Sentences with phrase «high wire artist»

On August 6th, 1974, Philippe Petit, a French high wire artist, hung a wire between the twin towers of the World Trade Center and walked it not once, not twice, but three - and - a-half times.

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The first of which is The Walk, a film directed by Robert Zemeckis, where the actor plays famous French high - wire artist Philippe Petit.

Philippe Petit is a young French high - wire artist, passionate about his tightrope dream and determined...

Synopsis: The story of French high - wire artists Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974

The story of French high - wire artist Philippe Petit already has a track record with the Academy, with «Man on Wire» winning Best Documentary in 2wire artist Philippe Petit already has a track record with the Academy, with «Man on Wire» winning Best Documentary in 2Wire» winning Best Documentary in 2009.

To be honest, I was completely skeptical after I saw the trailer for The Walk, the new film about Philippe Petit, the French high - wire artist...

At the world premiere of The Walk at the New York film festival, audience reactions varied on Joseph Gordon - Levitt's portrayal of high - wire artist Philippe Petit — but most were happy to see the twin towers of the World Trade Center rise again

At the world premiere of The Walk in New York, audience reactions varied on actor's portrayal of high - wire artist Philippe Petit

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the 3D film tells the true story of French high - wire artist Philippe Petit, famed for his 1974 high - wire walk between the towers of the World Trade Center.

He'll play French high - wire artist Philippe Petit, the man who planned to cross the Twin Towers and was immortalized in the documentary Man on Wwire artist Philippe Petit, the man who planned to cross the Twin Towers and was immortalized in the documentary Man on WireWire.

Up until today, we've been referring to Robert Zemeckis» untitled 3D picture as To Reach the Clouds, since it was adapted from high - wire artist Philippe Petit's memoir of the same name.

Underscoring the threat, All That Jazz opens with a line attributed to the high - wire artist Karl Wallenda, who fell to his death during a performance in 1978: «To be on the wire is life; the rest is waiting,» Joe's work is his life, and the irony is that his work — along with the pills and smokes that keep him going — is what kills him.

Like all great artists, Egoyan is not infallible — courageous enough to attempt the high wire, he runs the risk of getting tangled in the net.

Hugh Jackman plays Barnum with all the energy we've come to expect from the actor, and the supporting cast — from Zac Efron as Barnum's young partner, to Zendaya as a high - wire artist, to Michelle Williams as Barnum's loving wife who sort of vanishes from the back end of the film — all bring their A-game.

Mitch Glazer balances the tough - guy moments and the rocky romance with the touch and feel of a high - wire artist.

Peter C. Newman, chronicler of the country's establishment, called Rogers «an entrepreneur extraordinaire — the high - wire trapeze artist of Canadian business.»

Cirque artists from Hawaii, Russia, Germany, Kazakhstan and Moldova (Eastern Europe) perform everything from high - wire acts, contortion, aerial illusionists and acrobats, daredevil balancing, split second quick - change, hoops and jump - rope.

Catherine Yass's latest exhibition amalgamates social ideals with the awe - inspiring precision of high - wire artist, Didier Pasquette.

Towering 33 feet high, Wire Madonna is the first large - scale steel structure ever realized by the artist and deepens his career - long exploration of craft, spirituality, and consumerism.

Among the works that did well were Lot 16, a charming small sculpture, one of three examples down in 1945 - 6, by David Smith, shown above, that sold for $ 220,000 (not including the buyer's premium) and had had a high estimate of $ 150,000; Lot 5, «Atantolone,» a gloss household paint on canvas of colored dots on a white field that sold for $ 170,000 (not including the buyer's premium), well over its high estimate of $ 120,000; Lot 14, a large 1943 painted wood and wire sculpture, «Constellation,» by Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976) that sold for $ 1,982,500 (including the buyer's premium), more than double its high estimate, and Lot 24, a larger Calder sculpture, «Trepied,» that sold near its low estimate for $ 1,542,500 (including the buyer's premium); Lot 20, a large and very interesting and abstract but not very colorful 1953 Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992), «Two Figures at a Window,» that sold above its $ 1.2 million high estimate for $ 1,542,500 (including the buyer's premium); Lot 27, «Tour III» by Brice Marden (b. 1938) that sold within its estimates for $ 1,487,500 (including the buyer's premium), tying the artist's record; Lot 41, «Grillo,» by Jean - Michel Basquiat (1960 - 1988) that sold for $ 1,102,500 (including the buyer's premium), also within its pre-sale estimates; and Lot 31, «Vierwaldstätte See,» a large black and white 1969 landscape by Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) that sold for $ 1,047,500 near its low estimate of $ 1 million.

Moderated by Ta - Nehisi Coates, producer David Simon (The Wire), graphic novelists Kelly Sue Deconnick (Captain Marvel) and Catherine Meurisse (La Légèreté), and spoken word artist D' de Kabal (Chants Barbares) will look at how and why certain art forms — from television to comic books and slam poetry — move from low art to high art.

His work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, The Museum of Texas Tech University, the High Wire Gallery, Art League Museum and the San Antonio Artist Collective Gallery in San Antonio, TX.

The seven artists or artist collectives featured in High Fiber stitch, weave, knit, crochet, and wind fabric, felt, yarn, ribbon, wire, and single strands of silk organza into expressive forms that allude to nature, relationships, and the pleasure of making.

Taking the humouristic high road, French artist Bendetto Burfalino — known for quirky art installations such as this phone booth aquarium — took an old 1970's police car and converted it into a chicken coop by gutting it and wrapping parts of it in chicken wire to make it habitable.