Sentences with phrase «contemporary figurative tradition»
Group exhibitions include Objects Like Us, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, curated by Amy Smith - Stewart and David Adamo (2018); Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland (2018); and Rodin and the Contemporary Figurative Tradition, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI (2017), among others.
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Insistently contemporary, they nevertheless recall classical figurative traditions across a range of cultures and historical periods, typifying a strand of neo-primitivism that has arisen in the past decade.
Through her use of subtly articulated line and negative space, Ku references East Asian artistic traditions, while her focus on figurative representation through a predominantly female - centric subject matter, suggests a more contemporary Western perspective.
A meeting of tradition and innovation, connoisseurship and humour, «Study from the Human Body» is a comprehensive exploration of the impact of Francis Bacon and Henry Moore on contemporary figurative art.
His work occupies a unique place within the practice of contemporary photography, employing anachronistic production techniques, borrowing from the aesthetics of the finest figurative painters of the 19th and 20th centuries, and drawing upon the longstanding tradition of vanitas imagery.
Simultaneously classical and contemporary in scope, it contains roughly 300 images, how - to diagrams, and information about figurative art movements of the past as well as profiles of some of the greatest practitioners working today... featuring examples of Zeller's own work and also some of his best contemporary peers, who collectively bring the figurative tradition forward into a new era.»
The exhibition's theme is closely tied to the Academy's mission of promoting and preserving the tradition of figurative art within the contemporary art world.
Rarely do these commissions make any kind of larger statement about American art, but last fall, when Barack Obama selected Kehinde Wiley — a figurative painter who deploys the techniques, poses and patterns of the grand tradition of Baroque European paintings to portray contemporary black and brown men he finds on the street — to paint his official portrait for the Smithsonian, it at least reflected the Obamas» well - developed connections to the world of culture.
The fact he maintained a commitment to the figurative tradition to some degree [1] makes this painter truly stand out from the rest of his famous contemporaries who opted for the pure abstraction style.
The exhibition also connects thematically with the NYAA's mission to promote and preserve the tradition of figurative art within the context of the contemporary art world.
She creates a personal and contemporary fiction within her works, bringing to light issues of race and representation throughout the history of traditional figurative painting: «My work is a form of tribute, analysis and intervention: tribute out of sincere admiration for the figurative tradition; analysis, by making something vast,» the role of race in the history of figurative painting «comprehensible to both myself and to my viewers; and intervention, by positioning a woman - of - color as primary picture - maker, in whose hands the figurative tradition is refashioned.»
Selectively and imaginatively revisiting old master techniques and concepts, artists today are again exploring the figurative tradition as a viable way of approaching contemporary life.
The exhibition is being described as a meeting of tradition and innovation, connoisseurship and humour, offering a comprehensive exploration of the impact of Francis Bacon and Henry Moore on contemporary figurative art.
The Smart Museum's contemporary collection reflects the rich diversity of these approaches while emphasizing several central threads in recent art: the persistence of figurative traditions, the emergence of conceptual art, and artwork that explores the pressing social issues of our time.
Administered entirely by its artist members, the mission of the gallery has evolved from an advocacy of the figurative tradition to a broader and more eclectic interpretation of contemporary painting, printmaking and sculpture.
The options include still life, landscape, figurative and abstraction pulling from traditions that include Abstract Expressionism, Realism, contemporary abstraction, contemporary Impressionism and more.
A solo exhibition of recent work titled «Altered Images» The work in this exhibition fits into the figurative tradition but is influenced by contemporary ideas related to Post Modernism.
By positioning a woman - of - color as primary picture - maker in whose hands the figurative tradition is refashioned, I knit my contemporary concerns, personal and painterly, into the centuries old conversation of representation.
With her classically formal clay and bronze sculptures, London - based Rebecca Warren positions herself within the predominantly male figurative tradition, which includes Degas and Rodin, while maintaining the contemporary stance of questioning her predecessors» authority.
Nicole Eisenman is an artist who is expanding the critical and expressive capacity of the Western figurative tradition through works that engage contemporary social issues and phenomena.
Drawing parallels to the themes of the exhibition, Gander employs the traditions of figurative sculpture to create a contemporary conceptual artwork.
In contrast, Pollock's contemporary De Kooning became famous for his gestural figurative painting, a tradition later pursued by neo-expressionist artists during the late 1970s and early 1980s
Unlike several of his avant - garde contemporaries, Bayrle rejected non-representational painting; instead, he took up and advanced the tradition of figurative painting.
Strongly influenced by the figurative miniature tradition of the Mughal Empire, the Pakistani - born artist Khalid, takes the tradition one step further and contemplates on contemporary issues such as the female figure, or say, the global politics and the uncertainty surrounding us, as apparent in her previous works.
«Akunyili Crosby's paintings speak to a figurative tradition in American painting that is a strength of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection,» said Joanna Marsh, The James Dicke Curator of Contemporary Art.