Sentences with phrase «contemporary objects depict»

Together, these historical and contemporary objects depict a visual narrative of the Northwest while providing insight to significant works by artists such as Northwest School members Carl Morris, Morris Graves, and Mark Tobey, legendary Oregon artist C.S. Price, and the acclaimed Jacob Lawrence, who is best known for depicting important moments in African - American history.

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With his iconic paintings serving as a trademark of American contemporary art, Wayne Thiebaud is a Pop art painter best known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects like pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries and hot dogs, although he has painted many landscapes and figures in his time as well.

During a discussion hosted by the institute which saw the artist discuss the exhibition with Marco Delogu, Director of the ICI, Gregor Muir, Executive Director of the ICA — Institute of Contemporary Arts, London and the curator Eugenio Re Rebaudengo, founder of ARTUNER, Cerutti emphasised his wish to objectify the body whilst giving a new sense of identity to the objects depicted in his paintings.

Her appropriation of vintage fabric items puts her in collaboration with her forebears, and her interventions result in unique, contemporary objects in which she is often the subject depicted.

The featured contemporary artists are Kara Walker, who makes panoramic silhouettes of plantation life and African American history; Canadian artist Kristi Malakoff, who cuts paper to make life - size sculptures depicting a children's Maypole dance; MacArthur - prize - winner Camille Utterback, who will present an interactive digital work that reacts to visitors» shadows and movements; and Kumi Yamashita, who «sculpts» light and shadow with objects to create mixed - media profiles of people who are not there.