Sentences with phrase «early figurative»

The exhibition The Optimism of Colour: William Perehudoff, a retrospective, guest - curated for the Mendel Art Gallery by Karen Wilkin, and this accompanying catalogue celebrate Perehudoff's achievements and trace the evolution of his distinctive approach, from his early figurative works, which reflect his desire to enlarge upon the special character of his surroundings, to the radiant, abstract paintings that established his reputation — paintings that seem to aspire to the condition of music.

It features more than 60 works, tracing the evolution of Perehudoff's approach from early figurative works and murals to radiant abstractions, their interplays of colour suggesting musical chords.

Early figurative works on paper and in bronze welcome visitors to YSP's Longside Gallery, revealing the fascinating evolution of practice and underscoring the «shock» of Caro's early painted steel works in the main space, such as Month of May (1963).

«Tea Time» is an early figurative abstract painting by hot - selling Chairish artist, Trixie Pitts.

He is known for both his early figurative work and non-figurative works, which over the years looked to explore further the idea of making all areas of the painting of equal importance.

Shown for the first time, the exhibition includes early figurative drawings that mark Semmel's departure from abstraction into figuration.

The best - known example of Staël's early figurative style is a portrait of his first wife, Jeannine Guillou, herself a talented painter.

The Howardena Pindell: What Remains To Be Seen exhibition spans the New York — based artist's five - decades - long career, featuring a rich selection of early figurative paintings, mature pure abstraction and conceptual works, and her personal and political art that initially emerged during the aftermath of a life - threatening car accident that took place in 1979.

These works on paper, informed by the planes and angles of architectural forms, represent a shift in Mang» ong» o's practice from his early figurative work to pure abstraction.

Howardena Pindell: What Remains to Be Seen traces the themes and visual experiments that run through the New York — based artist's five decades - long career, featuring early figurative paintings, pure abstraction and conceptual works, and personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life - threatening car accident in 1979.

Big Mouth (2017) has something of an urban feel, like a detail of a Ben Shahn, or perhaps, a channeling of Philip Guston as he transitioned from his early figurative period to his Abstract Expressionist paintings

Curated by the National's Jeffrey Weiss, the show traces Rothko's development from his early figurative expressionism through his mythographical explorations of the»40s and the floating zones of deep color that characterize his mature style — work that made him one of the most celebrated and influential forces in the midcentury triumph of American painting.

Ai's early figurative images, Suzhou (1979) demonstrates that he, like Warhol, was a well - trained illustrator.

Her early figurative sculptures in wood, terra - cotta, bronze, and plaster (e.g., Ancient Figure, 1932) show a preoccupation with blockish, interlocking masses that recall the sculpture of Central America (where she traveled in the 1940s) and anticipate her mature style.

This catalogue raisonné of Judd's prints and multiples includes early figurative work, lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts.

The exhibition spans the New York — based artist's five - decades - long career, featuring early figurative paintings, pure abstraction and conceptual works, and personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life - threatening car accident in 1979.

Early figurative art work found in cave in Southern Germany, the Venus of Hohle Fels.

Born and trained in Germany, Delaunay's work ranges from early figurative paintings in the 1900s to the vibrant abstraction of the 1960s.

Just like his abstract work, Bischoff achieved great success with his early figurative works.

An earlier Tate Gallery catalogue entry has suggested that single stone forms such as this may be seen as re-interpretations of Hepworth's early figurative work in similar materials.

There is quite a lot to enjoy in the early figurative works between the mid-1930s and 40s, when Pasmore was deeply involved with, first of all, studying and continuing late Parisian Impressionism and Post-Impressionism; and then creating his own perhaps less successful brand of homespun «Objective Realism».

The mid -»40s picture marks the half - way point between the early figurative painting and his breakthrough work.

It would chronicle the early figurative paintings of Richard Diebenkorn, a widely acclaimed artist who came to the forefront in the»70s with a highly prized series of luminous abstractions.

Sonia Boyce's early figurative pastel drawings and photographic collages address issues of race, ethnicity and contemporary urban experience, questioning racial stereotypes in the media and day - to - day life.

A rare, large, early figurative painting by Kim Frohsin from 1998, featuring model / muse, Merav, in red stockings, wearing a blue dress, with grey, yellow and black stripe.

Performative, Poetic, Powerful Examining the various aesthetic and conceptual turns that typify César's practice, the show at Luxembourg & Dayan will present historically significant examples from his Compression, Human Imprint, and Expansion series, as well as such early figurative works as the Venus - like welded iron sculpture Torso (1954), on loan from the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art.

Tate Modern will present the first UK retrospective to assess the breadth of her vibrant artistic career, from her early figurative painting in the 1900s to her energetic abstract work in the 1960s.

Scully abandoned his early figurative work, and in the late 1960s and early 1970s, began formulating his own abstract language, based on the grid.

LG: I'm curious about your mentioning your early figurative paintings, wonder if you could speculate about how painting the figure might differ from your still lifes?

His early figurative painting slowly gained attention, and his black - and - white abstractions of the late 1940s made him a leader among the New York Abstract Expressionists; but the early 1950s Woman paintings made him famous for the violence of their depiction.

Influenced by Cubism, he created a vocabulary of interlocking shapes and bold, sweeping gestures that served as a transition between his early figurative expressionism and his later abstract constructivist concerns.

Wrestling with the simultaneous existence of abstraction and representation, «Painter» strikes a precarious note: ambiguous, but semi-recognizable forms recall the artist's early figurative works of the 1940s.

Currently on view at MCA Chicago through May 20, the exhibition spans Pindell's five - decade career, «featuring early figurative paintings, pure abstraction and conceptual works, and personal and political art that emerged in the aftermath of a life - threatening car accident in 1979.

You can see the influence of Masaccio's monolithic figures in Guston's early figurative work, and he especially revered Piero.

From early figurative paintings, through collages and video installations, to her radical work in dance and performance, Ms. Schneemann has consistently — insistently — made the personal political, bridging divides between eras and cultures, even species.

Her long career and wide - ranging practice encompassed early figurative works, Surrealism and the mature abstract works for which she is best known.

Early figurative drawings and woodcuts, some done when the artist served in the Peace Corps, in Africa, bore witness to the acute sense of observation and refinement of means that still characterize his art, while pointing to the resonant economy of his mature works.

An amazing collection of paintings and other works from the Centre Pompidou, Paris, traces the development of this extraordinary and inventive artist, from his early figurative works to his most modern pieces.

Where as Avery's early figurative drawings and paintings from the 1930s attest to affinities primarily with the work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, by the 1940s he was discernibly close to Henri Matisse.

It is a product of the Nok culture that flourished from about 1000 BC to AD 500, when it mysteriously died out, and provides examples of the earliest figurative art in sub-Saharan Africa.

Phillips relates the humour in that work to another, much earlier figurative alphabet Alfabeto Figurato by Giovanni Battista Bracelli (1632).

Beyond this verdant topography, Dunham depicts a nude woman bathing, an important recurring character in his earlier figurative works.

The subject matter may not be as compelling as Katz's earlier figurative work, but these paintings, on view through July 7, aren't about garden design or abstract composition.

Entire Diploma show of abstract paintings taken down by order of President of Royal Academy, Sir Charles Wheeler, but Diploma awarded on strength of earlier figurative work.

Half a year later, Mrs. Bradley returned to Knoedler to purchase an earlier figurative work, Two Sailors.

«The vast horizontality of the land...» This idea of moving westward was something he had already explored in his earlier figurative painting, Going West (c1934 - 35).

Mario Carreño (1913 — 2000) produced his finest work in the 1950s, after renouncing the romanticism of his earlier figurative work.

The presentation at ABMB includes his earliest figurative work from the 1950s; classic drawings and paintings of the early 1960s, including two from his Ice Box series; as well as historical themes of the 1970s such as his mural - size, Custer's Last Stand # 1 (1973).

Inspired by Kelly, Clark left his earlier figurative practice, and experimented with biomorphic hard - edge painting.

His earliest figurative works seemed to loosely be based on self - portraits.