Sentences with phrase «historical iconography»

Combining ancient techniques, historical iconography and Daoist philosophy, these innovative artists explore the ways in which traditional Chinese culture lives -LSB-...]

David Jien's works on paper and sculptures blend modern pop culture and video games with historical iconography and imagery.

William Villalongo plays with deeply rooted art historical iconography by redefining racial and sexual politics in his compositions.

Sultan's series comprises a confluence of seeming dichotomies, merging the industrial materials of Minimalism with representational painting, stylistically combining figuration and abstraction, and making references to high and low culture, ranging from topical events to art historical iconography.

From their conception to their completion as ornate constructions, his references to traditional art historical iconography serve as a backdrop to his subjects and as a foundation for his ideas.

In the essay for the accompanying publication, Rubinstein writes, «Some of the paintings in the series offer us splendid cityscapes, painted with such brio, inventiveness and feeling for the spirit of New York City that they will, I predict, instantly assume a central place in its art - historical iconography.

Superheroes and celebrities, totems and toys: the imagery of manufactured fantasy is reframed in the visual language of historical iconography in this multimedia exploration of popular culture today.

Not exact matches

Hart successfully makes the clear and important link between historical theology and iconography and he contextualises the whole into Christology.

Secret societies, iconography, historical fanaticism, incest, murder and good old fashioned horror combine to form a truly striking feature.

Not only are paintings, religious iconography and books being published online, but also letters by from important historical figures, drawings and notes by artists and scientists such as Michelangelo and Galileo, as well as treaties from all eras in history.

The exhibition, presented by LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes and California Historical Society, will examine a group of murals produced in the greater L.A. area from the 1970s to the 2000s that were threatened or destroyed, and explore how their iconography, content, and artistic strategies challenged dominant cultural norms and historical nHistorical Society, will examine a group of murals produced in the greater L.A. area from the 1970s to the 2000s that were threatened or destroyed, and explore how their iconography, content, and artistic strategies challenged dominant cultural norms and historical nhistorical narratives.

For February we are discussing the iconography of a few historical, religious or mythical figures to help you «read» some of the images you may encounter on the road.

His grand metal sculptures and large - scale narrative paintings are informed by popular iconography of political, social and historical realities, cultural myths and the Candi reliefs at Sukuh Temple.

Indonesian artist, Entang Wiharso's grand metal sculpture, Double Happiness # 2 (2013), is informed by popular iconography of political, social and historical realities, and cultural myths.

She had left New Orleans two months before Katrina, and she knows that the perception of violence comes partly from that, too — though in fact, it is a violence done to art historical conventions and complacent iconography rather than to characters in settings.

In these early pieces she would sometimes utilize overt references to specific art historical gestures and styles in her depiction of flowers, sometimes negating the image with a cross in a conceptual interrogation of iconography.

The child is elevated to the status of a historical hero in line with the existing iconography of the other statues in the square.

Working with appropriated images and texts, Gilsdorf creates sculptures and performances that delve into the relationship between historical narratives, the iconography of authority, and the ways in which representations influence our perception of cultural values.

To evaluate specific historical uses of iconography might facilitate moving away from generalizations that serve to flatten difference and toward a new understanding of the value of forms of representation.

This circuitous route of painterly iconography underscores Langsam's own «passion» for painting and Modernism, where even Romanticism is revealed to be a construct with foundations appearing close to two centuries earlier than what is held to be its historical moment.

Her sculptures and performances delve into the relationship between historical narratives, the iconography of authority, and the ways in which representations influence our perception of cultural values.

Adam Helms, a Brooklyn - based artist, uses historical photographic portraits and western iconography to investigate archetypes of social and political identity.

She will then turn to a discussion of the sculptures and three dimensional aspects of the various works included in the current exhibition at the New Museum, whose rich iconography connects them with both historical masterpieces and contemporary art practices.

Meta - narratives, pop and subculture artifacts, religious iconography and a wide breadth of literary references are all present in his multifaceted installations, as well as allusions to art historical antecedents ranging from Basquiat's urban poetry to Sir Howard Hodgkin's abstract paintings as sculptural objects to Jonathan Meese's theatrical symbolism.

By borrowing from the traditional iconography of 18th century Japanese painting and combining it with the style of the great historical frescoes, the artist delivers a contemporary version of the Eight Immortals of the Taoist religion.

Throughout his career, Erizku has created a unique visual language and distinctive iconography that address issues of race, identity, politics and cultural history, while drawing from myriad references ranging from urban culture to advertising to the art historical canon.

Featuring art from the KAWS's personal collection, McCormick's presentation looks at how outré historical figures such as Peter Saul, H. C. Westermann, Martin Wong, Keith Haring, and movements like the Hairy Who in Chicago and postwar Japanese pop have inspired and informed KAWS's own personal iconography and style.

With characteristic wit and critique, Yinka Shonibare MBE explores the contemporary worship of luxury goods and the behaviour of the banking industry while referencing well known iconography and art historical homage - most notably in his creation of a large tableau based on Leonardo da Vinci's «The Last Supper».

Through the use of high and low cultural iconography and art historical references I create a working space between both cultural identities in which samples could be -LSB-...]

Exploiting the creative potential of free association and past experience, he created deeply personal, often autobiographical, images by drawing liberally from such disparate fields as urban street culture, music, poetry, Christian iconography, African and Aztec cultural histories and a broad range of art historical sources, a practice that is particularly evident in this work.

Chris Ofili's intricately constructed works, combining beadlike dots of paint, collaged images from popular media, and elephant dung, create a unique iconography that marries African artistic and ritual practices with Western art historical traditions and contemporary hip - hop culture.

As curator Lynne Cook notes, the exhibition poses historical and aesthetic questions generally associated with the great masters of the past, and touches upon essential art topics such as authorship, iconography, function, originality, and collecting, among others.

Continuing to combine Meso - American iconography, art historical references and pop culture imagery, Enrique Chagoya's new work explores the representation of history and boldly comments on the current global political climate.

Allusions to personal and collective memories are suggested in layered, theatrical environments which reference to numerous art historical and decorative styles, such as Post-Impressionism, Colour Field painting, postmodern décor, through to present - day Pop iconography.

Painted in the technique of chiaroscuro, her intense but tender gaze is inspired by historical depictions, drawing influence from Caravaggio, Gustave Courbet's «Woman with a Parrot» (1866), and the iconography of medieval Madonna and Child.

Jörg Immendorff's newest paintings continue to explore the artist's deep interest in an evolving, personal iconography, re-contextualizing symbols and characters of earlier series alongside images from contemporary and historical events.

Inspired by a diversity of sources — including historical and literary imagery and Bitzer's own dreams and fictional imaginings — and culled from an ongoing archive created over two decades, the iconography presented within these installations is particularly personal to the artist.

Barnaby Furnas explores dramatic themes of the human condition, from historical events to more mythical and religious iconography.

Harvested from the iconography of great masters, Iconophilia is an adventure through the historical cannons of western art.

The symbolic thrust of her Lemon Hill project resonates in the new paintings shown in Architectures of Resistance with their open - ended iconography — a rebuttal to standard historical narratives.

Influenced by the religious iconography encountered in his Christian upbringing, his businessmen and workers are stripped of their personal attributes and their identities are revealed by the historical and social symbols of their professions.

Mixing hip - hop iconography and art - historical references, Gispert's photographs and sculptures have drawn critical acclaim.

Reid's personal and analytic iconography commandeers art - historical motifs, subverting and employing them in varying degrees.

In these pieces, the artist tackled genres like the still life, the portrait, figurative representation, landscape, interiors, historical painting, political propaganda, religious iconography, and the appropriation of elements from popular culture and art history.

Activating her work is an iconography of historical material drawn from a range of primary sources: photographic archives, antique books, vestiges, and an infinite variety of found objects.

Frozen Estuary - Off Chatham, 1895 (Version Y)(2012) references a historical photograph of this area combined with his own iconography and personal memories.

Childish's imagery combines a historical photograph of the area where he lives and works with personal iconography pertaining to his experience of the place.

In the essay «Other Criteria» (1972), the American scholar and critic Leo Steinberg criticized Greenberg from an art - historical point of view, stating that in Greenberg's «formalist ethic, the ideal critic remains unmoved by the artist's expressive intention, uninfluenced by his culture, deaf to his irony or iconography, and so proceeds undistracted, programmed like an Orpheus making his way out of Hell.»

Pre-occupied with the notion of reproduction, the techniques employed by Woods allude to historical artisanal processes, the power of iconography and the dominance of consumerist plasticity.

Exploiting the creative potential of free association and past experience, he created deeply personal, often autobiographical, images by drawing liberally from such disparate fields as urban street culture, music, poetry, Christian iconography, African - American and Aztec cultural histories and a broad range of art historical sources.