Sentences with phrase «allegorical themes»
His practice also includes text - based paintings, posters, and books that explore allegorical themes including technology, spirituality, war, and death.
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The allegorical theme suggests an arduous journey through the clutter of material attachments and their distractions en route to enlightenment.
Not exact matches
While thematically LaBruce's films are all variations on the theme of queer punk negation and radical sex critique, his foray into the world of zombie - porn in the 2000s represents a stylistic shift from the frequently didactic, manifesto - like approach of his earlier films, to the metaphorical and allegorical style that typifies the zombie genre.
The zombie films capitalise on the rich allegorical capacity of the genre to build on themes of sexual repression and alienation in modern capitalist society.
The composition is riddle with allegorical references to the artist's own identities and witty allusions to current social, political, and economic themes.
The exhibition will feature photographs from Shonibare's allegorical «Fake Death Pictures» series, sculptures, and the film «Addio Del Passato» («So Closes My Sad Story») that collectively explore themes of desire, love, repression and power.
Autobiographical references to the artist's childhood, family, and transvestite alter ego Claire are intertwined with his political and allegorical references, creating a challenging conflict between his dark themes and the rich beauty of his works.
It was almost always representational, usually of heroic or allegorical figures related to the purpose of the building; the themes were usually chosen by the patron, and abstract sculpture for decoration was extremely rare.
According to The Art League's news release, the show «explores the themes of clowns and dolls, human effigies, and painted faces, integrating human emotions and passions with allegorical storytelling.
Practitioner Asli Çavuşoğlu's Murder in Three Acts (2012) is a thrilling allegorical exploration of this theme, which has its UK premiere just as the crowds gather for the madness of Frieze Art Fair.
Afterwards, due to the encouragement he received from Turner as well as the English artist John Martin (1789 - 1854), he began to concentrate less on the portrayal of natural scenery and more on allegorical and historical themes, notably in two major series of paintings: The Course of Empire (1836, New York Historical Society) and The Voyage of Life (1839 - 40, Munson - Williams - Proctor Institute, Utica).
The exhibition features photographs from Shonibare's allegorical Fake Death Pictures series, sculptures, and the film Addio Del Passato (So Closes My Sad Story) that collectively explore themes of desire, love, repression and power.
His photographs address themes in common with the painter, including moody maritime nocturnes and allegorical interpretations of nature.
Taking up key, allegorical imagery in Wilding's work, the exhibition focuses on themes of «becoming,» both the transformative event itself and the threshold to transfiguration.