Sentences with phrase «creating figural»

The Abstract Expressionists were looking for a new way to create universal meaning in their art besides creating figural or symbolic paintings.

Like her husband, Gwendolyn Knight preferred creating figural compositions rather than the Abstract Expressionist paintings that other artists of her generation embraced.

Like her husband, Gwendolyn Knight preferred creating figural compositions rather than the Abstract Expressionist...

While entirely abstract in their structure, the works» soft irregularity in shape create a figural illusion of curvaceous anatomical forms.

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Marcel Wanders» total environment will include several bodies of work: large abstract figural mirrors, such as Dysmorphophobia 1, 2 and 3, with carved details and cutouts, create an illusion of a character or ghostly figure; Self 2 is a steel cabinet and kinetic piece, balancing a sculptural ovoid form that abstracts a human head and physically rocks on the top surface; Tempter, an over-sized adult rocking unicorn is cast in bronze with metal chain stirrups; Shiqule Nuhai, two ceramic vases, monumental in height, reference Marcel Wanders» Delft Blue collection with a darker sensibility, using black glaze.

Ron Mueck, an Australian artist known for his hyperrealistic figural sculptures, has created his largest work to date.

Alston began creating abstract paintings in the 1950s, but he never abandoned figural representation.

After fifteen years of acclaimed abstract painting, he began creating large - scale nudes and other figural images, often in grisaille or a severely restricted color palette.

Although he may be better known for his larger - than - life - sized, grisaille, figural paintings, Alfred Leslie spent the 1950s working in an abstract expressionist vein, creating paintings of explosive color as well as small - scale abstract works on paper.

His modular paintings (first shown in the exhibition Kurgan Waves, at the Canada gallery, New York, in 2006) are composed of single - color canvases installed to create geometric, often overtly figural forms, such as the long - legged, slicker - and - galoshes - wearing The Fisherman's Friend from 2005, one of the earliest works in the exhibition.

The contemporary mural was inspired by figural wall paintings created prior to European contact.

She translates garments into metal and plastic, enlarging the scale and simplifying form to create pieces that read as both figural and architectural.

A singular force in China's contemporary art scene, Aniwar Mamat creates abstract paintings influenced by his earlier experiments in minimalism and figural representation, as well as by the history of Abstract Expressionism.

There, in high - powered galleries like Leo Castelli and, especially, Mary Boone, the artists Julian Schnabel, David Salle, Elizabeth Murray, Eric Fischl, and others created a cultural sensation with outsize, often - figural paintings that embraced the messy, the raw, and the psychologically - fraught.

This involves the introduction of a main figural element as subject matter, painted with oils or acrylics, and fine detail added with pen and ink, creating a sense of shadow and movement, with hidden figures and symbols.

Lisa Michot will create an installation work incorporating large - scale figures in papier - mache and other mixed - media processes to create an environment consisting of figural groupings.