Sentences with phrase «against painted backdrops»

Keïta delvelops a rich aesthetic vocabulary through his portraits staged against painted backdrops juxtaposing the distinctively vibrant and boldly - patterned African fabrics with Western props like cars, radios, and sunglasses.

The photographs are staged in the artist's studio and incorporate the remains and evidence of the process of making ceramics, often against a painted backdrop that creates a fictitious depth and architectural space.

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company visits UC Berkeley for two performances, including tonight's presentation of «Biped,» a 1999 mixed - media piece co-commissioned by Cal Performances, and Saturday's show of «Interscape,» which is performed against a painted backdrop by Robert Rauschenberg.

Not exact matches

While Barack's painting stars the former president amidst a colorful wall of foliage, Michelle's is simpler, featuring the former first lady in a geometric printed dress, sitting in repose against a blue - gray backdrop.

Co chose to present its»40s - inspired Fall»17 collection against a backdrop of Yelena Yemchuk's nude paintings - they complemented the earthy colors perfectly.

And here you can see all sorts of beautiful pops of color against the Iron Ore paint color as a backdrop.

She makes you feel the dirt and toil staged against a backdrop of poetic landscapes that look like primitive paintings ready for a gallery retrospective.

The characters, painted in bold colors, are set against backdrops of more natural hues.

Set to the backdrop of the Detroit race riots, the film's opening sequences paint a striking picture of a city in violent chaos, but its broad scope soon gives way to a more focused telling of police brutality against a small group of youths.

The story includes the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and involves murder, mystery, romance and adventure, all set against the backdrop of the ever - changing Europe.

Against the backdrop of oil paintings depicting these events, the prologue concludes by noting that wealth and opportunity shifted away from black communities, where the only white people left were the police who patrolled the streets.

Her painting depicted Harriet Tubman and a slave girl against a backdrop of words.

In what is certain to be one of the most talked - about fiction debuts of the year, Yasmin Crowther paints a magnificent portrait of betrayal and retribution set against a backdrop of Iran's tumultuous history, dramatic landscapes, and cultural beauty.

In San Francisco you can take in some of the state's best art galleries and eateries, jump on a historic tram to see the «Painted Ladies» against the backdrop of the city skyline, or see first - hand the perils of the former federal prison on Alcatraz Island, aka «The Rock».

As you might expect from a game about ink and painting, the colours are extremely vibrant with fluorescent greens, pink, oranges and more against a sterile backdrop to contrast against.

These sculptures are displayed against the backdrop of Conteh's paintings which further exhibit the «visual toxins» and burdens of the African American experience.

Devoid of all emotional attachment, grey's impartiality provides the perfect backdrop against which to unveil the process of painting, as exemplified by Gerhard Richter's Grau (1976).

Installed in the Nave, Long Gallery and Central Gallery at UCCA against a lime - green backdrop, Beijing - based artist Xie Nanxing's seven major oil paintings serve as an informative path that traces the evolution of European oil painting from the Renaissance to modern times.

Across the space, still - life paintings depicting everyday objects and formal explorations will be installed against a backdrop of Du Pasquier's wallpaper designs, juxtaposed with the sculptures, textiles, and design objects that inspire her work in painting and illuminate her iterative process of creation.

An inveterate traveller, spiritual seeker, and experimental multimedia artist, that conversation happened against the backdrop of a massive show of recent works of paint and mosaic, pixellation and sculptural relief that he called «Quantum Walls».

Organized by Rhizome's Artistic Director, Michael Connor, Brushes convenes artists Laura Brothers and Andrej Ujhazy, art historian Alex Bacon, and others to explore digital painting as a practice for screen - based display and online circulation, against the backdrop of a current surge of interest in digital painting for the gallery.

The large paintings, a continuation of the artist's latest «Wrestler» series, feature muscular male figures in acrobatic stances against bright backdrops dotted with a curious dog here or an ominous swarm of black birds there.

His paintings and drawings depict bus stops, phone boxes, pubs and graffiti against a backdrop of semidetached homes, blocks of flats and expanses of grey sky.

Birds, butterflies, bees and flowers set against a backdrop of reflective material literally hold a mirror to nature, while gold - toned plexiglas backings on her pollination paintings evoke pollen.

The scene, set against a backdrop of $ 100 bills, was painted in response to what she considers to be government greed, Connor said.

New York - based Eddie Martinez paints huge, brightly coloured canvases, often imbued with a sense of menace against black backdrops and harsh spray painted lines.

The Brooklyn Museum will present the first solo museum exhibition by Brooklyn - based multimedia artist Mickalene Thomas, best known for her vibrant paintings of African American women against backdrops of decor recalled from her childhood.

In this 10th anniversary of Anthony's Poon's death and against the backdrop of the National Gallery's Reframing Modernism, Sundaram Tagore Gallery has rolled out a rare exhibition of paintings of the artist.

All this is set against a backdrop which recollects the history of European landscape painting, with the sun shifting through the sky from crisp morning blue to golden evening, granting each stage of the destruction a different pictorial tone.

Against a backdrop of an Anni Albers designed wallpaper that has only recently gone into production, we will see works on paper and paintings from the 1940's to 70's by both artists.

Entitled A concert of purpose and action, the show includes bold, new paintings that explore the boundaries of social order against the backdrop of anarchic disorder.

Best known for her elaborate paintings of African American women against the backdrop of décor recalled from her childhood, Thomas has created an all - new suite of works that examine aspects of landscape painting.

Hung facing the elevators, large - scale paintings by David Salle and Barbara Kruger are set against a backdrop of He Kills Me (1987), an AIDS protest mural by Donald Moffett, showing repeated lithographic images of Ronald Reagan in acerbic, Day - Glo colors.

Her early paintings revolve around a central protagonist: a tomboy heroine engaged in various physical activities associated with youth set against an empty backdrop.

Here a dynamic structure is achieved through the juxtaposition of a large monochromatic star motif painted directly on the wall against a backdrop of loose, free flowing technique on papersheets rearranged by the artist to engage the viewer into the depths of illusionistic space.

On display are three paintings on mylar overlaying reproductions of British and Dutch colonial maps against the backdrop of a galactic mural, immersive digital fabric prints of Hōkūleʻa and a Native American Three Sister Garden, an HMS Bounty ship model, a replica of a 17th century compass, and books that reference a history of oceanic exploration.

Kertess turns to stare at a large painting in progress — «Many Mansions,» an intricate allegorical scene portraying three male figures gardening against the backdrop of a decrepit Chicago housing project called Stateway Gardens.

Eric Fauscnacht paints chickens — large scale paintings with exotic fowls portrayed against decorative backdrops.

Likewise is the Kenneth Price area of fanciful shapes of glazed earthenware / painted stoneware set against the backdrop of a Josef Albers painting on one wall (for color reasons) and Edward Ruscha's work on another (for the fact he was Price's friend).

Crisp graphic motifs rest against an expressionist backdrop in paintings by Neukamp, a young Berlin - based astist.

The continuous live performance in the Curve is set against a backdrop of spatial interventions, including a maze - like architectural structure, a chequer - board dance floor and a vibrantly coloured wall painting that spans the length of the curved wall.

Then, against this backdrop Abney painted figures, objects, and letters to articulate the complex dynamics of contemporary urban life.

In the resulting painting, he rests a slender, elongated hand softly against his cheek, his entire figure enveloped by a backdrop of deep burgundy and dull silver.

With skins of circuitry, his cyborg figures don traditionally patterned clothes that pop against the paintings» bold, monochrome backdrops.

His own minimalist abstract paintings, like Boy and the Moon (1940), consisting of a splash of yellow against a raw blue backdrop, caused some controversy among observers.

Consistently depicting the female figure against a landscape backdrop, Wendy builds up layers of numerous acrylic glazes to create these large paintings on paper.

Returning to sculpture as a mature artist, Scheibitz juxtaposes painterly sculptural forms against expansive backdrops, using form and colour to create a dialogue between his paintings and sculptures.

These paintings are haunting against the backdrop of HIV / AIDS» decimation of the queer community of color, in which Wong found his family.

The paintings at first appear to be simple, pastel depictions of women, flowers, and birds against patterned backdrops — yet each distinct section of the canvas actually derives from a separate woodcut that the artists used as a stamp.

«Altered States: A Psychedelic Legacy» Presents Contemporary Psychedelic Art Against The Backdrop of 1960s Paintings and Concert Posters at David Richard Gallery, Opening December 2, 201...