Not exact matches
Like the ancient apocalyptic seer, the modern
artist has unveiled a world of darkness, but whereas earlier seers could know a darkness penetrated
by a new æon of light, the contemporary
artist has seen light itself
as darkness, and embodied in his
work an all - embracing vacuity dissolving every previous form of
life and light.
Also, I'd
worked in a nursing home with people at the end of their
lives and it was a good wake up call
as I realized one day I too would be at the end of my
life and I asked myself what I would regret not doing
by the time I got there - I got a loud and clear answer that I had to give being a full - time
artist and earning an income from my passion a proper go!
Nothing here is
as bracing
as the wild - eyed fervor of «Lust for
Life,» or as alive as the bit in Kurosawa's «Dreams» in which van Gogh is played by a cuddly Martin Scorsese, but the best stretches of «Loving Vincent» make a convincing case that great artists are better understood through their work than through the facts of their l
Life,» or
as alive
as the bit in Kurosawa's «Dreams» in which van Gogh is played
by a cuddly Martin Scorsese, but the best stretches of «Loving Vincent» make a convincing case that great
artists are better understood through their
work than through the facts of their
lifelife.
Lifelong sibling con
artists, Bloom (Brody, Hollywoodland) and Stephen (Ruffalo, Blindness), are nearing their last days
working as a flamboyant, theatrical - styled team when Bloom announces that he's ready to go legit (he wants an «unwritten
life,» remarking of how his whole
life has been one scenario after another concocted for him to perform in
by Stephen), but not before Stephen convinces him to give it one more go before retirement.
Such a
life serves more than
work,
as artists are often control freaks riven with anxiety and social awkwardness that must be put to rest
by the calming waves of routine.
ROBERT ALTMAN The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Film Comment pay tribute to America's greatest
living and
working director Kathleen Murphy writes about Altman the
artist; plus: a salute to «the producer
as gambler»
by Alan Rudolph
Presented
as a collection of texts, edited and introduced
by a scholar years after the
artist's death, the book unfolds through extracts from Burden's notebooks and conflicting accounts from others about her
life and
work.
Sometimes the connection between writer and
artist doesn't
work out
as well
as one hopes, but other times, Torres says, «it's fulfilling to see what comes back» when his words are brought to
life by an
artist's pencil.
Tezuka felt that it was his responsibility,
as a manga
artist, to positively influence the public
by sharing his experiences from some of the darkest moments in history and exploring through his
works, the depth and complexity of humanity, the value of
life, and the potential within all people to create change.
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These magazines celebrates the creative
life and the creative act, the
artist as well
as the art,
by showcasing the best
work — in all media and in all styles — of the best
artists working today.
The village comprises traditional Balinese compounds and natural surroundings, and you'll be fascinated
by the residents who enthusiastically embrace the traditions and rituals observed in every facet of their
life: most of them
work as traditional craftsmen or
artists.
Visual development - and illustrations
artist with an educational background in graphic arts and industrial design, Lauri has been attached to various creative endeavors over the last six years, including illustration
work for the tabletop roleplaying game Hc Svnt Dracones
by Pierce Fraser,
as well
as the Crysis conversion mod MechWarrior:
Living Legends.
Mattias Snygg, co-founder and
artist at Villa Gorilla, says the approach to building the island was inspired
by Japanese animations, particularly the
work of Studio Ghibli: «[Hayao] Miyazaki's
work centres on the core idea of nature
as a
living, breathing thing.
Bobbie began her creative
life as a dancer and an
artist before studying graphic design with Armin Hofmann at the Basel School of Art and Crafts, and her
work is shaped
by both balletic movement and rigorous attention to form.
how to make a
living from your talent
as an
artist by selling your art directly to collectors, whether that is selling original
work, prints, commissions, or licensed products
In 1973,
as Mellon's highly enriched heirs were funding construction of the East Building, the Gallery acquired its first two
works by living African - American
artists.
Through our short couple sessions I was able to develop a plan that allowed me to
live from my
work in less than a year even making $ 1200 for a single 16 × 20 piece
by my 5th month
as a full time
artist.
Though he employed metal wire and elastic cord early in his career, the
artist soon dispensed with mass and weight
by using acrylic yarn to create
works that address their physical surroundings, the «pedestrian space,»
as Sandback called it, of everyday
life.
What follows, in the exhibition, are
works by artists who have persevered in defiance of portrait fatigue, such
as Alex Katz and Chuck Close, and some creative curating that asks us to think of 1970s Body Art, anonymous street photography, and certain still
lifes as portraits.
Yves Klein (1928 — 1962), was a conceptual
artist par excellence, a radical, utopian dreamer described
by the French critic, Pierre Restany
as «a painter, but also infinitely more: a believer
living in his own sense of the divine», whose diverse practice included ephemeral
works in his quest for immateriality.
Exhibitions presented in The Brown Foundation Gallery feature
work by leading internationally - recognized
artists working at the vanguard of contemporary art,
as well
as thematic exhibitions organized around questions central to the nature of art and
life today.
Currently on display are
works by prominent DC - based
artist Linn Meyers, who has been commissioned in the recent past
by The Phillips Collection,
as well
as William Kentridge (South Africa) and Oleg Kudryashov (Russia), two of the most significant
living printmakers who were exhibited together at The Kreeger Museum in 2009.
Conceived
as part of Africa Utopia 2014, Digital Africa brings together sonic experiments, video
works presented on 3 screens, and a
live performance
by artists working in Africa and the Diaspora.
«I came across these buildings long before they were for rent,» says Judin, whose
artist roster highlights lots of meticulously made two - dimensional
work by artists such
as Dexter Dalwood, Adrian Ghenie, Peter Saul and Danica Phelps (Judin
lives nearby, in a revamped 1950s petrol station).
Concluding the exhibition are commissioned
works by emerging
artists, which provide critical insight into the continued relevance of the
artist's studio in understanding pervasive elements of contemporary
life, such
as the rapid exchange of information and emphasis on performance and spectacle.
Bill Havu, whose namesake William Havu Gallery is one of the top art venues in town, focuses on
work by artists living in this part of the country — not just Colorado, but New Mexico, Arizona, California, Texas, Wyoming and even such unexpected places
as Nebraska and Kansas.
Each handsomely designed volume presents a thorough survey of the
artist's
life and
work,
as well
as statements
by the
artist, an illustrated chapter on technique, a chronology, lists of exhibitions and public collections, an annotated bibliography, and an index.
Founded in 1946
by a group of
artists including Roland Penrose, Peter Watson, and Herbert Read, the ICA continues to support
living artists in showing and exploring their
work, often
as it emerges and before others.
This new group exhibition features painting and sculpture
works by four contemporary Korean
artists whose striking and intimate art serves
as a record of personal experiences and key moments in
life, memorializing the often - overlooked value of the everyday.
In keeping with Prospect's commitment to the promotion of the visual art community in New Orleans, this year's biennial will feature
work by several
artists who
live and
work in the city,
as well
as a variety of site - specific projects inspired
by the city's distinctive history and culture and conceived specifically for the city of New Orleans.
Interestingly, once the Whitney finally opened
as a museum, it briefly had a policy of not showing
work by living artists so
as not to wade into the messy territory of influencing the market.
In fluenced
by western modern and contemporary art, Chinese
artists start applying new concepts, such
as symbolic elements and inspirations from everyday
life to create unique
works, which focus more on specific questions than the conceptual ones and keep shaping the relationships between art and reality.
«Material Histories:
Artists in Residence 2013 - 14» presents installations, paintings, works on paper and mixed media works by Beasley, Collins and Deville, three artists who «share an interest in exploring and contemplating the particular histories and experiences of families, regions and cultural groups, as well as their own lives.
Artists in Residence 2013 - 14» presents installations, paintings,
works on paper and mixed media
works by Beasley, Collins and Deville, three
artists who «share an interest in exploring and contemplating the particular histories and experiences of families, regions and cultural groups, as well as their own lives.
artists who «share an interest in exploring and contemplating the particular histories and experiences of families, regions and cultural groups,
as well
as their own
lives.»
His artistic diversification of subject matter, from the people of the small villages and farming communities going about their daily
lives to the exquisite portraitures
as well
as his most recent
works inspired
by western historical themes and American landscapes, all reflect the sensitive dedication of this Master
Artist.
The
works include pieces made
by master ceramists who were designated
as Living National Treasures in Japan,
as well
as by emerging
artists.
Performa: New Visual Art Performance presents an authoritative introduction to the genre, many forms including radio broadcast, dance,
live installation, new technologies, film and video, music, historic reconstructions and lecture -
as - performance, and provides a vivid tour through the world of contemporary performance, featuring inventive documentation of
works by some of the most significant
artists of our time, including Jesper Just, Francis Alys, Christian Marclay, Laurie Simmons, Tamy Ben - Tor, Melik Ohanian, Michael Smith, Christian Holstad, and Gelitin.
Her gallery will present innovative historical exhibitions of such influential European and American figures
as well
as showcases of exceptional new
work by living artists and special commissioned projects.
Jones is speaking in his Barbican studio, a former hat factory bought in the early 1970s
as a
work and
living space
by a consortium of
artists including Howard Hodgkin, John Hoyland and Richard Wentworth.
The attention currently directed from the West to the Islamic world has profound ramifications for the art made
by those who come from the region but
live elsewhere: that origin is increasingly becoming a defining term in the consideration of
works by artists such
as Mona Hatoum and Shirin Neshat.
«
As one of the first commissioned works by a living female artist to be installed at the entrance of an American museum, Pas de Deux (Plaza Monument) will serve as a beacon for the DMA's intent to broaden its collecting and exhibition habits.&raqu
As one of the first commissioned
works by a
living female
artist to be installed at the entrance of an American museum, Pas de Deux (Plaza Monument) will serve
as a beacon for the DMA's intent to broaden its collecting and exhibition habits.&raqu
as a beacon for the DMA's intent to broaden its collecting and exhibition habits.»
Though now a successful
artist, judged
by some
as Britain's greatest
living female painter, she said she still had the impulse to strive to create new and interesting
work.
St. Louis Public Radio covers a selection of new African American art exhibitions on view in the city, including «Hands Up, Don't Shoot,» a direct response to the Michael Brown killing organized
by the Alliance of Black Gallery owners and on view at 14 venues; «Other Ways» at Philip Slein Gallery featuring than 60
works from local private collections
by artists such
as Radcliffe Bailey, Dawoud Bey, Mark Bradford, Ellen Gallagher, Kara Walker and Kehinde Wiley; «
Living Like Kings» at the World Chess Hall of Fame explores the intersection of chess and hip hop; and a presentation of Nick Cave «s Sound Suits at the St. Louis Art Museum opening Oct. 31.
The
works of art that LeWitt received throughout his
life,
as well
as records of what he offered in return, are maintained
by the Sol LeWitt Private Collection in Chester, Connecticut — Eva Hesse, Steve Reich, Robert Mangold, Hanne Darboven, and Robert Ryman are some of the distinguished
artists whose
works are included in the collection.
Its other prongs include an
artist residency at her home in Sonoma, California, for
living artists in her collection,
as well
as scholars and curators whose
work extends the canon and relates to the
artists in her collection; sitting on the boards of museums like the Art Institute of Chicago; publishing critical scholarship, beginning with the 2016 book Four Generations: The Joyner Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art; and collecting and gifting major
works by black
artists to institutions.
As the premier showcase for Western contemporary art, the Ann Korologos Gallery proudly offers a wide array of Western
artists working in a variety of techniques and representing diverse artistic traditions: Bold Post-Expressionist still
lifes by Angus Wilson, delicate realism in the style of Chardin
by Sarah Lamb, Plein Air landscapes
by Dan Young, cutting - edge Macro Photography
by Gayle Waterman and meticulous linocut prints
by Sherrie York.
The
Artist as Activist: Tayeba Begum Lipi and Mahbubur Rahman joins other exhibitions at the Broad MSU examining
work by living artists from the U.S. and around the globe who are addressing a range of social and political issues through their practice — including recent exhibitions of South Asian
artists Naiza Khan, Imran Qureshi, and Mithu Sen.
As Sally Morgan Lehman, Founder and Director at Morgan Lehman Gallery explains, for The Armory Show the gallery is structuring their booth around a single installation by a young New York City artist who constructs her work around the premise of combining opposite notions and using that new concept as a foundation for her reinvented Baroque still lives or the 18th century Roman Ruins after Giovanni Battista Piranes
As Sally Morgan Lehman, Founder and Director at Morgan Lehman Gallery explains, for The Armory Show the gallery is structuring their booth around a single installation
by a young New York City
artist who constructs her
work around the premise of combining opposite notions and using that new concept
as a foundation for her reinvented Baroque still lives or the 18th century Roman Ruins after Giovanni Battista Piranes
as a foundation for her reinvented Baroque still
lives or the 18th century Roman Ruins after Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
(Think
works by Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Roy Lichtenstein,
as well
as Jasper Johns's «Three Flags,» which the Pace sold to the Whitney Museum in 1980 for $ 1 million — the most a painting
by a
living artist had ever been sold for at the time.)
«Entangled Orbits demonstrates the museum's commitment to presenting
work by living artists in public spaces and the idea that art should be the first thing you see when you enter the museum and the last thing
as you leave,» said BMA Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director Christopher Bedford.