Sentences with phrase «fresco in gold leaf»

For the official Turner Prize exhibition, held at Tate Britain in London, he presented a large - scale symmetrically patterned fresco in gold leaf, achieved using laborious Renaissance techniques.

The creator of a subtle and unashamedly beautiful fresco in gold leaf was the «shocked, surprised and stunned» winner of Britain's most prestigious UK art prize last night.

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Any thought that Richard Wright's Turner - prize - winning fresco — an exquisite abstract work in gold leaf — ought to be saved for posterity can be abandoned: Tate Britain's art handlers sanded and painted over the work at the end of last week, following the closure of the Turner prize exhibition.