Sentences with phrase «for abstract sculpture»

The «field» for abstract sculpture to now operate in seems to me, from my perspective, to be massive and really «open», and could actually benefit from more people doing it.
Shame, because we have had over the past year or two exactly that for abstract sculpture and it's been rather good, and as far as I am concerned, very helpful.
On America's entry to World War II, metal became in short supply, as did commissions for abstract sculpture - so Smith returned to drawing and painting, he continued to paint prolifically in fact throughout his career.
Sir Anthony Caro, who has died aged 89, was a pre-eminent artist of the post-war era who created a new language for abstract sculpture in the 1960s with brightly coloured, horizontal assemblages of...
Hepworth began working in the same abstract manner from the early 1930s onwards, which was un-fashionably early for abstract sculpture in England.
I have no «requirements» for abstract sculpture at all.
Certainly Mr. Smith opened up a space for abstract sculpture in which Mr. Shapiro works.
This requirement for abstract sculpture, as well as its involvement with an all - over plastic spatiality and physicality, seems to be something very few artists or commentators who are not directly involved can understand at the moment.
What this has meant for abstract sculpture in particular has been a complete reappraisal of what is required to be abstract, three - dimensional, spatial and physical, all at the same time.
The 60s had been a great period for abstract sculpture in Britain, one which — apart from some of the individuals involved — has been unfairly neglected since.
John Chamberlain, the American artist best - known for his abstract sculptures made from auto parts and crushed steel, has died at the age of 84.
Sir Anthony Caro (1924 - 2013) Influential British artist, known for abstract sculptures in welded metal.
Early in his career he used rocks as the material for abstract sculptures but the late 1990s, he shifted gears, adopting two motifs for which he's now widely known: dinosaurs and the Mao jacket.
King is renowned for his abstract sculptures in materials from fibreglass and metal through to wood and slate.
Solano is best known for her abstract sculptures made from a range of materials that includes iron, steel, lead, glass, rattan and wire mesh.
His earliest works on paper explore forms and colors for his abstract sculptures, as seen in the Specimen drawings of the early 1960s.
He is best known for his abstract sculptures of ovoid heads and birds in flight.

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The exhibition Beauty and the Brain Revealed at the American Association for the Advancement of Science builds on a 2010 collaboration between the Zanvyl Krieger Mind / Brain Institute at the Johns Hopkins University and the Walters Art Museum to examine how the brain perceives abstract sculpture.
From monochromatic metal wall sculptures to two - tone geometric panels made from upcycled wood, you can choose to display our dimensional abstract art in small groups for a more dramatic impact.
Vannes, France, Europe About Blog Inspired by natural forms, Stéphanie Kilgast grows colorful organic sculptures on abstract backgrounds, celebrating the beauty of nature and opposing it with abstraction, often a metaphor for the brutal impact of human activities on Earth's biodiversity.
The French artist pulls from his studies in philosophy and epistemology to create swirling abstract paintings and mixed - media sculptures assembled from found materials that touch on the basis of knowledge and rationality in the search for ultimate truth.
This can be used for KS3 making abstract body sculptures and shows how to reduce, simplify, re-arrange and to distort drawings into a pleasing harmonious shape.
From the third grader who creates and performs a dance to demonstrate the water cycle, to the high school senior who builds an abstract sculpture of geometric forms, students who have an opportunity to learn through arts integration are able to explore the subject through all their intelligences in ways that have personal meaning for them.
Vannes, France, Europe About Blog Inspired by natural forms, Stéphanie Kilgast grows colorful organic sculptures on abstract backgrounds, celebrating the beauty of nature and opposing it with abstraction, often a metaphor for the brutal impact of human activities on Earth's biodiversity.
Ụkwa Ruo Oge Ya Ọ Daa — There's a time for everything is a current show at London's October Gallery, showcasing Nnenna Okore's intricate abstract sculptures inspired by organic elements in nature, such as roots, veins, and flora.
Tons of paintings both oil, & acrylic, abstract, landscapes, sculptures in stone, cement, polymer clay, 3D canvas art, rock sculptures, fairies, fairy house lamps and stash jars, as well as handcrafted soaps, lotions, candles, bath salts to die for and it's all natural ingredients!!
Opening: Stefan Tcherepnin at Real Fine Arts Stefan Tcherepnin's last show at Real Fine Arts, in 2014, included large stuffed monster - like sculptures that were originally made for use in an abstract film and towered over viewers there to commune with them.
Though the Japanese artist is also known for her resin and metal work, from jewelry to abstract sculptures, it's her installations of translucent fabric orbs that stir up a strange sense of underwater wonder.
I'm kind of lost when Robin talks about one of the main threads of BC17 as «whether or not what we feel as «physicality» in abstract sculpture is inevitably some kind of metaphor for a «bodily» sensation.»
Boy, Bushwick Open Studios is really producing large returns for those who love large - scale abstract painting and sculpture this year.
This exhibition focuses on her early abstract metal sculptures and paintings as a starting point for future examination of a long and continuously inventive career.
Jason Rhoades» point of departure for this sculpture is the dynamic between the literalness of a store - bought, «real» object and its potential to become, within the context of the work of art, a vehicle to illustrate abstract and / or theoretical concepts.
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.
My wife took home an abstract sculpture, and we had it around for a while, and somebody swiped it or something.
Since receiving his BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1998, Los Angeles — based artist Jedediah Caesar has gained international recognition for sculptures that amass found materials into systems that reveal new patterns, often abstract, sometime social.
Opening: Justin Matherly at Paula Cooper The sculptor, based known for his massive sculptures, will be presenting «small - scale abstract works.»
In 2008, Dior presented «Dior and the Chinese Artists,» an ambitious exhibition at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, in Beijing, featuring specially commissioned works by 20 artists, among them Liu, who made a series of abstract sculptures based on a Dior dress pattern from 1948.
The HMI's central display suggests the potential for another exhibition, one that is not restricted to a single project, however ambitious, and which displays more completely a moment when abstract sculpture in Britain was realigning itself after the advances and bright colour of the 60s.
Go there for discourses on abstract painting and sculpture.
To pick up on one of the main threads, whether or not what we feel as «physicality» in abstract sculpture is inevitably some kind of metaphor for a «bodily» sensation:
The gallery features the works of Ron Flemmings for oils especially of coastal Massachusetts, Gale Fitzwater McBrien for bronze sculptures, & Catherine Mein for multimedia abstracts.
Barbara Hepworth was by then famous for her organic abstract sculptures, carved in wood and stone.
Hariri & Hariri have visions of architecture, Dannielle Tegeder and Melissa Kretschmer use it to disrupt abstract painting, and Mateo López makes it a site for drawing, sculpture, and performance.
After the room for abstract painting and sculpture, it turns increasingly to politics and performance.
The cardboard sculptures offered him a chance to «get dirty and messy, to be expressive in a different way,» he said, unlike the densely layered «Butterfly» canvases, which have been compared to Barnett Newman's «zips» for their focus on a single abstract motif.
Bertrand Lavier is renowned in the realm of contemporary art for his reflections on abstract painting and sculpture.
Ruth Asawa, an artist who learned to draw in an internment camp for Japanese - Americans during World War II and later earned renown weaving wire into intricate, flowing, fanciful abstract sculptures, died on Aug. 6 at her home in San Francisco, where many of her works now dot the cityscape.
Throughout this process a distinct distillation of choices developed for each artist that is wide - ranging but particular: both figurative and abstract, sculptures and some works on paper have been selected in addition to paintings, and historical as well as contemporary works, are juxtaposed.
Today is the occasion to bear in mind the American minimalist sculptor Richard Serra, (2/11/39 --RRB-, who is best known for his large - scale abstract steel sculptures, which emphasizes materiality and an engagement between the viewer, the site, and the work.
Faust is widely known for his abstract paintings and sculptures that employ color to convey emotion and meaning, often with the use of illusionistic effects.
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