Sentences with phrase «figure painting today»

His work is included in both the Triumph of Painting, London, and in the recently published book Painting People: Figure Painting Today.

The result is a very atypical figurative painting show that purportedly broadens the dialogue of figure painting today.

-- «Figure paintings today are not made in heaven,» by Philip Pearlstein, Summer 1962

In his 1962 essay «Figure Paintings Today are not Made in Heaven,» Pearlstein analyzed «why the sophisticated art world rejected factual representational painting.»

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i have a painting at home which i did 5 or 6 years ago of a figure standing behind golden bars of light the painting depicts i mysef as christ bringing to surface the ideas of cosmic conciousness to to the world around us there is great symmetry in the simplicity of both paintings if christ was alive today he might well be looking at the world though caged iron bars

Today's incarnation has been in situ since 1950, features the largest hand carved figures ever made and it's entirely hand painted.

«For me,» he said in his MCA Chicago lecture, «the thing that has the greatest transformative capacity in the art world today, in terms of what people expect to see when they go to the art museum, is a painting that has a black figure in it, because 95 percent of all the other paintings you see are going to have white figures in them.

It was a moment when de Kooning turned to what he called the tableaux: «forcefully composed paintings with ideas of less frontal or variously posed figures in a well defined landscape space» (J. Cowart, «De Kooning Today,» de Kooning 1969 — 78, Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, 1978, p. 15).

Today, he's working on a painting that features what appears to be a white figure with massive flyaway hair like David Lynch's Eraserhead regarded by a person in a medieval plague doctor's beaked mask.

Mostly paintings and drawings are featured, along with some photography, mixed - media works and sculpture by artists active in the early, middle and late periods of the century, and many contemporary figures still working today such as Hurvin Anderson, Stan Douglas, Kori Newkirk, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas and Barkley L. Hendricks (whose «New Orleans Niggah,» 1973 covers the volume).

They have attained the status of «art world superstars,» as such figures are commonly called today, for continuing Baldessari's mission of raiding mass - produced entertainment in such a direct, unmediated way that it has become increasingly unclear what sets their photographs, collages, paintings, videos, and installations apart from the commercial products they are «appropriating,» except for the fact that their work is displayed in art galleries and museums and auction houses.

The tension of near abstract brushwork, figure painting, and archetype looks ahead to art today.

Important figures in the revitalization of painting today, Taaffe and Tomaselli have separately explored many of the themes central to Smith's prescient aesthetic; one rooted in the theosophical and spiritualist origins of European abstraction as evidenced in the works of Kupka, Kandinsky and Mondrian.

According to Katharina Manchada, the curator of the museum exhibition, it was important to show these recent paintings to contextualize Kusama as a contemporary artist «to remind people that she remains extremely vital as an artist working today, in addition to being a historical figure.»

Featuring work from the 1980s to today, including wooden figures, pottery and newspapers that she has painted on, Himid's section of the Turner Prize exhibition at Hull's Ferens Gallery serves as an intimate window on to her intensely thoughtful practice.

German artist A.R. Penck's paintings from the late 1960s and»70s, which display stick figures and rudimentary markings, are today widely regarded as emblems of postwar existential angst and Cold War discontent.

The profound blackness of the sculpture's exterior is reminiscent of the blackness of the figures that populate Marshall's paintings, and as is the case with so much of his work, A Monumental Journey, speaks to centuries of struggles, solidarities and triumphs, from the continental origins of the talking drum to the confrontation of history in public space today.

Conversely, when two, typically large, neo-expressionist paintings by Julian Schnabel and Eric Fischl — each depicting an attenuated male figure — are placed within the feminist - themed «Gender Trouble» section, they gain fresh relevance as signifiers of «masculinist» culture's decline in the»80s and of the American male's diminishing economic prospects today.

Today he works at the Zhejiang Painting Institute as a full - time artist and director of the Figure Painting Studio.

Her work — which includes portraits of enslaved people painted on jugs, plates, newspapers, and other domestic objects, as well as full - size cutouts of figures in colorful historical costumes — not only examines the histories of colonialism and the slave trade, but also the way their effects continue to play out in society today.

Known for his intimate figure paintings — especially of the female nude — and delightful portraits of Parisian socialites, Renoir has collected a cast of characters who still very much play a role in contemporary art today.

Juan J. González (b. 1942, Camagüey - d. 1993, New York): The super-realist artist Juan González participated in group shows such as Painting and Sculpture Today ‑ 1974 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art; Looking Inside: Latin American Presence in New York; Ancient Roots / New Visions, which traveled to several cities in the United States; Hispanic ‑ American Artists of the United States, at the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America in Washington, D.C., The Figure in the Twentieth Century at the New York Academy of Design, Outside Cuba, The Miami Generation traveling exhibition and the Cuba - USA: The First Generation traveling exhibition.

Selected Exhibitions 2009 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, For Real, group exhibit 2008 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, What Remains: The American Landscape Portfolio Edition, solo exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Trees of Life, 30th Anniversary Show, group exhibit 2007 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, What Remains: The American Landscape, solo exhibit 2006 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, 28th Anniversary Exhibition, group exhibit 2005 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Into the Minds of Nine, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, La vie quotidienne: Scenes from Paris to Provence, solo exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 22nd Annual Portrait Show 2004 Land Trust of Virginia, Middleburg, VA, Vanishing Landscapes 2004, group exhibit Parker Gallery, Washington, DC, Beyond Brittany: 1977 - 1979, group exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 21st Annual Portrait Show Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Zenith Style: Art & Craft for Home & Office, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land, group exhibit 2003 Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda, Inside & Out, House & Home, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Near and Far: Recent Landscape Paintings, solo exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 20th Annual Portrait Show 2002 Land Trust of Virginia, Middleburg, VA, Vanishing Landscapes Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, The Dog Days of Summer Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, New Artists... New Space, Summer Show 2002 2002 Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL, Oil Painters of America, Eleventh Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 19th Annual Portrait Show 2001 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, VA, Contemporary Realism: A Survey of Washington Area Artists Zantman Art Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, Oil Painters of America, Tenth Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 18th Annual Portrait Show 2000 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour Rock Creek Gallery, Washington, DC, Studio 310 Reunion Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 17th Annual Portrait Show Spectrum Gallery, Washington, DC, Spectrum Plus Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Zenith Gallery at 22 1999 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour, recipient of the Steven L. Aschenbrenner Collector's Award Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, New Works for the Millenium Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 16th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1998 Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA, Lightmotifs, solo exhibit Mystic Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT, 19th Annual International Marine Art Exhibition Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 15th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1997 Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC, Luminous Journeys, solo exhibit Ballantyne & Douglass Fine Art Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR, featured artist The Artists» Museum, Washington, DC Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 14th Annual Portrait Show Morgan Peyton Fine Arts, Charleston, WVA, Journeys through the Virginias, solo exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit Howard / Mandville Gallery, Edmonds, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1996 Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Pleasures of the Garden Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 13th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Edmonds, WA, 2nd Annual Paintings of the American Landscape Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA, Landscapes Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, 15th Anniversary Celebration Charles County Community College, La Plata, MD, Landscapes, solo exhibit 1995 Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, Landscapes 1994 Hollis Taggart Gallery, Washington, DC, Portraits Montgomery County College, Rockville, MD, George Washington Faculty Exhibit DeMatteis Gallery, Annapolis MD, The Figure Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Portraiture, co-curator 1993 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1992 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1991 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1989 Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD, Capital Image 1989 Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, National Portrait Exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1988 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Images of Georgetown, A Bicentennial Celebration 1986 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Alumni Juried Exhibition 1985 Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA, Washington Landscapes Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD, The Capitol Image Today 1985 The Times Journal Co., Springfield, VA, In and Around Washington 1984 St. Petersburg Historical Society, St. Petersburg, FL 1984 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Alumni Juried Exhibition Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD, Metro Art Fairfax County Council of the Arts, Fairfax, VA, juried exhibit curated by Michael Botwinick, director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC World Bank Art Society, Washington, DC 1983 Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, Areawide Painting Exhibition, juried by Frederick Brandt, curator, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA American Artists Professional League, New York, NY, Juried Grand National Exhibition Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA

Pearlstein Today, the accompanying exhibition, surveys Pearlstein's work up to today - from his short foray with Abstract Expressionism to his unique apporach to realism and the study of the human figure as the subject and structure of his paintToday, the accompanying exhibition, surveys Pearlstein's work up to today - from his short foray with Abstract Expressionism to his unique apporach to realism and the study of the human figure as the subject and structure of his painttoday - from his short foray with Abstract Expressionism to his unique apporach to realism and the study of the human figure as the subject and structure of his paintings.

This exhibition traces a narrative of Schor's work since the early 90s to the present, from Semi-colon in a Flesh Comma (1994) which punctuates the text of the female body, and Undue — a section of War Frieze, her major 1991-1994 200 - running feet long multiple canvas work on militarism and aggression, painted in the aftermath of the first Gulf War but still as timely today — through representations of the nature of artmaking itself — the sign, the trace — to the empty thought balloon when grief has left the artist at a loss for words, to her most recent works schematically figuring the artist as thinker, reader, writer in an uncertain world.

«Drawing on the legacies of both figurative and abstract painting, with nods to touchstone figures such as George Grosz and Max Beckmann, Schutz's unique voice in painting exemplifies the expansive possibilities of the medium today,» said Respini.

He married his college sweetheart, raised three children and took graphic design jobs and teaching jobs to support his growing family, but he never stopped painting and today he's one of America's most admired and respected artists, a leading figure in the renaissance of figurative art.

KYLE CHAYKA: Your solo show at Hansel and Gretel gallery, as well as your studio today, is full of super brushy, expressive human figures painted on rectangular paper.

I get so many questions about the differences between chalk paint vs milk paint so I figured I would answer a few of those today.