Sentences with phrase «employed modes of representation»

Such duality was at the heart of his artistic practice, which consistently employed modes of representation and abstraction, geometric and organic form, and emotional content ranging from joy to rage.

Not exact matches

Rationalism and scientism (belief in the epistemological supremacy of reason and especially of scientific method) produced the conjecture, in some quarters at least, that the symbolic / mythic / poetic / narrative modes of expression employed by all the religions are perhaps nothing more than our own subjective projections or constructs, and not representations of an independent sacral reality.

In his two - gallery exhibition concurrently occupying Jack Shainman Gallery's Chelsea locations, Kaphar employs found imagery from various sources to scrutinize prevalent modes of representation and documentation of history.

As a contemporary artist who deliberately chooses to work within the parameters of a traditional genre and to employ a traditional mode of representation, my challenge is to create work that embraces tradition (which I'm convinced remains vital and relevant for our time) while simultaneously transcending the sense of nostalgia often attributed to it.

Artists such as Terry Adkins, William Anastasi, Sophie Calle, Felix Gonzalez - Torres, Joseph Grigely, Ann Hamilton, Glenn Ligon, Carmen Papalia, and Lorna Simpson employ unconventional modes of representation that defer or obscure an easy reading in order to suggest sight, representation, and ability as social concepts.