Sentences with phrase «figurative paintings of»

The first is a solo show from Bay Area painter Terry Powers, whose exhibit features figurative paintings of his wife, child, and home.

by Xico Greenwald John Dubrow has been making ambitious figurative paintings of New York City scenes since he moved to Brooklyn in the mid-1980s.

But it was in the figurative paintings of Titian that Hayward discovered painting was about markings.

But Mr. Diebenkorn's conversion to figuration in the mid-1950's stunned some East Coast critics, especially those unfamiliar with Park and Bischoff, whose figurative paintings of the early 50's set the stage for him.

Bohemians, beauties and burnouts — Calvin is known for his figurative paintings of a typically Californian crowd.

Among these are the artist's most famous, landmark paintings — among them Pink Angels (1945), Excavation (1950), and the celebrated third Woman series (1950 — 53)-- plus in - depth presentations of all his most important series, ranging from his figurative paintings of the early 1940s to the breakthrough black - and - white compositions of 1948 — 49, and from the urban abstractions of the mid 1950s to the artist's return to figuration in the 1960s, and the large gestural abstractions of the following decade.

At the Frieze fair, which opens on Friday, numerous galleries will include work by Biennial artists: New York's Mitchell Innes and Nash, which represents Pope.L, whose massive installation in the Whitney included hundreds of pieces of bologna affixed to the wall in pushpins, will be offering one of the artist's (less perishable) photographs; the Los Angeles - based Night Gallery will feature works by Samara Golden, whose installation in the Whitney, The Meat Grinder's Iron Clothes, included miniature interiors and a profusion of mirrors; and Mary Mary, a Glasgow gallery, will feature a booth with works by Aliza Nisenbaum, whose large - scale, figurative paintings of immigrants are also included in the Biennial.

Expressive, figurative paintings of carefully positioned characters exchanging subtle gazes and implicit abstractions of shape, color and light fill the canvases of Mark Mulhern's paintings.

Vicuña's surreal figurative paintings of the 1970s are more explicitly personal and political than her other bodies of work, and were in direct response to the unrest in Chile and her subsequent exile.

The 17th edition of this exhibition will feature 72 new works ranging from the neo-dadaist assemblages of Eugene Campbell to the vivid and organic, figurative paintings of Margaret Munz - Losch.

A Texas native, Parker is known for his figurative paintings of disembodied, twisted heads that ooze vivid color and recede into themselves as much as they explode outwardly into the space around them.

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.

Next on my list are some studios in the Gowanus and Redhook area (with an upcoming Open Studios of its own this October, Gowanus is the area surrounding the canal just southeast of Red Hook), but I am most excited to see Brian Kenny's sculptures (I love anything involving taxonomy, shadow boxes and / or miniatures); the figurative paintings of Charles Miller; and Ethan Greenbaum's refined landscapes, to name a few on my list.

Reminiscent of the vibrant figurative paintings of Dana Schutz and recent landscapes by David Hockney, Schneider's works are set apart by his use of ambiguous and intimate language.

Instead, the abstract art of Mondrian, the twisted figurative paintings of the surrealists, and Jackson Pollock's Lavender Mist all revealed a new freedom for the medium.

Just as the figurative paintings of Giorgio Morandi, whom he admires, are not about merely depicting vessels, so Sean Scully's definitive abstract works have narrative structures when they evoke associations of figure and landscape, of window and mirror, or of religious forms and themes such as altar or resurrection.

JMcK: The figurative paintings of Steven Campbell, Adrian Wiszniewski, Peter Howson and Ken Currie are in stark contrast to art of the previous decade in Scotland, or anywhere in the UK.

From there, his almost flat, almost abstract works, with their contrasting planes of colour and reminiscences of doorways and cheerful bunting, provided Brazilian artists with a bridge between the bright, figurative paintings of Brazilian modernists such as Emiliano di Cavalcanti and Tarsila do Amaral and the geometric abstraction of the 1950s Neo-Concrete movement and Grupo Ruptura.

His figurative paintings of oil and acrylic present low - contrast scenes of Black individuals, often of family and friends in domestic environments.

The exhibition assembles the artist's work in a span of media and styles: from the figurative paintings of her early «visceral» period in the»60s, up through experiments in photomontage, photocopying and «geopoetry».

Pointing to Robinson's figurative paintings of romantic scenes, he says, «They're somewhat filmic; they almost appear like stills from a romance movie.»

The sculpture is a translation of Katz's signature style of large, glamorous, figurative paintings of close ups of people's faces inspired by television, cinema and billboard images.

Rebecca Campbell (b. 1970) is known for her startling figurative paintings of children and individuals but her 2009 solo show Poltergeist included a number of large scale installations that directly drew on her childhood.

The peculiarity of the exhibition «The New Frontiers of Painting» lies in the fact that it presents 34 works, only figurative paintings of 34 painters born from 1960 onwards from 17countries.

After painting this work, Kadish did some figurative paintings of swimmers.

Turner Prize nominated artist Lynette Yiadom - Boakye (b. 1977) known for her striking figurative paintings of imagined characters, selects works inspired by nature from the V - A-C collection.

Jenny Scobel makes portraits or figurative paintings of children and women that blend a scene of innocent - like faces with images that suggest an underlying dark or disturbing story.

And Jhaveri Contemporary from Mumbai, will introduce you to the luscious semi-abstract figurative paintings of Mohan Samant (1924 - 2004), whose motifs are sometimes reinforced by delicate bent wires that float above the canvas, resembling drawing in ink.

The display will include works that span his long and productive career, from the figurative paintings of the 1940s to the Perspex square reliefs he made in his later years, which will be displayed across the ground floor of the gallery.

An admired artist in India, Arpita Singh, who is best known for her figurative paintings of woman, often floating in an elusive space, rarely shows in America and that is our loss.

The figurative painting of George Condo is often described as grotesque, bizarre, yet captivating and original.

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.

ALBERTO SAVINIO Pairing the virtuosically strange figurative painting of Savinio — the pianist, critic and younger brother of the better known Giorgio de Chirico — with sculptures by Louise Bourgeois.

His works range from geometric and practically abstract to Pop - like figurative painting of Americana themes, reminiscent of Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930).

During this period he was exposed to the figurative painting of the New Leipzig School and found an unexpected convergence between the folk - lore and rituals of his own country of birth and the imaginative traditions of Germany.

The Creative Genius of William Blake But in the realm of creative figurative painting of the late 18th and early 19th century, William Blake (1757 - 1827) stands head and shoulders above his contemporaries.

Nonetheless, it possesses all the vivid fervor of Delacroix's famous figurative painting of «Liberty Leading the People,» the flag - waving ode to populist emancipation in 19th century France.

The artist also evokes heartfelt emotion, and through a more figurative painting of an empty chair entitled Ghost Chair.

Radical Figurative Art from Sickert to Bevan, James Hyman Fine Art, London, England 2002 Five Painters, Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny, England 2000 Painting, I Love, Michael Hue - Williams Fine Art, London Look Out: Art, Society, Politics, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, England; traveled to Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, England; and Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich, England 1999 Bacon, Bevan, Guston and Baselitz, Michael Hue - Williams Fine Art, London The School of London: From Bacon to Bevan, Musee Maillol, Paris; traveled to Auditorio de Galicia, de Santa Maria Compostela, Spain; and Kunsthaus Wien, Austria 1998 Last Dreams of the Millennium — The Reemergence of British Romantic Painting, Stephen Solovy Art Foundation; traveled to California State University; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler TX; Manoa Art Gallery, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 1996 Masculine Measure, Michael Kohler Arts Centre, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 1995 Inside Out, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut; traveled to Galeria Arialdo Ceribelli, Bergamo, Italy 1994 Here and Now: Painting since 1970, Serpentine Gallery, London, England 1993 The Portrait Now, National Portrait Gallery, London, England 1992 British Figurative Painting of the 20th Century, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel 1991 Out of Limbo, Foundacion Luis Cernuda, Seville, Spain Five Painters from London, Colegio de Arquitectos, Malaga, Spain 1990 Inconsolable, Louver Gallery, New York, New YorK Picturing People: Figurative Art in Britain 1945 — 84, British Council touring exhibition: National Gallery, Kuala Lumpur; Museum of Art, Hong Kong; National Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe 1989 Prospect 89, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany 1988 European Painting and Sculpture, L.A. Louver, Venice, CA Contemporary Portraits, Flowers East, London, England Aperto 88, XLIII Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

While Bischoff is perhaps best known for his figurative painting of the 1950s and 1960s, the paintings in this exhibition show a commitment to gesture, color and form that are not only central elements of his figurative works, but also in his later abstractions of the 1970s and 1980s.

Not exact matches

Even so, we are far more likely to paint for our readers a broad range of figurative meaning by keeping close to the literal field wherein that meaning takes root and flourishes, than by dispensing with the literal, and losing it and much of the figurative to boot.

European cave paintings were seen as evidence of a «creative explosion» sometimes attributed to a brain mutation, a theory reinforced by the apparent age discrepancy between figurative art in Europe and other, more recent art elsewhere.

The exhibit will include stunning hyper - realistic work by Churchill - Johnson — stark political statement contrasted with delicate, minimalist abstraction by Uyesaka — deeply engaging abstract oils by Scorzelli — dynamic and powerful ceramic insights by Rosenberg - Dent — fanciful, abstract adventures by Lehrer — an unsettling mixed - media installation with video by auto - expressionist, Metrov — striking figurative vs abstract works by Ferris — a lively «abolish blandness» painting by Lytle contrasted with fabulous yarn work from the early 90's — and a pair of McCracken's, always delightful, miniatures.

Vancouver Island with About Blog A still life and figurative paintings blog run by a pair of realist artists David Gluck and Katherine Stone.

While critical attention, market forces (not to mention political agendas) were concentrated on the newly emergent Abstract Expressionism, and Action Painting, a small group of figurative painters maintained their traditional approach to picture making.»

Richard Diebenkorn, the versatile artist best known for his association with the Bay Area Figurative Movement and later for his «Ocean Park» series of paintings, will have his catalogue raisonné published this fall by Yale University Press in conjunction with... Read More

For 2018, there's an esteemed group of expert judges to decide the finalists and Overall Winner, including Peter Brown NEAC (British Figurative Painter), Luci Noel (Director of the Affordable Art Fair Hampstead and Battersea, Autumn Collection), Jacqui McIntosh (Exhibition Manager, Drawing Room Gallery), Siska Lyssens (Freelance Arts Writer), Mark Roscoe (Portrait Artist and Winner of the Jackson's Open Painting Prize 2017) and Karl Bielik (Abstract Painter).

Neal notes that «it is interesting that 8 Painters, comprised of all figurative painting, and timed to run concurrently with The Forever Now, offers an alternative to the mostly abstract works at MoMA.

Organized by Paul Schimmel, this selection of 36 paintings and 53 drawings, traces the development of Guston's work during this transitional period from abstraction to the beginnings of his iconic figurative works.»

Leland Bell, Croquet Party, 1965, oil on canvas, 42 x 60 inches (Collection of the Center for Figurative Painting, New York)