Sentences with phrase «ancient sculptural tradition»

At the same time, these works can be placed in an ancient sculptural tradition because of the similarities with the classical portrait bust.

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This major traveling exhibition reveals the exceptional variety of Native artistic production, ranging from the ancient ivories and ingenious modern masks of the Arctic to the dramatic sculptural arts of the Pacific Northwest, the millennia - long tradition of abstract art in the Southwest, the refined basketry of California and the Great Basin, the famous beaded and painted works of the Plains, and the luminous styles of the Eastern Woodlands, including the Great Lakes.

In his sculptural works he often uses reclaimed materials — ancient pottery and wood from destroyed temples — in a conceptual gesture that connects tradition with contemporary social concerns.