Sentences with phrase «by several generations of artists»

Represent culminates with a wide - ranging array of portraits created by several generations of artists, from those active over a century ago to those making work today, as well as audio excerpts of interviews with contemporary artists Moe Brooker, Barkley L. Hendricks, Odili Donald Odita, Joyce J. Scott, and others.

That's the focus of our collection: we collect works by several generations of artists who deserve recognition but have been overlooked; whose stories aren't necessarily known but deserve to be.

Not exact matches

Curated by Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the Gallery, this major new show spanning several generations of artists across all media will open in the summer of 2018, to coincide with what would have been the King of Pop's 60th birthday (on August 29, 2018).

With recent protests by professional football players in mind, the young Chicago - based artist Samuel Levi Jones has curated this group show, which brings together several artists from different generations whose work meditates on the relationship between power structures and persons of color in America.

By way of 16 mm films, Dean features five influential American artists spanning several generations: Julie Mehretu, Cy Twombly, Leo Steinberg, Claes Oldenburg and Merce Cunningham.

Some present recent work by living artists spanning several generations; others showcase fascinating historical material of varying vintages.

The collection includes works by artists associated with the loosely knit group known as the «Pictures Generation,» such as Cindy Sherman and John Baldessari, who appropriated images from the mainstream media, as well as several members of the Düsseldorf school of photography.

The collection boasts several works by artists such as Vibeke Tandberg, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Matias Faldbakken, Ann Cathrin November Høibo and Fredrik Værslev — a generation of Norwegian artists who have made their mark internationally.

The exhibition presents works by fourteen artists of European and American provenance over several generations who operate in terms of both form and contents between a conceptual reception of painting and an investigation of influences from the mass media.

She talked about why she thinks her work, marked by wild stylistic diversity, is less known than that of several German artists of her generation, like Gerhard Richter, her former husband; Martin Kippenberger, a kindred spirit; Sigmar Polke; and Anselm Kiefer: «I think my work is very difficult to understand.

Although Darger was unrecognized as an artist during his lifetime, the impressive body of watercolors and writings he created are acclaimed by admirers and scholars of both mainstream and outsider art, and has been a source of inspiration for several generations of contemporary artists.

«These efforts countered the persona of the humble, oblivious naïf by detailing his assured single - mindedness and tracked the extensive influence his work exerted on several generations of vanguard artists,» critic Roberta Smith wrote in a review of a later exhibition.

By 1994 Saville's increasing profile enabled her to exhibit in several notable group shows: Young British Artists III, Saatchi Gallery, London (1994), Contemporary British Art» 96, Museum of Kalmar, Stockholm (1996) and the iconic Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection, Royal Academy of Arts, London (1997), positioning Saville as one of the foremost painters of her generation.

Reflecting the numerous strategies of production and display that co-exist within art photography today, on view are framed prints, wall - sized installations, light boxes and digital videos by significant artists across several generations, including Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Ruff, Jeff Wall, Anne Collier and Elad Lassry.

By 1951 she had developed a mature, abstract gestural style, and had befriended several of the first generation Abstract Expressionists, like Will de Kooning and Franz Kline, and by invitation had even joined their prestigious Eighth Street Club, which hosted artist get - togethers and talkBy 1951 she had developed a mature, abstract gestural style, and had befriended several of the first generation Abstract Expressionists, like Will de Kooning and Franz Kline, and by invitation had even joined their prestigious Eighth Street Club, which hosted artist get - togethers and talkby invitation had even joined their prestigious Eighth Street Club, which hosted artist get - togethers and talks.

In spring 2016 Parasol unit presented the group exhibition Magical Surfaces: The Uncanny in Contemporary Photography, an exhibition that explored the uncanny as exemplified in the works of seven artists from two generations, and featuring several works by Stephen Shore.

This publication gathers pieces by 28 artists working across several generations and in a myriad of themes, offering a broad survey of the Chinese art world today.

Spanning several generations and diverse mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography and installation, the selection includes works by Edson Chagas, star of the Angolan Pavilion — awarded the prestigious accolade for Best National Participation at the 55th Venice Biennale; Prix Pictet shortlist photographer Sammy Baloji; Malian artist Abdoulaye Konaté; Tunisian artist and researcher Nidhal Chamekh; Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama; and artist Lavar Munroe from Bahamas; many of which have been selected for presentation at this year's 56th Venice Biennale.

In a departure from the chronological groupings of the first three rooms, this gallery presents works by artists of several generations — Nina Canell, María Elena González, Julie Mehretu, Rivane Neuenschwander and Cao Guimarães, Damián Ortega, or James Rosenquist — that have to do with the idea of atomization, the expansion of matter, the interstitial and the negligible.

But these works, while quite seductive, conform to a high - end realism made familiar by several generations of European and American contemporary artists.

Gilbert & George Artforum International; January 1, 2007; Gilligan, Melanie; 312 words LONDON Gilbert & George TATE MODERN February 15 - May 7 Curated by Jan Debbaut Gilbert & George claim that «Most people who saw our last retrospective [in the UK] are dead,» but their influence on several generations of younger British artists is clear.

Spearheaded by a generation of American artists - strongly influenced by European expatriates - who had grown up during the Depression and were influenced both by World War II and its Cold War aftermath, abstract expressionist painting was neither wholly abstract nor expressionist and encompassed several quite different styles.

By displaying works by contemporary Latino artists, writers, and activists exploring loss, resilience, and the political potential of poetic expression alongside several pieces from LACMA's collection, Ramos exposes a shared impulse across generations to use art as a powerful method of resistancBy displaying works by contemporary Latino artists, writers, and activists exploring loss, resilience, and the political potential of poetic expression alongside several pieces from LACMA's collection, Ramos exposes a shared impulse across generations to use art as a powerful method of resistancby contemporary Latino artists, writers, and activists exploring loss, resilience, and the political potential of poetic expression alongside several pieces from LACMA's collection, Ramos exposes a shared impulse across generations to use art as a powerful method of resistance.

This show features collages on loan from important private collections, with a concentration on works by the artists of the Abstract Expressionist generation as well as several artists of the broader successive movements.

Gathered on the raft are also over a dozen works by several generations of First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists from Remai's collection.

Curated by Dr Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, this major new exhibition spanning several generations of artists across all media will open in the summer of 2018, to coincide with what would have been Michael Jackson's 60th birthday (on August 29, 2018).