Sentences with phrase «diverse history of abstraction»

This exhibition is a reflection on the diverse history of abstraction and the ongoing expansion of painting as a categorical medium.

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Spanning a range of media, the acquisitions complement the BMA's holdings of contemporary art, from mid-20th-century American abstraction to the art of today, and demonstrate the museum's commitment to expanding the narrative of art history through the representation of diverse artists.

The contemporary acquisitions approved in February span a range of media that complement the BMA's holdings of contemporary art — from mid-20th-century American abstraction to the art of today — and demonstrate the museum's commitment to expanding the narrative of art history through the representation of diverse artists.

Drawing on diverse cultural sources including literature, history, art, music and religion, Khan has developed a unique narrative involving densely layered imagery that inhabits the space between abstraction and figuration and speaks to the themes of history, cumulative experience and the metaphysical collapse of time into single moments.

Combining representation and abstraction, her work captures the frenetic pace of contemporary culture, broaching subjects as diverse as race, celebrity, religion, politics, sex, and art history.

Now recognized as a landmark event in the history of modernism in general and abstraction in particular, the exhibition included 130 works by 46 members of the group, diverse in nationality, style and medium.

«Mining the history of painting while exploring the boundaries between representation and abstraction, Laura Owens employs a diverse range of references in her eccentrically captivating paintings.»