Sentences with phrase «architectonic traces»

Julie Mehretu's intricate assemblages of lines, washes and gestural marks articulate familiar yet often unidentifiable linguistic and architectonic traces, fragments of systems for the viewer to grab onto.

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This selection of drawings and prints traces a range of subjects, including: «Ideas Generation», where artists use the immediacy of drawing as a means to prepare and refine a concept; «Systems, Architectonics and Abstraction», in which predetermined rules, structures and methods govern the form of the image; «Expressions of Anatomy», where intimate portrayals of the figure assume a central position; «Graphic Narratives / Surreal Legacies», featuring imagery from the fantastically bizarre to the comically illustrative; and «Historia», which examines how drawing has been used to question the role of photography in the mediation and construction of historical memory.

The retrospective spans 50 years and traces Brodsky's evolution from early representational works focusing on architectonic city structures, through the minimalist landscapes executed during the artist's early years on Long Island, to the Abstract Expressionist works that manifest Brodsky's deepest engagement with the painting process.