Sentences with phrase «celebration of figurative art»

He is not easy to place, and in some desperation the organisers of the exhibition at the centre of the centenary Venice Biennale in 1995, a celebration of the figurative art of the previous 100 years, had a stab at it by describing him in the catalogue notes both as «a kind of eccentric conceptualist» and «a sort of romantic traveller of the mind» - «kind of» and «sort of» are, of course, the giveaway.

The Figure: Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture is a celebration of figurative art with a wealth of imagery displaying some of the finest examples of the genre in all mediums.

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In his catalog essay for a 1975 Smith retrospective at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the late critic Allan Temko wrote that, «Whatever else his protean art may be — and amongst other things, in both his figurative and nonfigurative work, it has been a wildly expressive, almost violent art of tremendous intuitive power — it has always been, first and foremost, a celebration of rational intellect.&raqArt, the late critic Allan Temko wrote that, «Whatever else his protean art may be — and amongst other things, in both his figurative and nonfigurative work, it has been a wildly expressive, almost violent art of tremendous intuitive power — it has always been, first and foremost, a celebration of rational intellect.&raqart may be — and amongst other things, in both his figurative and nonfigurative work, it has been a wildly expressive, almost violent art of tremendous intuitive power — it has always been, first and foremost, a celebration of rational intellect.&raqart of tremendous intuitive power — it has always been, first and foremost, a celebration of rational intellect.»

Fall Exhibitions at the Richmond Art Center Three new exhibitions featuring works by Bay Area figurative artist Joan Brown, an environmentally themed group show, and a celebration of Richmond's acclaimed Pogo Park will open to the public on September 12, 2017.

The Art Students League of New York presents a unique and perfect celebration of this revival: a gallery of never - before - published 19th - and 20th - century drawings and invaluable insights from the League's figurative drawing teachers along, with exemplary works by them and their select students.