The 4 Elements of Superstroke

The 4 Elements of Superstroke

As most people who has been following the Superstroke Art Movement knows is that the manifesto written for Superstroke is as follows:

1. Paintings should be executed using expressive even violent brushstrokes on at least some part of the picture.

2. Should a photograph be used for a figurative painting, the objection should not be Photorealism, but Expressionism.

3. If mediums such as pen, pencil, etc are used, the pen and pencil strokes must at least be overly expressive for it to be considered a Superstroke picture.

4. Paintings can be executed in both the abstract and figurative.

5. Subject matters such as Africa, light, dark, life and death are encouraged.

6. Collage, Stencil and Calligraphy may be used for impact.

7. The concept, Art for the sake of art, does not apply in Superstroke. In Superstroke it is art for the sake of Superstroke, as the artist must always strive for paintings rich in texture, or excessive brush or pencil strokes.

Superstroke consists out of 4 elements, namely The Stylized Image, Non Representative Abstraction, Realism and Combination. All of these elements are of equal importance, and make out the total collection of images in Superstroke. There has been a notion Superstroke should consolidate and focus on only one of the four elements, instead embracing all of them. Several discussions later and it was decided although it means more work, The Superstroke Movement will still embrace all four of these elements. Superstroke is extremely complex, and it seems that it will become even more so as time goes on.

In order to achieve the goals of Superstroke, namely to produce paintings to take art forward, it is important for the Superstroke Art Movement to incorporate all the elements of modern art.
Superflat started what will be a key point in a lot of Art Movements going forward, and that is to incorporate texture as a key element of the movement.

In Superstoke texture or the illusion of texture is always very important, but when you work with pencil for instance it is difficult to add texture in comparison with what you can do in oil or acrylic paint. Then it is important to go for the expressive line. You have to use incoherent type of lines to stay within the spirit of Superstroke as described in the Manifesto.