Sentences with phrase «highlight historical works»

Cultural commentators have also taken to the technology in an effort to call attention to projects they like, highlight historical works, or just crack a few jokes.

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«Twin Spirits» was a musical and theatrical performance that highlighted Schumann's historical work while conveying his story to a modern audience.

We begin by highlighting the most important historical developments, including the notion of mass as it appeared prior to and in Newton's work, the formal characterization of Mach, and its eventual role in relativity and quantum theory.

Highlights include the views of Table Mountain, a working harbour, shopping, restaurants, and some of the oldest heritage sites (Chavonnes Battery Museum) that make up a self - guided historical walk.

Of particular focus is Giacometti's studio practice, which is examined through rarely seen plaster sculptures that highlight the artist's working process, in addition to historical photographs documenting his relationship with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum — which hosted the artist's first US museum exhibition, in 1955 — and with New York City.

Conceived as a series of interrelated and rotating stand - alone exhibitions, this presentation will highlight major singular works from the collection, such as a newly acquired monumental cut - paper silhouette tableau by Kara Walker, as well as the Barbara Lee Collection of Art by Women, groupings of work by artists held in depth such as Louise Bourgeois and Nan Goldin, and thematic and art - historical groupings.

He typically finds the sources for his work within the materials, advertising, and packaging produced by technology and media companies, and often deploys graphic interfaces borrowed from commercial display to highlight connections between the utopian goals of the new media economy and those of historical modernism.

The handwritten letters in Thomson's neon piece not only highlight the artist's affection for Nauman, continuing with this idea of the sentimental in Emin's work, but also instigate a larger narrative around art - historical lineage made evident through appropriation.

Know for excellent artists early highlighting Feminism movement — These are current ceramic works by Ann Agee that are inspired by Italian folk pottery and are all unique pieces called Hand Warmers and have a hole in the back to reference their historical precedent.

This exhibition highlights 63 artists working in a wide variety of media and also features the BSA's historical time - line posters.

Highlights of the installation include the diptych slide projection Dispossession (2013), which explores Attia's research on the Vatican's collection of ethnological artifacts; Artificial Nature (2014), a floor sculpture constructed of many antique prosthetic legs; and a work composed of two large - scale reproductions of historical paintings depicting Catholic masses, Émile Jean - Horace Vernet's The First Mass in Kabylia (1854) and Victor Meirelles's The First Mass in Brazil (1861).

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Matisse / Diebenkorn, their talks will highlight parallels in the two artists» work through personal observations, anecdotes, and art historical insights.

With minimalism as a historical backdrop, modularity of the materials helps to create a body of work that highlights the dichotomy of appearing at once easy and simple, yet complex and labor intensive.

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery is very pleased to celebrate its twentieth anniversary with a group exhibition highlighting important historical works by gallery artists.

The exhibition 30 Americans is part of the NCMA's ongoing commitment to present work by internationally recognized contemporary artists and to highlight the variety and historical depth of art and artists from diverse backgrounds.

We've culled gallery listings worldwide to highlight 50 must - see exhibitions over the next three months, spanning 14 cities and ranging from historical surveys to cutting - edge contemporary work, from all - female group exhibitions to debut solo shows.

Much of his work has art historical references but nods to religious / spiritual ceremonies that highlight repetition as a space for meditation and contemplation.

Presented in association with the MCA's show «Collection Highlights,» Kiss is a sculptural work — two dancers kiss and touch, eventually resembling embracing couples from historical works of art; [8] the work appropriates the different amorous poses in Auguste Rodin's The Kiss (1889), Constantin Brâncuși's The Kiss (1908), Gustav Klimt's The Kiss (1907 — 08), Jeff Koons and La Cicciolina's Made in Heaven (1990 — 91) and various Gustave Courbet paintings from the 1860s one after the other.

Highlights from this section of the programme include the ubiquitous and much - loved Grayson Perry, who will discuss the art historical influences that have affected his own work.

Out of Line highlights nearly thirty historical works — including painting, drawing, works on paper, and sculpture — by thirteen artists, primarily South American, who spent the greater part of their lives investigating the language of reductive abstraction during one of its most fertile periods, from the late 1940s through the early 1980s.

In her work, she re-creates historical cultural events with a shoddy, slapdash aesthetic, highlighting the gap between the real and interpretation.

Holcombe: I will be doing more studio visits with the artists and doing video interviews, writing on individual works like highlighting a piece, talking more about historical influences or cultural influence on the artist, things that show that this is a deliberate practice.

Featuring works presented by galleries participating in Frieze Masters and Frieze London, the park's historical highlights include:

The artist's work was subsequently featured in two exhibitions of Glasstress, shows coinciding with the 53rd and 54th Venice Biennales, which highlighted examples of historical and contemporary glass by visual artists.

When initially conceiving of this exhibition, we wanted to highlight the expanded field of contemporary fiber practices, where the influence of the of the textile can be seen in a number of ways, from the structure or aesthetic, to the historical and cultural traditions employed in the works.

The inaugural exhibition highlighted prominent veins running through the collection with rooms dedicated to portraiture, contemporary Bay Area photographers, historical images of San Francisco, early American color photography, and works produced through the Farm Security Administration (FSA).

Pairings of historical and contemporary art works in the display sometimes highlight changing social or political conditions.

By exhibiting their work generously and at precisely the right moment, Ruf gave them a well - deserved place in the canon, correcting art history and highlighting meaningful connections between historical and current art forms.

New works, as well as key works by the most important artists, will highlight the historical context and developments in German art from 1945 to the present day, but also focus on current artistic topics and contents.

Featuring: Amna Asghar, Dana Davenport, Umber Majeed, Tammy Nguyen, Ke Peng, Sahana Ramakrishnan, Sheida Soleimani Amna Asghar speaks on the construction and translation of disparate references, cultures, geographies, and generations from Pakistan and America; Dana Davenport addresses the complexity of interminority racism within her own community and institutions from her experiences as a Black Korean American; Umber Majeed's practice attempts to unpack the temporalities within South Asia as site, familial archival material, popular culture, and modern national state narratives; Tammy Nguyen interrogates natural sciences and non-human forms to explore racial intimacies and US military involvement in the Pacific Rim; Ke Peng documents the feeling of alienation and disorientation from urbanization and immigration by taking a journey into an imagined childhood in China, Hunan, where she was born and Shenzhen, a modern city where her family relocates to; Sahana Ramakrishan explores myths and religion from Buddhist and Hindu tales to speak upon the magic of childhood and the power dynamics of sexuality, race, and violence; Sheida Soleimani is an Iranian - American artist and a daughter of political refugees, making work to highlight her critical perspective on the historical and contemporary socio - political occurrences in Iran.

John Berggruen Gallery is pleased to present Abstract and Figurative: Highlights of Bay Area Painting, a survey of historical works celebrating the iconic art of the Bay Area Figurative movement.

Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Japan Foundation in Tokyo, the exhibition highlights the experimental and innovative quality of Shiraga's and Motonaga's creative production through nearly 60 works of art and historical materials.

The daughter of political refugees who were persecuted by the Iranian government in the early 1980s, Soleimani makes work that melds sculpture, collage, film, and photography to highlight her critical perspectives on historical and contemporary socio - political occurrences in Iran and the Greater Middle East.

The symposium is held on May 12 at Akademin Valand in Gothenburg and will highlight Tuija Lindström's work and the historical context of the 1990's.

While the country's longstanding former President Robert Mugabe was being ousted through a military - led coup, Chiurai was exhibiting his politically - driven work, which combines art historical imagery with references from popular culture and archival material to explore the visual language and tropes that help construct myths, history, and ultimately power.Under the continued curation of Candice Allison, «Madness and Civilization» re-stages this exhibition alongside new works and research that highlights Chiurai's creative projects over the past two years.

Organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, with support from the Japan Foundation in Tokyo, the exhibition highlights the experimental and innovative quality of Shiraga's and Motonaga's creative production through nearly 60 works of art and historical materials.

Varejãos early work resulted in graphic depictions highlighting historical inaccuracies and hierarchies of power during Brazil's colonial period, often referencing the subjugation of the native peoples by Portuguese conquistadors and the evangelization by Catholic missionaries.

«The Historical Exhibition provides the conceptual context to the new commissions — highlighting the history of the representation of work in different thematic ways.»

Highlights include extraordinary art objects and pioneering 20th - century artists at the curated sections Collections and Spotlight; a celebrated series of talks, supported by Gucci, examining how historical art influences contemporary practice; guided tours of the fair; impressive large - scale works in the Frieze Sculpture Park; and pop - ups from London's favourite restaurants including Locanda Locatelli and Umu.

The exhibition coincided with a show of selected works curated by the artist, titled Kerry James Marshall Selects, which featured a range of art historical artifacts and works spanning over 5,000 years — from African masks to French post-Impressionism — highlighting Marshall's rich, eclectic range of influences for his own work.

Works were selected to highlight the depth and breadth of artistic practice in Iraq, but also to expose a shared emphasis on the nature of everyday life there, exemplified by a determination «to make do and get by» and an inventiveness borne out of necessity in extraordinary historical circumstances.

The project provided a platform to highlight the museum's holdings and draw connections between largely historical works and the fresh perspectives of artists working today.

It's Jack who, like the viewer, bears witness to the eerie, fictitious visions that Glantz constructs, breaks down, and reimagines across her body of work — a process that highlights the fragility of the historical narratives and daily news we are fed.

Just as Christie's has enjoyed success with sales that present the works of different time periods, Art Basel promises a special highlight this year with the ongoing strength of the Modern and historical works on view in the context of the contemporary offerings.

The sale highlighted the uncertainty attaching to the mission of the Albright - Knox, and its decision to deaccession a number of works which were deemed to fall outside the institution's historical core function of exhibiting modern era art.

The 2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial features more than 60 works by 25 participating artists, highlighting the diverse perspectives and interests of artists connected to Maine and making a powerful statement about art's impact in this historical moment.

Explore MCA Chicago's microsite for the exhibition, which highlights significant art historical works in relation to works by Kerry James Marshall.

Works in a variety of media by eleven contemporary artists, most of whom live and work in Iraq, were selected to highlight the breadth of artistic practice in Iraq and a creativity borne out of necessity in extraordinary historical circumstances.

November 1 - December 20, 2014 MINUS SPACE is delighted to present the group exhibition Some Artists, highlighting several generations of artists whose works investigate and visualize artists, greater art historical moments, and related aesthetic research primarily through charts, maps, and diagrams.

Key Highlights: • Intricately worked on restoration of historical property.