. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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