Sentences with phrase «for abstract compositions»

David Smith (1906 - 1965) The most influential and original American sculptor of the pre-war generation, famous for his abstract compositions of different metals and junk materials, once described as «3 - D metal calligraphy.»
LARGELY KNOWN AS A WASHINGTON, D.C, - BASED ARTIST who dedicated herself to her practice full - time late in life, Alma Thomas (1891 - 1978) is recognized for her abstract compositions, exuberant works defined by rhythmic pattern and vibrant color.
She shows you where to look for inspiration for abstract compositions and what the benefits are of expressing your ideas abstractly.
She is known for her densely layered and mesmerizing abstract paintings, which often gesture to the language of architecture and geography as inspiration for abstract compositions, as well as commentary on the complex social worlds we inhabit.
That's something she's done throughout her career and that's something she continues to push on, but she also has a knack for the abstract composition.

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Hidary says, «The abstract nature of these musical compositions and patterns act as a canvas for the listener to lay their personal details on to.
Côté has an eye for compelling, sometimes abstract visual compositions, and this is one of those rare movies that fully embraces the steeliness of the digital gaze.
The starting point for students abstract compositions is natural forms (fruit and vegetables) and there is a handout provided that students work from initially.
Her majestic scale, her inventive uses of pastels and ballpoint pens, and her compressions of realistic space into strangely perfect abstract compositions, all work together to create portraits with a new grandeur for a modern era.»
The highly - polished «Pill» reliefs utilize iconic pharmaceutical forms as the basis for seemingly abstract compositions that radiate with color.
This period, and these female figure paintings, set the stage for Tworkov's transition into larger - format canvases in the early 1950s, when he loosened his line and painted mostly abstract compositions, relying on the figure.»
He is renowned for his invention of wire sculpture — coined by critics as «drawings in space» — and the mobile, a kinetic sculpture of suspended abstract elements whose actual movement creates ever - changing compositions.
The German - born abstract painter (Who once shared a studio with Helen Frankenthaler) is known for massive, colorful compositions.
As in his earlier Storm paintings where scraping gestures that erased figurative components became central to the composition, Cooke again uses abstract elements as building blocks for his new work.
Otto's final composition is reminiscent of early abstract painter Hilma af Klint in an unmistakably deliberate choice of a woman painter for her model.
Focusing their program on artists who are pushing the limits of contemporary art while having a strong connection with graffiti culture, the British and Dutch artists» abstracted compositions were the perfect fit for the gallery's summer 2017 show.
Metier begins with an actual subject, and then, using her expressive brushwork, turns it into an abstract composition; though more representational than usual for her, these paintings were still very much a part of her classic style.
«For the mural at Inhotim, I took tiles from different compositions and made them into an abstract form, which resembles a wave,» Varejão explains.
A Piet Mondrian abstract work, Composition With Blue, Red, Yellow and Black, was bought for # 18 million from the collection of the late fashion designer Yves St Laurent.
Since then she has produced a variety of striking artistic compilations, including both abstract compositions as well as realistic portraits of prominent East German officials, yet it is her collection of vertical - line paintings for which she has become best known.
Chou's abstract compositions are remarkable not only for their ethereal aesthetic quality but also for the way in which they are created.
For the past 40 years, McArthur Binion, who describes himself as a «Rural Modernist,» has been producing unconventional, deeply autobiographical abstract compositions, through which he has been complicating and broadening the traditional idioms of abstraction and Modernism.
This second display starts with an ink and pencil drawing Erotic Composition (1967 - 70), by Lebanese artist Huguette Caland which is a study for the abstract, sensual paintings of the body that she created later on in her career.
This transition towards abstract forms and shapes is best illustrated in Kandinsky's Study for Composition # 8, 1909, a turning point in the artist's vision, where recognizable forms — people, church towers, cupolas and hills co-exist with abstract shapes and pure fields of color.
The Columbus Museum of Art and Denver Art Museum present Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940 — 50, a major exhibition tracing the evolution of Rothko's work from his Surrealist - influenced, figurative compositions of the early 40s to the abstract, color field paintings for which he is best known.
Surrealist Man Ray is recognized for his manipulated abstract compositions like «Untitled» (1924), in which Ray played with mirrors to create doubles of his subjects.
Like most of her colleagues back then, Frankenthaler preferred working in large formats that proved to be the best possible choice for her often very simplified abstract compositions.
Keane was proud that her gallery was asking 90 grand for The Torso, and moved that The Leg was not for sale, as she had «turned a corner» with that piece in fusing figurative painting with abstract composition.
Sex, death, the perversity of leadership and the fractured self are also battled out in Wrestling with God # 1, a composition which references both abstract expressionism and heroic mythological painting and is based on the Biblical story of Moses» return to Egypt, during which Yahweh attempts to murder him for not having circumcised his son.
Strand's mentor Alfred Stieglitz is also known for his modern abstract compositions like his «Equivalents» series (1926), in which he took snapshots of passing clouds.
Hayuk is known for her massively scaled abstract murals characterized by intricate patterns, symmetrical compositions and super bright colors.
By assembling fragments of different broken plates, Smith discovers accidental «readymade» compositions to work within; the geometric patterns on the plates also function as vehicles for him to explore formal compositional ideas more regularly discussed in purely abstract works.
Highlights from this include his piece Spiderman (2015), in which the artist takes on the persona of a trans woman for a raunchy, politicized standup routine, and his signature large - scale abstract compositions, which he forms by layering paper and paint before sanding them down to reveal previously - obscured layers of color.
Riley's formally taut, abstract compositions yield a singular sense of visual pleasure for the viewer, a notion derived as much from the artist's formative encounters with Old Master and Impressionist painting as from her early experiences with nature.
With these works — razor - sharp depictions of abstract, brushily painted, sculptural tableaux, for the most part — not only does one struggle to identify the medium, but the compositions traffic in shadowy illusion and spatial ambiguity, making it hard at times to know exactly what is being portrayed.
Note: The auction record for a painting is nearly 1 800 000 USD (in 2011) The auction record for a lithograph is nearly 8 000 USD (in 2009) By the late 1950s Vieira da Silva was internationally known for her dense and complex compositions, influenced by the art of Paul Cézanne and the fragmented forms, spatial ambiguities, and restricted palette of cubism and abstract art.
Spanish painter, sculptor, and printmaker Miró — known for his biomorphic sculptures and abstract compositions inspired both by the Dada scene he had been involved with in Paris and by Japanese calligraphy — had grown up spending time in Mallorca with his grandmother.
For painting, head to Trinity House, which offers Tranquility by John William Godward, a disciple of Lawrence Alma - Tadema, while a more abstract take on the theme can be found at Foster - Gwin, which offers a vibrant, gestural composition by the Abstract Expressionist painter, James Kelly.
Trey Egan's abstract compositions are known primarily for their method of creation, in which Egan translates the rhythms of contemporary electronic music into rich channels of color.
Melissa Meyer is a painter best known for her vibrant, abstract compositions.
Born in Tokyo, 1911, Minoru Kawabata was a Japanese artist known for his abstract paintings with keenly captured composition and excellent sense of color.
For Moses, painting's identity was multiple and changing — working with canvases stretched on the floor, the dynamic abstract compositions in Diamond Jim (2008), Ignon (2006), and Bronco (2002) are the result of of the artist's rejection of conventional brushes in favor of mixing paints on the surface of the canvas itself.
With a selection of self - portraits, still - life paintings, and abstract compositions, the exhibition highlights Mitchell's gradual transition between working with realistic representation to an increased passion for painting's formal qualities.
Known for his paintings Jules has rendered scenes from everyday life, geometric compositions, and abstracted symbols incorporating painterly gestures that show his true alliance with the brush and the process of pushing paint.
She has developed a distinctive visual language — recognisable for her abstract and angular constructs and compositions.
Behnke writes: «For the event, Roach brought together six abstract / non-objective painters whose works offer a dramatic contrast to their ancient surroundings even as formal elements (grids, texture, color and composition) are often reflected in the environment of the crypt.
I discovered during my stay that painting rocky stream beds served as metaphors for Renaissance and Mannerist figure compositions that I had studied as a student in Italy and moved my work closer to abstract rhythms.
Matisse would cut painted sheets into forms of varying shapes and sizes — from the vegetal to the abstract — which he then arranged into lively compositions, striking for their play with color and contrast, their exploitation of decorative strategies, and their economy of means.
you have been my prime inspiration for abstracting what we see in beautiful colours and compositions.
We will learn abstract principles that organize composition, depict spatial illusion and describe form while developing a shared language for critiques.
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