Sentences with phrase «done on a monumental scale»

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It can't be done, and it shouldn't be done, but it's being tried on a monumental, nationwide scale.

But the artist and critic Brian O'Doherty did something of the sort in the 1970s, when he wrote of how far both the creation and canonisation of modern art had been informed by the dominant «white cube» model of gallery space, which had conferred a monumental aura on much large - scale abstract painting.

The choice of scale is self - confident, as with the domestic size canvases by Varda Caivano that do not need to be monumental to make their powerful visual arguments, or the vast, unstretched linen that Jessica Warboys paints on the seashore.

They could be on the scale of Andreas Gursky's or Thomas Ruff's work, but these photographs show that images don't have to be blown up to huge dimensions to be monumental...»

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Von Heyl's challenge in translating her drawing on site at this monumental scale (17 x 67 feet) was to reinvent each gesture with equal degrees of precision and liveliness (the painting process did not allow for mistakes or revisions) in order to keep the overall image, rhythm, and freshness of her original sketch.

This metamorphosis done from series that overlapped in time, with contributions from Kitsch, from graffiti, with evocations from Pop and employing popular culture colours, led him to some sort of baroque from which he later escaped when he worked on monumental scale works, to which polished, rusted or burnt steel gave a much more austere aspect.

The studied insouciance and sentimental imagery might suggest humble intent, but the monumental scale begs for attention, like a child who insists on doing cartwheels in the livingroom.