Rather than being drawn to a specific style of the past (he has utilized reproductions of paintings by Lorenzo Lotto, Nicolas Poussin as well
as Classical sculpture), Paolini is «attracted to the myth of the why, why one makes art.»
Not exact matches
Take a few moments
as you walk to admire the myriad of superb Renaissance and
Classical buildings,
sculptures and artworks on your tour route.
Her work addresses how the historical can be used
as a material to address contemporary conditions such
as loss, the swipe, the flatness and limitations of an image, emotions in
classical sculpture, the use of models, muscle aches from using a computer, color
as a language, and the democracy of materials such
as clay.
Histories and theories of Western
sculpture have typically favored idealized representations,
as exemplified by the austere, white marble statuary of the
classical tradition.
Getty curator Paul Martineau describes the divide
as Apollonian and Dionysian — an apt assessment given Mapplethorpe's appreciation of
classical sculpture and moments of so - called sexual deviance he captured in equal measure.
Sculpture student Anthony Limauro (B.F.A. Fine Arts» 15) referenced
classical forms in the contemporary table that he created
as part of his senior thesis project.
With the intention of creating work that could assume a direct material and physical «presence» without recourse to grand philosophical statements, he eschewed the
classical ideals of representational
sculpture to create a rigorous visual vocabulary that sought clear and definite objects
as its primary mode of articulation.
The
sculptures are casts of things Twombly found, such
as the top of an olive barrel, given the grandeur of bronze and assembled to evoke the chariots and ships of the
classical past.
The
classical ideal was not only a poetic inspiration but also an ethical model and, in his creative quest, Mapplethorpe described photography
as «the perfect way to make a
sculpture.»
This «cloaked boy» was chosen to be photographed by the artist
as it poses a challenge to the
classical representation and reception of masculinity within Greco - Roman
sculpture.
His use of
classical figurative techniques with a honed attention to aesthetics of form and surface — such
as in the velvety finished concrete or waxed iron patina surfaces of his
sculptures — reflect an embrace of the making of objects that seems refreshingly out of step with the digital era.
A sculptor who began working during the postwar period in a
classical figurative style, Alina Szapocznikow radically reconceptualized
sculpture as an imprint not only of memory but also of her own body.
Her early works adopt a
classical figurative style, but she later radically rethought her
sculpture, which she perceived
as a concrete extension of memory and body.
Presented across eight sectors, the ocean - front located event allows visitors to explore some of the world's best
sculpture, film, art publications, paintings and
classical photography,
as well
as site - specific works which take advantage of the iconic Miami Beach setting.
The show comprised five
sculptures each of which was made using a similar process to his earlier works: images of
classical and Modernist art objects found on the Internet were rendered, via a computer,
as basic three - dimensional models.
Other proponents of the movement
as it took hold in the 1960s include Luciano Fabro (1936 - 2007), whose conceptual
sculptures are highly sought after, and Giulio Paolini (b. 1940), acclaimed for his minimal and conceptual works subverting
classical materials such
as canvas and plaster.
Thanks to support from the Art Fund, three of the works are now making their UK debut at Sir John Soane's Museum,
as part of the exhibition Power in Woman, which draws parallels between Sir John Soane's
classical plaster casts and Lucas's
sculptures.
Coinciding with the first ecological movements in the USA and Europe, Land Art was first created in the 1960s by artists working concurrently but sepa - rately from each other,
as a critical reaction to the
classical genre of
sculpture and the commercial art market.
Classical sculptures on steroids emitting an angelic glow, Finland's bodies have the same sci - fi sexiness
as H. R. Giger's aliens, complete with nuclear - missile dicks and flesh that looks like latex.
Several of Zefeldt's paintings incorporate «portraits» of
classical sculpture heads repeated one by one on the canvas, aligning them in a circle
as well
as placing more of them within the circle where eyes, a nose and a mouth would be — ultimately forming a face.
Managing to eschew the
classical ideals of representational
sculpture, Judd succeeded in creating a rigorous visual vocabulary that sought clear and definite objects
as its primary mode of articulation.
If that sounds horribly indigestible, the sheer poise, elegance and professional rigour of the dancers allows them to animate the space in a truly satisfying way, bringing new life to the hackneyed notion of «living
sculpture»
as they interweave echoes of
classical dance,
classical sculpture and 21st century high camp.
The exhibition includes all the media, i.e.:
classical media like painting and
sculpture,
as well
as computer - assisted media installations and sound art.»
His later work also draws from
classical sources,
as in his Venus de Milo
sculptures, infusing his art with the influence of the past.
Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Kiev Also known
as the Bogdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum of Art, and formerly ranked the third most important museum in the Soviet Union after the Hermitage in St Petersburg and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, the museum's permanent collection (begun 1919) includes Egyptian and
Classical antiquities, Byzantine art and icons, Italian Maiolica pottery, Meissen porcelain, Persian Ceramics and Bronze
sculpture, Chinese paintings and Chinese pottery,
as well
as European paintings,
sculptures, and etchings.
The grand special exhibition on occasion of the inauguration of the enlarged Kunstmuseum Basel will map the medium's extraordinarily dynamic evolution: the
classical idea and form of
sculpture grows more flexible and abstract
as some artists integrate the trivial stuff of everyday life into their art or blur its spatial and conceptual boundaries, even
as others return to the figurative tradition in an effort to set the genre on a new solid foundation.
These
sculptures function
as psychological portraits of his imagined subjects — usually male, usually black — whose features are in fact an amalgamation of sources: observed individuals, «types» represented in the media, and ancient,
classical and neo-
classical sculptures.
The
sculptures of César Baldaccini, better known simply
as César, often combine allusions to the
classical past with playful nods to the ephemeral values of the consumerist present.
The part - figure throws a shadow behind itself that masquerades
as a traditional sculptural form - perhaps a
classical Greek
sculpture with its arms and head lost over time, or the fragmented body of Auguste Rodin's headless and armless «Striding Man».
Derived from the figure and mythic narratives, Hadzi's
sculpture references antiquity and
classical artifacts — abstracted anatomical forms, columnar and other architectural elements, helmets, weaponry and body armor function
as visual metaphors for ancient cultures.
In his latest work, Shonibare removes the fabric altogether, employing instead the batik designs in new modes such
as mural painting, bronze
sculpture, screen prints on canvas and
classical sculpture.
Silver has reworked marble copies of
classical Greek
sculpture and the effect is
as if the passage of centuries has physically eroded the forms, or
as if the action of looking by so many thousands of eyes has abraded the surfaces and rounded and softened every contour.
Up until the late 19th century, most painting and
sculpture followed the traditional principles of
Classical Realism,
as taught in the great Academies of Europe.
With À la Lumière des Deux Mondes (At the Light of Both Worlds, 2005), a site - specific work created for the Louvre's glass pyramid — the first time a contemporary artist had exhibited in the institution — Tunga used one of the building's columns
as a pivot on which various symbolically charged objects were balanced: gold and black skulls and a giant walking stick intertwined with braided hair on one side; a chain of skulls caught in a dark net falling towards a floor littered with golden and black reproductions of heads from the Louvre's
classical sculptures on the other.
«Kongo: Power and Majesty» at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (through Jan. 3) turned a corner on traditional approaches to African material by explicitly presenting so - called
classical African
sculpture as a response to the traumas of colonialism.
all over the world, that allow visitors to explore the many dimensions of Modern and Contemporary Art including Museum - caliber paintings,
sculptures and
classical photography,
as well
as works of an outsized scale and curated projects.
Jed Morse, curator at the Nasher
Sculpture Center, Dallas, will present a lecture entitled The
Classical and the Primitive: Modern
Sculptures of the Kimbell
as part of the Museum's Art in Context series, on Wednesday, September 21, at 12:30 p.m., in the Kimbell Art Museum auditorium.
She identifies three kinds of sculptural edge: the «containing» edge (
as found in
Classical sculpture), the «expansive» (Baroque) and the «in flux» (
as seen in contemporary
sculpture).
Together, the paintings, bronze
sculptures, neons, embroideries, and works on paper in Stone Love frame Emin
as a
classical artist on a perennial journey into the self within the context of intimate and personal relationships.
Though not
as hilarious, the non-sausage works in «Synesthesa» are similarly adept at aping the forms and proportions of
classical sculpture all the while subverting them to comic effect.
Robert Ryman's work explodes the
classical distinctions between art
as object and
as surface — between
sculpture and painting, between structure and ornament — emphasizing instead the role that perception and context play in creating an aesthetic experience.
In the drapery portrayed in
Classical sculpture, the cloth is typically generic — we can't learn much about ancient weaving technology from it — and that allows the folds to read
as purely expressive.
Among the works on display are David Hockney's season cycle, an international collection of
sculptures by artists from Eduardo Chillida to Henry Moore, masterpieces of
classical modernism from artists such
as Pablo Picasso and Edvard Munch, breathtaking works of decorative art, and a selection of the Würth Collection's Old Masters, including one of the most significant paintings of the 16th century, Hans Holbein the Younger's «The Madonna With the Family of Mayor Meyer».
His published Discourses, first delivered to the students, were regarded
as the first major writing on art in English, and set out the aspiration for a style to match the
classical grandeur of
classical sculpture and High Renaissance painting.
That means that wild experimentation is not on offer, and even the more punk galleries, such
as Berlin's Galerie Buchholz and New York's Maccarone, have organized more
classical presentations of paintings,
sculpture and a bit of photography, streamlined and saleable.
Prince plays out — even satirises — the way the female nude is mapped and multiplied in art, from
classical sculpture to Renaissance Venuses to the distorted and reconfigured forms of Cubism and Expressionism,
as well
as in other sources such
as pornography and medical text books.
Given my involvement
as a geometric abstract painter over the years, I have indelibly respected and admired Ortman's block - like paintings, each built in a hybrid manner related to a kind of folk constructivism — a way of working that recalls some strains of
classical music, such
as Bartók and Dvorak, and to a lesser extent, the folk - style
sculpture of H. C. Westermann and the faux - systemic paintings of Alfred Jensen recently shown at Pace.
She is known for photographing
sculptures and three - dimensional still - life assemblages of her own making, [2] some of which she destroys after the photos have been taken,
as well
as for creating images of
classical figures and architectural details and their relationship to space.
While his approach is unconceivable without Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol
as precursors, the subject of art history is a constant undercurrent in his work, whether Koons elevates kitsch to the level of
classical art or produces works in the manner of Baroque
sculptures.
This exhibition — of
sculptures, drawings, and embroidered and appliquéd paintings — though formally restrained, even
classical, offers up more of what we've come to expect from Emin, delivered
as a longing embrace that, gradually, suffocates.