For her solo exhibition with Essex Flowers, Doreen Garner synthesizes abstract and
figurative form in sculptural works which examine the paradox of vanity.
And I think in contrast here, there is this — as I said — openness to engage with narrative, to engage with
figurative form in a kind of unapologetic way.
Cousins» work developed from
figurative forms in terracotta and wood to abstractions of welded steel.
In the early 1950s, Cousins learned oxyacetylene welding from sculptor Shinkichi Tajiri, and his art developed from
figurative forms in terracotta and wood, to works that incorporated more and more metal, and finally, to abstractions of welded steel.
So if people read your paintings as talking about consumerism or environmentalism based on
the figurative forms in your work, are they simply reading too much into shapes and colors?
Not exact matches
The expression of art — the exploration of
figurative and abstract thought
in tangible external
forms — is unique to human beings.
Peirce knew that
in discussing evolution
in this way, he was speculating and resorting to
figurative ways of
forming his thesis.
Criticism may smile indulgently at the palpable deception
in the claim that this was given to Moses at Sinai along with the Torah, but if we would read the meaning of
figurative language, it is apparent that this was but an expression of the sense of a pervasive natural law: the religious impulse and revelation with which the name of Moses was associated was too great to embody itself
in written
form — not even the Torah was adequate; but it reposed ultimately
in the divine impress upon the heart of man.
Pages of download: Teacher presentation
in PDF and powerpoint
form: 1 - Lesson essential question 2 - 3 - Activating Activity 4 - 5 - Literal vs.
Figurative language 6 - Why should I use figurative
Figurative language 6 - Why should I use
figurativefigurative language?
Related terms: language features and their effects structural features sentence
forms emotive language
figurative language types These pages can be used
in a number of ways, homework, class activities, interest groups, formal lessons, booklet style, as an introduction to writing and poetry instruction etc
For example, Warburton and Campbell's (2001) study indicated that preservice teachers began to understand poetic language, developed more confidence
in teaching poetry to children, and observed how popular culture and technologies could serve their instructional aims after participating
in three integrated projects that immersed them
in appreciating and understanding
figurative language and poetic
forms and communicating an original poem through text and computer - based illustrations.
By sixth grade, the standards become more detailed and specific, including understanding
figurative and connotative meanings of words; analyzing the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone; considering how a particular stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme; and contrasting the reading and multimedia experience of a text and various
forms or types of poetry
in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
«Through my
figurative work, I aim to represent the power of the female
form; manipulate the shape
in such a way that pushes you to consider «beauty» second.
Even earlier works like Fable II and Rite, both from 1957, earn their titles by the nonspecific
figurative connotations of their bunched shapes; it would take only a little bit of further manipulation to turn those
forms into the kind of stylized figures found
in the paintings that Jan Müller was making around this time, or Bob Thompson just a little later.
The
Figurative Arts Residency offers artists interested in representational and figurative subjects a unique opportunity to hone skills and advance techniques of image - and form
Figurative Arts Residency offers artists interested
in representational and
figurative subjects a unique opportunity to hone skills and advance techniques of image - and form
figurative subjects a unique opportunity to hone skills and advance techniques of image - and
form - making.
School of London was a term invented by artist R.B. Kitaj to describe a group of London - based artists who were pursuing
forms of
figurative painting
in the face of avant - garde approaches
in the 1970s
In G.S.F.C. 2.0 (Geometrical Sci - Fi Cyborg), hard - edged geometries filled with solid colors converge with organic lines to create vaguely
figurative forms.
Tim Eitel (b. 1971, Leonburg, Germany) conveys a deep command of color, technique, and
form in his
figurative paintings inspired by his observations of contemporary life and art history.
Although a critical force within the group, the artist's contributions to Memphis —
in the
form of graphic patterns — were only a small segment of her career; as the ICA show makes clear, Du Pasquier is a multifaceted artist, and she became particularly interested
in abstract and
figurative painting.
In line with the recent trend of
figurative painting, this show, curated by Katrina Neumann, brings together a multigenerational group of artists who create paintings that consider the human
form within real and imagined environments.
In the next decade, dark and ominous
forms crowded his painting,
forming a visual language somewhere between abstract and
figurative.
Of course, Nochlin was writing
in parallel with Jeff Donaldson and Romare Bearden, titans of
figurative work who elaborated a
form of augmented reality called «the super real».
After leaving the field of clinical psychology
in the mid-1940s, Truitt began making
figurative sculptures, but turned toward reduced geometric
forms after visiting the Guggenheim Museum with her friend Mary Pinchot Meyer to see H.H. Arnason's exhibition «American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists»
in November 1961.
This logic of accumulation would lead to the development of Bayrle's «super-
forms,» densely composed images
in which smaller units are used to build larger
figurative forms.
Some canvases feature abstracted, atomised
forms, while others have more densely overlaid imagery
in which it is possible to pick out
figurative elements.
For his large sculptural installations, Ward reclaims materials he finds
in his neighborhood — everything from debris to precious treasure — to create abstract and
figurative forms.
The movement was
formed by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to celebrate and promote
figurative painting
in a reaction to the proliferation of conceptual art.
His more realistic
figurative imagery
in the 1930s and»40s gave way to the influences of cubism and other
forms of abstract art.
In figurative paintings brimming with crisp, flat forms and bold outlines (evoking sign painting as well as the works of John Wesley), Keogh portrays headless female bodies that have been bisected at the waist, an empty suit of armor, and flowery vines that weave in and out of sword
In figurative paintings brimming with crisp, flat
forms and bold outlines (evoking sign painting as well as the works of John Wesley), Keogh portrays headless female bodies that have been bisected at the waist, an empty suit of armor, and flowery vines that weave
in and out of sword
in and out of swords.
A remarkably prescient source revealed itself unexpectedly
in 1965, during a trip across America: Jones happened upon a slot machine embedded within the
form of a Vegas showgirl, a commercial variant of
figurative sculpture which struck Jones for its sexual presence and intensely non-art condition.
The three large paintings
in the exhibition mark Whitten's turn away from the overtly
figurative to a
form of subliminal figuration.
Wrestled into
figurative forms that evoked a sense of wonder, artwork was presented
in a solo exhibition held from June 5 to July 17 at Dowling College's The Anthony Giordano Gallery
in Oakdale.
Curator Glen Cebulash, whose own work has beautifully deconstructed the
figurative into interacting planes and color
forms in both painting and collage, opines that realism «is a fascinating and slippery concept and one that confounds as much as it clarifies.»
The portraits, still lifes and
figurative works displayed
in Perth showcase his mastery of
form and light.
Somehow rooted
in nature yet seemingly devoid of any
figurative form, Untitled XXV articulates a landscape brought alive with a sense of the human through the length, scale,
form and emotive power of de Kooning's vigorous brushwork.
In the late 50's Kienholz» works became increasingly three - dimensional and
figurative, taking the
form of oblique interpretations of topical social issues.
While the paintings of Wendell Gladstone's «Fever Pitch» at Shulamit Nazarian
in Los Angeles are
figurative in form, the ambiguity of the narratives they propose leans more
in the direction of the abstract.
His use of classical
figurative techniques with a honed attention to aesthetics of
form and surface — such as
in the velvety finished concrete or waxed iron patina surfaces of his sculptures — reflect an embrace of the making of objects that seems refreshingly out of step with the digital era.
Another influential aspect of de Kooning's work over the decades has been his ability to explore abstract
forms in some works while, at the same time, exploring frankly
figurative or landscape motifs
in other works.
Handaxes are considered the longest - used tool
in human history and figure stones are naturally occurring stones that prehistoric people collected for their
figurative qualities, such as faces and animal
forms.
In the 1980s, Smith turned the figurative tradition in sculpture inside out, creating objects and drawings based on organs, cellular forms, and the human nervous syste
In the 1980s, Smith turned the
figurative tradition
in sculpture inside out, creating objects and drawings based on organs, cellular forms, and the human nervous syste
in sculpture inside out, creating objects and drawings based on organs, cellular
forms, and the human nervous system.
The sculptural
forms are architectural
in scale and express
figurative movement.
A former
figurative painter turned sculptor, Bryt adopts the rough ratios and measurements of the study of the human
form (often the proportions of her own body) as compositional elements
in her constructions.
The encounter had its influence on Caro's practice too, turning him away from the
figurative style that had characterised his work at that time and progressing toward the geometric
forms he had seen
in Noland's work.
Flat
in color and
form, the
figurative painting of Alex Katz is considered a precursor of Pop art for its representational approach to the daily and the mundane.
During the late 1960s, Guston became frustrated with the limitations of abstraction and returned to
figurative painting, amassing a potent language of motifs whose roots can be seen
in the
forms and shapes of Traveler III, and illustrating what Christoph Schreier refers to as subcutaneous figuration.2 Following his 1966 exhibition at the Jewish Museum
in New York, Guston relocated to Woodstock, New York, embarking on what would become a two - year hiatus from painting.
Working
in smoke - fired clay, the show features canvas panel with text, pastel drawings and her signature
figurative «masks»
forming an orchestra of individuals expressing emotions.
The book is a beauty... There is, throughout Ms. Jones's essay and the book as a whole, voluminous documentation of work by major artists who still rarely figure
in most histories of American postwar art, like Betye Saar, who made intricate
figurative drawings on covered glass windows; Senga Nengundi, who was conjuring unusual
forms from sand and pantyhose before Ernesto Neto was even a teenager; and John Outterbridge, whose multifarious assemblages took on a gamut of styles.
Anyone can see that the early Russian paintings
in this show are a breathtaking escape from the old conventions of
figurative painting, or that geometric art
in the hands of great Latin American pioneers such as Oiticica and Lygia Pape is an escape from the ancien regime of the west, that their ecstatic floating
forms are a vision of freedom.
She creates a personal and contemporary fiction within her works, bringing to light issues of race and representation throughout the history of traditional
figurative painting: «My work is a
form of tribute, analysis and intervention: tribute out of sincere admiration for the
figurative tradition; analysis, by making something vast,» the role of race
in the history of
figurative painting «comprehensible to both myself and to my viewers; and intervention, by positioning a woman - of - color as primary picture - maker,
in whose hands the
figurative tradition is refashioned.»