Sentences with phrase «mexican folk art»

Huichol rugs are handmade by Elissa Medina and blend colorful designs, influenced by Mexican folk art, with creative modern ideas and amazing patience.

In the living area, the leather armchairs and rattan table are French, the zebra hide is antique, and framed Mexican folk art paintings are mixed with photographs by George Tice and Edward Curtis.

Hojalata Studio A, Lower Level Try your hand at creating Hojalata, or traditional Mexican folk art made with tin and decorated with unique cultural motifs and bright colors

These were years when the artist tutored himself in painting, taking inspiration from sources including Surrealism, Mexican folk art, American comic strips, and silent - film comedy as he developed his distinctively guileless, heart - on - sleeve storytelling style.

His work, on view at Andrew Edlin Gallery, reflects Mexican folk art traditions within the 20th - century landscape and can safely be considered what is now (often erroneously) referred to as outsider art.

It is an eclectic show permeated with humor, with works engaging Mexican folk art, activism, social critique and references to art history.

His inspirations include Velázquez, Goya and Picasso, as well as Mexican folk art and contemporary artists Roy de Forest and Jim Nutt.

The new Mexican Museum will also contain around 800 works of Mexican Folk Art donated by Nelson A. Rockefeller's family and it will be an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.

Over the following decades, he made hundreds of idiosyncratic drawings, pulling together patterns from Mexican folk art with images of modern California.

The museum has organized and circulated many major traveling exhibitions accompanied by scholarly publications either in catalogue or book form, for example The Sculpture of Nancy Graves: A Catalogue Raisonne (1987), El Dia de los Muertos: The Life of the Dead in Mexican Folk Art (1987), and Selected Works from the American Collection: 1940 to the Present (1988).

Like many colonial Mexican houses of the period, it's built around a central courtyard, filled with cacti, fruit trees and indigenous plants, and the couple's collection of Mexican folk art and archeological artefacts.

American artists are now lending their creative and inter-cultural interpretations to these Mexican folk art traditions.

The artist's influences are not easily identifiable; in her work one might sense the organic symmetry of Ukrainian or Mexican folk art, the vibrating illusions of»60s Op art or Islamic textiles, the expressively abstracted mathematics of Agnes Martin, the macro focus and whimsy of Hilma af Klint, or the playfully curved shapes and lively palettes of Henri Matisse or Yayoi Kusama.

And as soon as I encountered my first monster in Severed, it was as if Mexican folk art came to life.

Decorated in a modern Mexican style, Villa McFuego showcases an eclectic mix of local & Indonesian art, as well as some museum quality pieces of Mexican Folk Art.

Only four miles south of Playa del Carmen, Xcaret is a delightful adventure which also includes an equestrian show, prehispanic performances, a Mexican folk art museum, a Mexican cemetery, aMayan village, an aquarium, a butterfly pavilion, an aviary, an orchid greenhouse, Mayan ruins, a tropical jungle trail, a gorgeous beach and inlets for snorkeling and scuba diving.

Loco Gringo suggested that I visit Casa de los Venados, since it has the largest private collection of Mexican folk art in the world.

I didn't know much about Mexican folk art before visiting this museum.

The Mexican chic decor is highlighted by stylish sofas in exotic jewel colors, embroidered cushions, hand - painted accents and lively Mexican folk art.

The house contains furnishings that are a blend of early New England and China trade pieces mixed in with modern Mexican folk art.

The Hacienda Henequenera was constructed to resemble a Nineteenth Century Spanish - colonial style agave processing plant where visitors can witness the manufacturing process as well as an array of fantastic Mexican folk art, including an incredible collection of indigenous - style masks.

There are several attractions to visit at Xcaret Mexico, such as the Mayan ruins, the Mexican Folk Art Museum, a traditional Hacienda Henequenera and the Chapel of Guadalupe.

Explore the Hacienda, the Mexican Folk Art Museum and the Mayan Village.

Ceramics artist Mayer Shacter has assembled one of the largest collections of quality Mexican folk art anywhere.

There's a Mexican folk art museum, a marine turtle conservation sanctuary, an island with jaguars, a manatee lagoon, a butterfly pavilion and a coral reef aquarium, among other attractions.

Without a doubt, the animation is a triple - shot latte to the eyes, with sweeping scenes that make Mexican folk art come to colorful cinematic life.

And, oh boy, those alebrijes, the fantasy creatures that leap around like Mexican folk art brought to vibrant life!

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Inspired by Mexican folk - art, the swirling sunflowers of Jennifer are framed by the clear, vibrant colors of mid-summer.

Renaissance Charter School in New York City, for example, incorporates a strong focus on music; Camino Nuevo offers a bilingual Spanish - English program and emphasizes the arts; and Richmond College Prep eschews strict disciplinary policies and offers enrichment activities such as Mexican folk dancing, Mindful Life, and Gospel Choir.

Clara's interior is a celebration of local art, with pottery, folk - art, tropical wood - working, paintings, and sculptures, you'll be immersed in the best of traditional Mexican decor.

Like the other side of a coin, Zihuatanejo retains much of the laid - back, Mexican charm of a sleepy fishing village, with its winding streets, market, boutique hotels, galleries, folk art shops, traditional town plaza and palapa - style seafood restaurants serving up the daily catch.

With its combination of tight combat, Metroidvania - style exploration, laugh - out - loud script and memorable Mexican folk - art graphics, the game was just begging for a sequel, and Drinkbox Studios is finally delivering one.

Behind each Copley painting are works from his collection by Wifredo Lam, Joseph Cornell, Max Ernst, Man Ray and Francis Picabia, Mexican folk objects in shelves with stacks of books ranging from Mad magazine to surveys of Pre-Colombian and Cycladic art.

Wylie's bold, large - scale figurative paintings draw on ancient and folk art, such as Mexican street art and contemporary Egyptian Hajj painting, as well as art history and film.

Geographically, their roots are in the Americas — in folk art, tapestry, or art of the Mexican revolution.

Nicholls» style is best described as Neo-Surrealism, or Neo-Folk-Surrealism, drawing inspiration from early American and European Folk Art; French, Mexican and Spanish Surrealism; and Society Portraiture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A 2001 recipient of CCF's Fellowship for Visual Artists, over the years she has had numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout the world including the California African American Museum, Japanese American National Museum, the Craft and Folk Art Museum, the International Assemblage Artists Exhibition (Berlin, Germany), National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago, Illinois) and international Assemblage Artist Award Exhibition (New York, New York).

Martín Ramírez, The Last Works Folk Art — 2008 «In January 2007, after several years of research and development, the American Folk Art Museum mounted a major retrospective of the Mexican American -LSB-...]

Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda Museum of International Folk Art Opening June 6, 2010

Perched atop a rise in a 250 - acre landscape with sweeping views of the Hudson River, the Arabesque confection is filled to the brim with Chinese tiles, Indian woodwork, Middle Eastern carpets, Persian ceramics, Mexican sombreros and folk art, pre-Columbian artifacts, and old master and nineteenth - century paintings, all picked up during the painter's trips to Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East or at dealers in New York City.

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