Sentences with phrase «choose older artists»

Emily Pethick, the director of The Showroom and one of the judges, said it was not a conscious move to choose older artists.

In order to situate their work in a historical context, each was asked to choose an older artist whom they consider important for Brazilian contemporary art or for their own work, for presentation in an exhibition within the exhibition.

Not exact matches

They can say, «I like pink, but I just don't like red,» or «I learned that blue can mean this...» As they get older they learn about what artists are trying to convey and why they chose the colors they did.

And so, to get a better sense of how they hand - picked their lineup, I asked designer and programmer Ricky Haggett (above, right) and Hogg (above, left) to go game - by - minigame to give us the whos and hows and whys behind every artist chosen for what's become, hands - down, one of Sony's «coolest» games — in that old, original PlayStation Designers - Republic - doing - art - for - Wipeout sense of «cool».

In 2016, the Haitian painter was a 29 - year - old MFA student at Goldsmiths University when he was chosen from a pool of 230 artists for a solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in London.

COUNTRY: The United States AWARDED BY: The DeVos Foundation WHAT IT IS: Numerous prizes ranging from $ 20,000 to $ 200,000, with the top honor awarded by public vote AIM: To promote critical dialogue and collaboration throughout the year with the goal of decentralizing the traditional, top - down art competition ELIGIBILITY: Any artist 18 or older who is able to secure an exhibition venue in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to show a specially created work NUMBER OF WINNERS: 10 winners chosen by the public and six winners chosen by a jury of art world professionals.

BMA director Christopher Bedford chose the 55 - year - old Bradford, whom he calls «the most important artist living today» to represent the Stars and Stripes.

They have been chosen by the artist, author and curator Petry and co-curator, artist and dancer Roberto Ekholm, joining old master still lifes from the collection of the City of London, many coming out of decades in storage or previously admired only by guests at grand City dinners.

The artist was shortlisted for State Britain, his recreation of Brian Haw's long - running Iraq war protest, although for the Turner exhibition itself, Wallinger chose to showcase his three - year old film, Sleeper, in which he sports a bear suit.

If one excludes the controversial claim that the 3 million year old Makapansgat Pebble (University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg) represents the world's oldest piece of junk art (in this case an objet trouve or «found object», chosen for its resemblance to a human skull), the first junk artist was Marcel Duchamp (1887 - 1968).

In the show, older artists chose younger artists working in a similar vein.

Throughout Art Inspiring Change, eighty children and four artists — all chosen by the children — have been working alongside a philosopher and Turner Contemporary «navigators» in four Margate primary schools; the youngest are just five years old.

The artists chose the pieces for specific and personal reasons, greeting some as old friends and others as distant relatives or curious ancestors, with the linking thread being their own tastes and interests.

It is the variety and energy with which he causes the first of these old cronies to transform and animate the strict dimensions of the second that distinguish him as a potentially first - rate artist, regardless of whether he chooses to include painted imitations of cows, crucifixes, human figures or to leave them out.

The American painters chosen by Rose are primarily older, established artists and some have a prior history with her.

Jason Andrew, a stalwart of the Bushwick art scene, and a co-director of Outlet Fine Art, wanted to do something very special for BOS, and chose to feature the expressionistic paintings of 80 - year - old artist Judith Dolnick, a prominent abstract artist in the 50s and 60s.

In his first solo installation in L.A., the Swiss artist has transformed the gallery into a chaotic, immersive environment crafted from cardboard, old armchairs and sofas and stocked with a carefully chosen selection of books.

Curator Michelle Grabner, a painter as well as an academic, has chosen to explore three themes: «art that emphasizes critique and self - reflection» (Gary Indiana); women artists who examine what it means to be a «woman artist» (Louise Fishman, Molly Zuckerman - Hartung); and «materiality and craft» (Sheila Hicks, whose fiber sculptures «push back» at the old notion of art versus craft).