Sentences with phrase «best figurative artists»

ENGLISH ART MUSEUMS Works by England's best figurative artists can be seen in museums like: the National Gallery London and the Tate Britain.

Additionally, it gives an overview of the working practices of some of the best figurative artists working today.

Not exact matches

Richard Diebenkorn, the versatile artist best known for his association with the Bay Area Figurative Movement and later for his «Ocean Park» series of paintings, will have his catalogue raisonné published this fall by Yale University Press in conjunction with... Read More

Very soon, he became equally well known and successful as a Bay Area Figurative artist.

Along with Stettheimer, who is an obvious reference point, I was reminded of Peter Dean, who was a member of the Rhino Horn group, as well as Bob Thompson — figurative artists who packed a composition with stuff and loved to jam color next to color.

An admired artist in India, Arpita Singh, who is best known for her figurative paintings of woman, often floating in an elusive space, rarely shows in America and that is our loss.

Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Wish List», Gallery Project, curated by Gloria Pritschet and Rocco DePietro, Toledo, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan 2015 — «Roots», Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL 2015 — Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2014 — «National Contemporary Painting», Weatherhead Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2013 — «31st Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «30th Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «Narrative Fragments», Quidley & Company, Boston, MA 2011 — «Juxtaposed», juried by Alyssa Monks, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT 2011 — «Paintworks», Gowanus Ballroom, curated by Kristin Kunc, Courtney Jordan & Hyeseung Marriage - Song, Brooklyn, NY 2011 — «Space Invaders», co-curated by Virginia Rose and John Nickle, Rose Contemporary, Portland, ME 2011 — «Cinematic Bodies», curated by Jamie Adams, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 — «Snow», XL Projects, Syracuse University Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2010 — «Women Painting Women», Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC 2010 — «Remnants», Fuse Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Highlights» Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Conceptually Sound», Medialia Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2010 — «Looks good on Paper», DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2009 — «Water / Bodies», Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, F.W.I. 2009 — «Summer Exhibition 2009», curated by Eric Fischl, Matthew Flowers, Anne Strauss, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY 2009 — «Old School», Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY 2009 — Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA 2008 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «City Lights», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2008 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2007 — «Summer Exhibition 2007», curated by Eric Fischl, Jenny Saville, Vincent Desiderio, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY 2007 — «Four Handed Lift: Advocacy, Art, Spirit and Community», Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY 2007 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2006 — «Contemporary Imaginings, The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection», Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama 2006 — «Night of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2006 — «AAF», shown by DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2006 — «Salon 2006», New York Academy of Art, New York, NY 2006 — «LA Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Los Angeles, CA 2005 — «New Works», curated by Eric Fischl, Jane Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I. 2005 — «A Terrible Beauty: Figurative painting in the 21st Century», Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA 2005 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Cityscapes», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2005 — «Go Figure», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit», Brent Sikemma Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Night of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2004 — «Points of Muse», Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 — «Separate Visions», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «Still Life», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «27th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2003 — «Space Invaders», curated by Peter Drake, Fish Tank Gallery, New York, NY 2003 — «26th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2002 — «National Arts Club 26th Annual Student Show», National Arts Club, New York, NY

Solo and group exhibitions showcase abstract as well as figurative work from a diverse body of artists from the U.S., Asia, Latin America and Europe.

Because figurative art has been in existence prior to the Egyptians, there is a deep well of experience for contemporary artists to draw upon.

The winner of the American Academy of Arts and Letters's award for best young figurative painter a few years back, she was recently curated into a show by the artist Alex Katz and now has growing market buzz.

Throughout this process a distinct distillation of choices developed for each artist that is wide - ranging but particular: both figurative and abstract, sculptures and some works on paper have been selected in addition to paintings, and historical as well as contemporary works, are juxtaposed.

Leon Kossoff is one of Britain's greatest living artists, best known for his impastoed figurative and cityscape paintings and his heavy emphasis on drawing, both as a medium itself and as an intrinsic part of his painting process.

«Although they dared to break with many traditions (as has been well documented) some of the AAA artists represented in the 1937 portfolio built there compositions with a balance of black, white and grey reminiscent of traditional / figurative work.

What makes de Kooning such a great artist may be something far more subtle, far more interior to painting itself and perhaps expressed best in his earlier works, those that are, again, often described as transitional, from figurative works of the early 40s to even abstractions such as Painting, Attic, or Excavation.

Moving from art - school grad to accomplished young artist - his shows include Kavi Gupta gallery, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, a recent attention grabbing appearance at Art Basel Miami Beach as well as an upcoming solo at New York's Lehmann Maupin Gallery - Otero quickly became a virtuoso of the newfangled mash up of abstract and figurative painting that constitutes today's new Nouveau Realisme (think Mark Bradford sans the racial essentialism).

Alexandra Limpert is an artist who creates outstanding figurative metal sculptures as well as eye - catching animatronics.

There are hard - edge geometric paintings by Karl Benjamin, Lorser Feitelson, Frederick Hammersley and John McLaughlin called the Abstract Classicists after their 1959 show, as well as influential figurative artists like Rico Lebrun, who was, among other things, a teacher of Baldessari.

«on the phone» features the artist's new figurative works on board, canvas and paper as well as painted ceramic plates and sculptures.

Considered one of the most important figurative artists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Fischl's work has been the subject of numerous solo and major group exhibitions and is represented in many museums, as well as prestigious private and corporate collections.

The colorful exhibition will include 12 new abstract paintings that she made during a recent stay in Los Angeles, as well as several of the artist's figurative body prints on paper.

Their influence has extended to artists as diverse as abstract painter Jack Bush and the Painters Eleven, as well as contemporary Scottish (and former Montréaler) figurative painter Peter Doig.

Best known for creating powerful, immersive, large - scale installations, Nelson selected historic and contemporary figurative works from the V - A-C collection for his presentation, by artists including Pawel Althamer, Louise Bourgeois, Constantine Brâncusi, Alberto Giacometti, Sherrie Levine, Henry Moore and Willem de Kooning.

Quinn is a member of the YBA (Young British Artists) and is best know for his challenging figurative sculptures such as Self, the artist's portrait cast in his own blood and Alison Lapper Pregnant, a massive marble sculpture installed on the -LSB-.....]

Owing to the success of her figurative work as well as her 2012 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Polish artist Alina Szapocznikow is widely recognized for her uncanny mixed - media sculptures that incorporate cast body parts with everyday objects.

1965 - 1975» depicts the energy of the cultural environment of this American city as a center for figurative production, as well as the heterogeneity of the contributions of some artists known as Chicago Imagists (Roger Brown, Ed Flood, Art Green, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Christina Ramberg, Suellen Rocca and Karl Wirsum), who had identified the roots of their personal research in Surrealism and Art Brut, in a way that anticipated the new tendencies of the 80's and 90's, from Graffiti to Street Art, from wild cartoons to urban murals.

Mr. Smith's nine canvases insouciantly sum up the show's no - holds - barred attitude, tripping the light fantastic with works variously monochrome, gestural and figurative, as well as a kitschy sunset and the artist's signature, writ goofily large.

Part of a generation of artists that reacted against the dominant action - oriented, gestural style of Abstract Expressionism, Wesselmann took interest in quotidian, figurative, and popular subject matter, as well as the representational and graphic qualities afforded by collage.

Wall followed the work of other emerging artists as well, and, even though the fact they were returning to figurative work was reassuring to him, his head didn't turn.

Well - established in the area of Bay Area Figurative art, Paul Thiebaud Gallery opened in 2001, broadening the focus to incorporate contemporary painting and sculpture by artists across the country.

In the long run, the work of these artists may well supersede the attention given to the Bay Area abstract figurative painters of the era, for they not only leave us with equally superlative works, but in the process upended the notion of craft.

«Curated by Karsten Schubert, the exhibition will provide a concise view of the artist's figurative landscape paintings from 1900 - 1905, highlighting the period prior to his involvement with De Stijl and Neo-Plasticism, for which he is best known.

Over the past 25 years, artists have reinvented figurative sculpture by looking to earlier movements in art history as well as imagery from contemporary culture.

His figurative compositions are intimate, psychologically - charged portraits influenced by the artist's own past experiences as well as contemporary imagery.

The artists, such as Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Sandro Chia and Mimmo Paladino, revived symbolism and figurative painting, as well as mythic imagery, rediscovered during the height of the movement.

Here the focus is on figurative works by Smith, Chingerey, Haynes, and Barney, as well as a startling series of photographs by Jackie Black and abstract sculpture by Marianne Weil — both artists selected by Tony Oursler who was unavailable for an interview.

Altered States looks at contemporary artists who explore psychedelia (mostly painting and some constructions with a mix of figuration, geometric and Op imagery) against a back drop of 1960s Op Art, figurative and Color Field paintings, as well as original rock posters from concerts at the Fillmore West, Avalon Ballroom and other San Francisco venues to set the stage and create the mood.

One of the most significant Indian artists of his generation, Harsha draws on a broad spectrum of Indian artistic and figurative painting traditions and popular arts as well as the western art canon.

It's a diverse lot that includes the Alturas Foundation, which funded «Makin» Hay,» the public art installation of monumental sculpture by Tim Otterness at Hardberger Park; the Harmon and Harriet Kelley Foundation for the Arts, known for one of the best collections of African American art in the country; and Claudia Huntington and Marshall Miller, who loaned SAMA large scale figurative sculpture for the show, including the piece by Chia and Polish artist Igor Mitoraj's «Sonno Screpolato (Cracked Sleep),» a bronze of a fragmented face.

Quinn is a member of the YBA (Young British Artists) and is best know for his challenging figurative sculptures such as Self, the artist's portrait cast in his own blood and Alison Lapper Pregnant, a massive marble sculpture installed on the fourth plinth at Trafalgar Square in London featuring a pregnant woman born with no arms and severely shortened legs.

The works of art in this exhibition can trigger associations to surrealist explorations of the subconscious, expressive artists» intuitive work processes and figurative painters» depictions of human psychological conditions as well as the external world.

The Smart Museum mounted an exhibition of lithographs, linoleum cuts, woodblock prints, and related drawings and ephemera by this artist who was highly influential in Figurative and Pop Art trends, as well as in the locally based Chicago Imagist movement.

Her figurative work has been featured in many art magazines and eighteen book publications on multiple media, including American Artist magazine; Watercolor Magic; Painting Lessons from the Art Students League of NY; Pure Color, The Best of Pastel; and 100 Mid-Atlantic Artists.

Using figurative representation and playful geometric abstraction, Brooklyn - based artist Ted Lawson is someone who loves to combine digital technology — such as 3D printing — with traditional art methods to create organic fine art as well as large - scale sculptures that explore humanity.

There is an especially immersive gallery devoted to eight radiantly colored canvases by Mark Rothko, and another nearly as intense, with seven by Barnett Newman, as well as generous pockets of paintings by Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Robert Motherwell, Franz Kline and Philip Guston, whose figurative 1969 «Edge of Town,» near the show's exit, designates him as the only artist who got out alive.

«Featuring nationally performing artists Biba Bell, Megan Byrne, Jennifer Harge, Pedro Jiménez, Jessica Ray, and Maya Stovall, as well as St. Louis - based artists Jacqueline Fritz, Maxi Glamour, Fame Mizrahi, and Kat Reynolds, among others, this program will explore spatial relationships to fluidity and movement in response to Medardo Rosso's figurative work on view, as well as the spaces of the Pulitzer's Tadao Ando - designed building and the architecture of St. Louis.»

2012 Excellence in Show, Kittitas County Juried Show, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA Runner Up for Most Creative work, ARC International Salon, Art Renewal Center Finalist in Figurative Category, ARC International Salon, Art Renewal Center, www.artrenewal.org 2011 The Yakima Valley Society of Artist Award, 44th Annual Juried Exhibition, Allied Arts Council of Washington State, Yakima Valley 2010 Director's Choice Award & Excellence in Painting, 55th Annual Central Washington Artist Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA 2008 Best in Show, Moses Lake Art Museum Juried Exhibition, Moses Lake WA 2006 Award of Excellence, Allied Arts Juried Exhibition, Yakima, WA 2005 Minnesota Art Exhibition Program Grant / Jerome Foundation, Minneapolis, MN Art Mob and Purchase, Weisman Art Museum Artist Collective, St. Paul, MN 2004 MN State Arts Board Grant, St. Paul, MN Publicity Winner.

It was there that Mr. Colacello, the man perhaps known best for being a sidekick to legendary artists like Andy Warhol who he worked alongside for 12 consecutive years at Interview Magazine, leapt from writer to curator with the debut of «The Age of Ambiguity: Abstract Figuration / Figurative Abstraction,» a selection of works all tied together with a theme of abstraction rooted in tangible objects and concepts.

Cezanne communicates his struggle as an artist, that we all go through, with such candour, I felt extremely moved by the paintings, all portraits, altho I am not a figurative artist.I must say I got off on the furniture, draperies and organisation of the whole, as much as the expression in the faces.An exception is the Courtauld picture with the white clay pipe, a masterpiece if there ever was one.I breathed in the Cezannes and haven't digested them yet, except to say since the Matisse at the RA, I think this show is second to none.The Cohens were very good also, working across a large room.

Conceived as the companion to Black in the Abstract, Part 1: Epistrophy, which explored the fragmentation of the figurative as well as the loose and expansive nature of abstraction, this section chronicles the history of black artists whose work relies on the drama of restraint.

Early influences include the West Coast Figurative Movement painters such as Richard Diebenkorn, Nathan Oliveira, and Wayne Thiebaud, as well as mid-century European artists, most importantly Max Beckmann, Oskar Kokoschka, and Emil Nolde.