Sentences with phrase «historical icons such»

Working conceptually, Tap exploits the subject of landscape to make historically situated interventions — in the past she has explicitly referenced Canadian art historical icons such as Homer Watson and David Milne.

The uses of imagery and materials in this exhibition are wide - ranging and experimental: rhinestones, sand, matches, cowrie shells, handmade set designs, appropriated sports footage, family snapshots, found objects from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and black contemporary and historical icons such as Harriet Tubman, Paul Robeson, Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze, John Coltrane and Terrell Owens.

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His signature fictional creation, Forrest Gump, routinely found himself in the maelstrom of historical events and much to the delight of readers — and movie audiences — even interacted with icons such as President Kennedy and MLK Jr..

The Android version has a row of icons at the bottom of the screen that quickly take you to a «Discover» section (with lists such as New York Time's Fiction Bestsellers, Oprah's Book Club and 2010 Pulitzer Winners), a Browse section that lets you drill down through categories and subcategories (e.g. Sci Fi & Fantasy - > Fantasy - > Historical and finally a list of titles), and finally a search box.

As such, the Artists for Obama portfolio attests to the historical significance of Obama's status as a political and cultural icon.

Mixing art historical references with images taken from the internet, their subject matter knows no limits: from icons of popular culture such as Roy Orbison to much admired paintings of the past such as Georges Seurat's Bathers at Asnières (1884); from the lonesome cowboys in a Steven Spielberg film to the shocking photographs of Mexican photographer, Enrique Metinides.

Mixing art historical references with images taken from the internet, the paintings of Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal (born 1972) borrow liberally from the image glut around us, appropriating anything from icons of popular culture such as Roy Orbison to paintings of the past such as Georges Seurat's «Bathers at Asnières» — from the lonesome cowboys in a Steven Spielberg film to the photographs of Enrique Metinides.

«The Show is Over» continues the thread of Gagosian exhibitions such as «Imageless Icons: Abstract Thoughts» (2005); «Crash» (2010); and «Malevich and the American Legacy» (2011), which trace art - historical themes from the advent of Modernism to the present.