Instead, they are evoking
earlier aesthetic traditions.
Not exact matches
Drawing on the DIY
aesthetic of punk, dub and
early hip hop music and the
tradition of street fly - posting to promote gigs and events, Simmons» rainbow saturated coloured paintings reveal traces of the long forgotten individual and collective creative voices that have informed and shaped contemporary culture.
Concurrently, 6 Artists / 6 Projects (February 10 — August 29, 2015) presents new works by some of today's leading contemporary artists in Israel, whose practice resonates in counterpoint with the
aesthetic traditions that accompanied the opening of the Museum 50 years
earlier.
Kessler's work since the»80s has been aligned with the
tradition of kinetic sculpture and assemblage that emerged in the
early twentieth century — such works as Marcel Duchamp's Rotoreliefs, Moholy Nagy's time / space modulators and Yves Tinguely's self - destructive machines are obvious sources — but filtered through the erratic, jury - rigged
aesthetic of artists like Robert Rauschenberg and the improvised, makeshift special effects of B - filmmaker Ed Wood.
While a mindset of change and exploration pushed Motherwell's growth in the
early 1970s, the themes and
traditions which lay at the heart of Motherwell's
aesthetic still thrived, namely his work on the Open series, which he began in 1967, and the
tradition of spending summer months in his quiet barn studio in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he was prolific and inspired.
Jeffry Mitchell's primary medium is ceramic and he is well versed in its
traditions around the globe (references to
Early American glazes, Pennsylvania Dutch pickle jars, asymmetrical Japanese
aesthetic decisions and Chinese Foo Dogs abound).