Sentences with phrase «act of looking»

Ultimately my paintings celebrate the simple act of looking at the overlooked and the pleasures derived from seeing ordinary things in an extraordinary way.

Like forcing a smile when you're in a bad mood, the simple act of looking for something to celebrate produces a positive effect.

, but I think we forget how much can come from the simple act of looking inward.

The entire thing is shot in such darkness that the mere act of looking at it becomes a chore that is hardly worth the effort.

It considers the physical act of looking, the tools we use to perceive the world around us and how these relate to our identities.

It offers visitors a profound, insider's understanding of the process of painting and of the careful act of looking.

I'm more interested in sensitivity, an attention not just to the nuances of the paintings, but to the subjective act of looking at art.

It takes as its subject the basic acts of looking and seeing, which are central to any experience of visual art.

Flowers, trees, and landscapes such as lakes are depicted vividly through the artist's emotion, moving the viewer into active experiences beyond the mere act of looking.

Her first solo exhibition in London took place in September last year at the French Riviera Gallery, and a continuation of a new series which features a cast of female figures / protagonists, engaged in acts of looking and being looked at, will be exhibited at the Goodman Gallery Johannesburg in April 2015.

In poetic contrast, the burned wooden shards of recycled dead trees are inlaid with perspex mirrors that have been cut into letters and words that reflect back upon us our own act of looking.

It is this conscious act of looking at or between two similar images / objects that is integral to the work.»

Lisa Brice's new body of work features a cast of female protagonists, engaged / absorbed in autobiographical acts of looking, and being looked at.

Certainly any dog that loves its master will defend them to the death; however, the very act of looking intimidating is often enough to deter criminals and this is what most guard dog owners want.

Her work is a result of slow and methodical observation, a finely honed act of looking.

From 1983 to 1990, Wallace was part of the collaborative team Wallace & Donohue, which created work that is highly theatrical and self - aware, employing language, an absurdist sense of humor, and various devices — rotating and sliding panels, track lighting, a surveillance camera — to interrupt the otherwise passive act of looking.

I concur wholeheartedly with her belief that for a painter, it is essential that thoughts are formulated through the interlinked acts of looking, sensing and doing.

Shahryar Nashat uses photography, sculpture, performance, and video to disrupt and reframe acts of looking in order to bring the uninvited or disregarded into the forefront.

A radically expanded field of view enables a profound intimacy with the real act of looking and creates an unmediated gaze of empathic seeing.»

Jacquette's compositions encourage a meditative act of looking.

The exhibition reflects upon these terms, whilst also exploring the corporeality of artistic practice, and the bodily act of looking.

It's a confusing state of affairs and in turn the paintings aim to disorientate the viewer in their own act of looking.

At the same time, I'm greatly interested in the concerns of perceptual art, a genre of painting I adore not leastwise for it's inclusiveness (one needn't have a knowledge of art history to enjoy Op - art), but also for the way its static images engage the viewer in the conscious act of looking.»

Lisa Brice's Well Worn 5 was part of a body of work that featured a cast of female protagonists engaged in autobiographical acts of looking and being looked at.

Masino's approach is foremost pictorial and is deeply rooted in the constant metamorphosis inherent to the physical act of looking.

With the exception of the smaller, elephant - sized colossi, the mere act of looking at them was already enough to wow me for a few moments before remembering I had to actually kill the things and not contemplate at them.

The provisional status of these images work against their form and while familiar, they create mistranslations within the very act of looking.

A simple act of looking, or re-looking at what we already know is there, transports Reswob's narratives into symbols of humanity, that are both fascinating and disturbing.

Instead, practice the act of looking back, acknowledging and celebrating what you have accomplished.

We've all seen Ronaldinho and his «no - look» passes — the act of looking away just as you make contact with the ball in a way that affects your body shape and fools defenders into thinking you've actually played the ball somewhere else.

They become noteworthy only when the act of looking backward reveals something significant about where we are today.

It is the act of looking inside the box that determines its fate.

«It seems,» said physicist Peter Coveney, «that the act of looking at an atom prevents it from changing».

The act of looking forward to something, of getting dressed for a special occasion?

In Todd Haynes» unspeakably beautiful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's semi-autobiographical novel about a 1950s Manhattan shopgirl (Rooney Mara) who is thunderstruck by a mutual infatuation with a well - to - do housewife (Cate Blanchett), the film illustrates — among other things — how falling in love is an act of looking, while being in love is an act of seeing.

When your pup looks at you, say his name, so that he associates the act of looking at you with his name, recommends Karin Larsen Bridge of Get S.M.A.R.T Dogs.

This act of looking for food provides exercise and mental stimulation.

What is foraging Foraging is the act of looking for food.

You may be able to move your head around to simulate the act of looking in a virtual environment, but chances are you would still be using traditional controller methods, or basic motion controllers like the PlayStation Move.

For all the modesty of her marks and means, Gale is an incredibly ambitious painter devoted to a meticulous inquiry of the act of looking at another human being, to registering the optics of her inquisitiveness.»

Miranda Lichtenstein Working with a wide range of subjects, Lichtenstein's smart and seductive photographs bring a sense of wonder to the act of looking, transforming the real into something unexpected.

The act of looking slows us, quiets us, and allows us to notice.

Of course, in classical painting, the artists are also often closely observing a scene in front of them, but with observational painting, the act of looking is given primacy.

This comprehensive overview demonstrates, «from his early experiments with modernist abstraction and mid-career experiments with illusion and realism, to his most recent, jewel - toned landscapes, Hockney has consistently explored the nature of perception and representation with both intellectual rigor and sheer delight in the act of looking.»

«I'm hoping... to pull the viewer in to see further and raise questions about how we engage in the act of looking,» she has said.

The idea is that these works are all rooted in the act of looking and responding to the motif.

The concave form also produces astonishing acoustic effects, turning the act of looking into a multisensory experience.