Sentences with phrase «artistic canon»

In recent years, the Brazilian art scene witnessed a number of exhibitions that sought to question the national artistic canon...

Majerus's installations of tiled canvases, painted in heterogeneous modes, allude to an American late - twentieth century artistic canon: Andy Warhol's silkscreened skulls, or Christopher Wool's text paintings (one painting consists of the phrase COOL / WOOL, a parody / homage to Wool's formalistic treatment of block capitals).

In its various states, water has long preoccupied the painters and sculptors of the Western and non-Western artistic canons, revealing itself to be as spiritual as physical, a vessel through which emotional and intellectual ideas are expressed.

Currently on view at the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) through May 13, 2018, Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas explores how these artists» work challenges perceptions of race and representation, recasting the Western artistic canon.

In his paintings, which alternate between abstraction and the use of comic - book aesthetics, Marshall looks at subjects often excluded from the artistic canon.

Kerry James Marshall is a Chicago — based artist, educator and author who focuses on the history of Black identity and the historical exclusion of Black subjects from the artistic canon.

In his essay for the exhibition catalogue, William Agee describes Hofmann as going against the grain of the artistic canon of the day; «His art was too big, too bold, to be encapsulated in a few years after 1945, the years we generally identify as the heyday of abstract expressionism.»

Kerry James Marshall is an American artist focused on a history of black identity, excluded from the artistic canon throughout the history.

Here, he continues to shake the foundations of the hallowed halls of western thought, turning his astute eye and distinctive style onto its artistic canons and religious iconography.

Its distinctive focus is on acquiring major pieces of contemporary art that push the boundaries of the artistic canon.

He made it his personal mission to place focus on black subjects historically excluded from the artistic canon.

The collection has always concentrated on individual artworks and artists rather than movements or historical periods, and is particularly focusing on contemporary art that pushes the boundaries of the artistic canon.

Focusing on black subjects historically excluded from the artistic canon, he explores the issue of race through a wide range of imagery.

If anything, the rewriting of the artistic canon to include more women sets it back.

At the 1964 Biennale, Robert Rauschenberg was awarded the Grand Prize; the Biennale's recognition of Rauschenberg, then 38 years old and still the youngest artist so - honored to date, has been credited with introducing Pop Art to the artistic canon.

This is demonstrated by Fontana's gestural cuts with a razor blade slicing through the traditions of the artistic canon, Klein's full - scale theatre of flames burning the surface of his paintings at the testing centre of the Gaz de France and Uecker's turn as master of optical illusion, hypnotically hammering nails to dramatize the play of light and shadow.

In describing this area of Hiller's work, art historian Dr. Alexandra Kokoli draws attention to its palpable political subtext: «Hiller's work unearths the repressed permeability... of... unstable yet prized constructs, such as rationality and consciousness, aesthetic value and artistic canons.

The first exhibition is dedicated to Jeff Koons (until 21 January), placing blue gazing balls, each with his characteristic highly polished finish, within the context of celebrated examples from the artistic canon.

In the 1910s, Russian avant - garde art was a vortex of trailblazing movements that considered Picasso obsolete, and were first to develop abstractionism and helped shape last century's artistic canon.