Sentences with phrase «from classical sculpture»

In her work, the artist fuses painted canvas and reclaimed fragments of granite, marble, and limestone — stones used in capacities ranging from classical sculpture to kitchen design — into color field abstractions that address ideas of labor and beauty.

Prince plays out — even satirises — the way the female nude is mapped and multiplied in art, from classical sculpture to Renaissance Venuses to the distorted and reconfigured forms of Cubism and Expressionism, as well as in other sources such as pornography and medical text books.

Awad's new body of work is distinguished by stunning color fields and subtle compositional arrangements that speak to a profound canon of painting, ranging from Classical sculpture to Modernist Abstraction.

Developing a new civic dialogue, the show explores the reappropriation of iconography from classical sculpture; engagement with themes of the individual and society; incorporation of language, symbolism, and metaphor; and the use of non-traditional materials and performance, among other themes.

The French artist applied lessons he'd learnt from classical sculpture to create radically modern forms

There are parts that feel commonplace and uneasy — poses from classical sculpture and their patriarchal origins, or the hand wielding a knife that protrudes from a lumped object, who exists somewhere between abstraction and figuration.

Moore was able to distance himself from classical sculpture through the influence of primitive art, and the work of Brancusi, Epstein, and other modernists.

His fictional portraits amalgamate a range of sources, from classical sculpture to observed individuals in London's British Caribbean communities.

Moyer fuses painted canvas and reclaimed fragments of granite, marble, and limestone — stones used in capacities ranging from classical sculpture to kitchen design — into color field abstractions that address ideas of labor, luxury, and beauty.

Not exact matches

Each of the four Grand View Suites has a large classical statue from ceramicist, Ceccarelli — one for each of the four seasons, reflected in the Pitti sculptures downstairs.

The Sculpture program at PAFA embraces contemporary and classical approaches across a broad range of art making — from traditional figurative sculpture to video and installaSculpture program at PAFA embraces contemporary and classical approaches across a broad range of art making — from traditional figurative sculpture to video and installasculpture to video and installation art.

Her work addresses how the historical can be used as a material to address contemporary conditions such as loss, the swipe, the flatness and limitations of an image, emotions in classical sculpture, the use of models, muscle aches from using a computer, color as a language, and the democracy of materials such as clay.

Bacchus (1988), on the other hand, dates from the latter years of Mapplethorpe's career when his focus shifted towards male and female nudes, classical sculpture and still - life compositions.

For one recent series, Channer appropriated and digitally manipulated images of the carved drapery from a group of fourth - century - BCE Classical sculptures in the British Museum, which were then printed onto lengths of fabric and suspended from the ceiling, playing with the relationship between sculpture, architecture, clothing, and the body.

Paolini's belief that a work of art is not just reflective of the «here and now» but is also resonant of earlier traditions, has led him to investigate art's relation to the past, creating intriguing installations deeply rooted in art history from the Renaissance to today - from plaster casts of classical sculptures shattered on the ground, to photographs of iconic paintings by Northern Italian Renaissance painter, Lorenzo Lotto, or inquiries into the construction of the image.

From «Mother» (2017 — 2018), three new large - scale oil paintings, which borrow their imagery from Disney films, are shown in conjunction with a painted steel sculpture of a female nude in a classical twisted pFrom «Mother» (2017 — 2018), three new large - scale oil paintings, which borrow their imagery from Disney films, are shown in conjunction with a painted steel sculpture of a female nude in a classical twisted pfrom Disney films, are shown in conjunction with a painted steel sculpture of a female nude in a classical twisted pose.

VMFA consists of a 13 acre campus with two buildings (the main museum and the Pauley Center) and a Sculpture Garden which offer a wide range of settings, from formal and classical to dramatic and contemporary.

From 1986 to 1998, Pavia spent the summers studying the classical techniques in stone carving and bronze casting in Pietrasanta, Italy, a center for sculpture in Europe.

His works take a variety of forms, from photographic reproductions (Giovane che guarda Lorenzo Lotto, 1967) to casts of classical sculptures (Mimesi, 1975).

He holds an honors BA in Visual Studies and Classical Civilizations (2003) from the University of Toronto, and a MFA in Sculpture (2007) from Yale University.

Both Ms. Cox and Ms. Peters exploit classical techniques, mastery of craft, and motifs from the canon to address contemporary concerns in painting and sculpture.

Drawn primarily from the Smart Museum's collection, it includes classical and medieval sculpture; the traditional arts of Africa, Oceania, and Pre-Columbian Americas; and works of art in various media by the German Expressionists and the modern master Jean Dubuffet.

Primary Structures, which takes its name from the 1966 seminal exhibition of Minimalist sculpture, is a theatrical tableau of classical columns which plays with and rejects Minimalist principles, including the Minimalists» rejection of pedestals.

Leading the group is Thomas Schütte's Bronzefrau Nr.13 from the iconic Frauen series --- 18 large sculptures which reimagine the classical female nude.

Thanks to support from the Art Fund, three of the works are now making their UK debut at Sir John Soane's Museum, as part of the exhibition Power in Woman, which draws parallels between Sir John Soane's classical plaster casts and Lucas's sculptures.

Coinciding with the first ecological movements in the USA and Europe, Land Art was first created in the 1960s by artists working concurrently but sepa - rately from each other, as a critical reaction to the classical genre of sculpture and the commercial art market.

The show includes a large group of Ming and Qing Dynasty porcelains from the Frick Collection and; large - scale classical stone sculpture from the Sackler Collection.

Lick and Lather by Janine Antoni (1993) consists of 14 busts of the artist — seven made from chocolate and seven made from soap — and questions the idealising tradition of classical sculpture.

This position, familiar from classical Indian dance and sculpture, has been used historically to denote upward movement and a quest to reach out into the unknown.

From 1976, Twombly again produced sculptures, lightly painted in white, suggestive of Classical forms.

The media of the show is diverse, ranging from classical modes like painting and sculpture, to experimental video and animation, and using the tropes of science fiction including dystopia, cosmology, and fantasy to restructure narratives and create alternate realities.

«Sculpture Victorious» promises to vanquish blanket notions of «the Victorians» and their art (sentimental, chintzy, imperial, imperious)-- veering from the high - camp designs of William Reynolds - Stephens to the brawny classical majesty of Lord Leighton's An Athlete Wrestling with a Python.

Morton reviews works from Gérôme's entire career - the early «Néo - Grec» paintings with references to classical antiquity, historical scenes, Orientalist genre paintings, and his late focus on sculpture - to make the case for his spectacular art.

Rooted in the craft of sculpture and paint, it rises from intertwining everyday objects in all possible and surprising ways, but still with a formal reference to the history and tradition of classical art.

Deeply informed by the history of sculpture — from mystical prehistoric sources up to the present moment — her ambiguous, figurative forms disrupt entrenched notions of the classical ideal.

Many of his works evoke art from classical societies, including the Moai sculptures on Easter Island and medieval Romanesque sculptures.

His later work also draws from classical sources, as in his Venus de Milo sculptures, infusing his art with the influence of the past.

The show will examine his understanding of form and light in the composition of formal portraits, still lifes and figurative works that celebrate the sensual quality of nature and the human body.The works relate strongly to the museum's permanent collection of fine art that includes portraits from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Dutch old master still lifes and studies of the nude and human figure, a staple of western art dating back to the classical forms of Greek sculpture.

Blushing Sculptures developed from Biocca's research on classical Hellenic sculptures and depicts these sculptures ashamed of theSculptures developed from Biocca's research on classical Hellenic sculptures and depicts these sculptures ashamed of thesculptures and depicts these sculptures ashamed of thesculptures ashamed of their nudity.

Entitled Versus, the new exhibition from the Spanish duo features paintings, drawings, and sculptures that form a cohesive body of work showcasing their signature combination of classical art and elements of graffiti culture.

Featuring varied sculptures, photographs and drawings, our booth examines the legacy of classical sculpture in Marie and Orensanz» work, and looks at how both artists draw on a tradition of fragmentation that comes from the display of broken statues from antiquity.

These sculptures offer a gritty, modern and natural twist on Soane's collection of classical casts, and guests will draw inspiration from these by studying them in - situ.

In fact, Katz, whose parents were of Russian origin, and who grew up in Queen's, emerged in 1950 from art school where he had produced detailed drawings of classical sculpture and painted from life, into a hysterical New York where the new heroes of abstract expression, Jackson Pollock and Barnet Newman, were throwing everything up in the air and riding a wave of popularity.

Drawing from casts of Classical and Renaissance sculpture and life models was long considered essential training for any aspiring artist, and was once a staple of the RA Schools, Britain's longest established fine art school.

These works will be juxtaposed by important European classical paintings, prints and sculptures dating from the 15th through the early 19th centuries, including works by Il Cerano, Lucas Cranach, the Elder, Jacques Louis David, Cornelis Dusart, Jean Frederic Schall, Hieronymus Bosch, and Pieter Brueghel, the Elder.

This clean, well - installed exhibition included her wildly patinated bronzes, from small figures to giant heads, with references ranging from painted classical sculpture to Donatello (especially his Mary Magdalen), from the Art Deco designer Erté to Jean - Léon Gérôme.

Ordinary Things locates Lucas» works firmly in this history, with the works pointing to the canon of sculpture, ranging from third century Italian votives, Bernini's classical statuary, the figures of Henry Moore and the natural materials of Barbara Hepworth, to the Arte Povera strategies of Mario Merz and the found objects of Robert Filliou.

Bertrand Lavier's Fountain is a playful interpretation of this most traditional of garden features; instead of a classical sculpture of a figure or natural form, the jets of water emanate from an apparently unruly mass of garden hoses.

Derived from the figure and mythic narratives, Hadzi's sculpture references antiquity and classical artifacts — abstracted anatomical forms, columnar and other architectural elements, helmets, weaponry and body armor function as visual metaphors for ancient cultures.

Second, he set his sights on generating a new set of aesthetics: dissatisfied with intellectual, high - brow fine art (the sort represented by abstract expressionism and classical sculpture), he wanted to promote more accessible types of art, made from everyday objects, which ordinary people could relate to without difficulty.