Open to the public and free to attend, this unique exhibition on Old Brompton Road will showcase the diversity of
contemporary sculptural practice with works by some of the Society's most exciting early career artists.
Works on view explore several key ideas in modern and
contemporary sculptural practice, such as the exploration of unorthodox materials, new choices in subject matter, and the dissolution of the boundary between painting and sculpture.
These works provide a basis for developing examples of
contemporary sculptural practice within the museum's collection.
It is important for the museum to continue to build on that strength and show different facets of
contemporary sculptural practice,» explains the curator.
Our integrated Public Programme consist of commissions, residencies, education and interpretation projects, which attract and inform significant audiences as well as providing artists with platforms and opportunities for debate and critique, as well as developing the discourse on
contemporary sculptural practice.
In parallel to this we enhance the public's understanding and awareness of
contemporary sculptural practice both nationally and internationally through a range of Public Programmes.
Incorporating materials not traditionally associated with fine art into his works — including latex, satin, bamboo, and other found objects — Sonnier began to create sculptural works that challenged the conception of art at the time, and which went on to redefine
contemporary sculptural practices.
The collection also reflects distinctive
contemporary sculptural practices, including works by Roxy Paine, Cameron Gainer, Mel Kendrick, Ai Wei Wei, and more.
Not exact matches
Future Eaters presents a range of
contemporary Australian and international artists working with
sculptural practices in our present technological age.
Harrod writes and makes work that employs traditional and
contemporary craft and
sculptural practices.
In her artistic
practice, recent works include the large - scale
sculptural installations Raked at Spencer Brownstone Gallery in New York (2014), and Floor / Ceiling at The Aldrich
Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut (2013).
Working on both large - scale installations and individual
sculptural pieces, makes Johnson's
practice unique among artists creating
contemporary glass.
The curators discussed issues of material specificity and spatial concerns in
contemporary painting
practices, and examined the work of cutting edge artists whose work ignites a dialogue about
sculptural and installation forms of painting.
This group exhibition broadens the dialogue of
contemporary painting
practices by showcasing the ways in which formal considerations such as color, texture and composition are created with thread, fabric, clothing and
sculptural manipulations of canvas.
In his broader
practice, the Dubai - born
contemporary artist works with digital video, painting,
sculptural installation, computer software programs, and print, to test the complexities of cultural identity.
His work is included in con / struct: Celebrating Queensland Sculpture which features eleven artists that represent the scope and depth of
contemporary sculpture across Queensland and who have a sustained
practice working in the
sculptural realm.
The University Museum of
Contemporary Art is pleased to present an exhibition of digital prints, lithographs, and mixed - media maquettes by the Brooklyn - based artist Caitlin Cherry, who is known for her hybrid
practice of painting and
sculptural installation.
Together, this collection comprises a snapshot of an important moment in the extensive legacy of the Los Angeles
contemporary art scene, which has seen significant expansion in the possibilities of
sculptural practice.
In his pursuit of a new language, the artist helped to move
sculptural practice from the «modern'to the «
contemporary.»
The artists invited to participate in Nasher XChange — Lara Almarcegui, Good / Bad Art Collective, Rachel Harrison, Alfredo Jaar, Liz Larner, Charles Long, Rick Lowe, Vicki Meek, Ruben Ochoa, and Ugo Rondinone — represent a range of
sculptural practices in
contemporary sculpture locally, nationally, and internationally.
Organized in collaboration with Art +
Practice, a Los Angeles - based art and service organization, and co-curated by the BMA's Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director Christopher Bedford and Assistant Curator of
Contemporary Art Cecilia Wichmann, the show is built around eight photographs, three
sculptural installations, and a video compilation of performance excerpts.
Discussing current commissions (Katrina Palmer, The Quarryman's Daughters for Art Angel); exhibitions and recent sound displays (for example, Susan Phillipzs: War Damaged Musical Instruments) the group considered current theoretical, practical and institutional issues dealing with artists working with sounds as a
sculptural medium, informing the networks about current
practices in
contemporary art.
On the other hand, when seen as a whole, the collection provides a portrait of a specific creative legacy of the Los Angeles
contemporary art scene, in this case a notable expansion of the field of possibilities for
sculptural practice.
Like these better - known
contemporaries, Gentile's
sculptural practice is in this case a disembodied one, manifested only in the context of photos — a move calculated to probe the indexical gaps between things and their depictions.
This panel traced the work of
contemporary artists whose diverse
sculptural practices are inflected, transformed, or reflective of their environment — from public space, to galleries, and institutions.
Curator Christian Dominguez notes, «Hudson is one of the few
contemporary sculptors of his generation capable of redefining traditional sculpture... his works mainly consist of an efficient mechanism conceived to revise the present time of occidental
sculptural practice in its long tradition [as] generator of beauty, and in a more specific way, essentiality.»
For many, the definition and understanding of «sculpture,» and even more so the term «
sculptural,» has been expanded to the point of collapse within
contemporary artistic
practice while contracting within popular culture to the point of obsolescence (think no further than every bad public sculpture and memorial controversy or the trendiness of using «
sculptural,» or as a comparison «architectural,» to describe everything from clothing design to cuisine).