Sentences with phrase «historical photographic portraits»

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

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The opening credits sequence, accompanied by a rendering of Camille Saint - Saens «Carnival of the Animals,» provides sepia - toned historical period photographs (from the Library of Congress, various museums and photographic archives, and the NY Public Library) of turn - of - the - century city and tenement life (portraits, closeups, slices of life including play, marriage, work, politics, friendships, transportation, domesticity, and leisure time).
Frances Morris places Martin's work in the art historical context of the time; art historian Richard Tobin analyzes Martin's painting «The Islands»; conservator Rachel Barker offers the reader a close viewing of «Morning»; curator Lena Fritsch provides a visual biography by comparing photographic portraits of Martin from different periods; and art historian Jacquelynn Baas delves into the spiritual and philosophical beliefs so present in Martin's art, including Platonism, Christian mysticism, Zen Buddhism and Taoism.
His earliest photographic works recreated historical subjects, such as self - portraits, still lifes and mythological scenes.
These include his 2001 «Shopkeeper Series,» simulacra of small business signs spelling out messages of quiet desperation in short word limits (like «SUE, I AM SORRY / PLEASE COME BACK» beneath a sign for «Jim & Susan's Motel»); several photographic portraits of real and fictional characters from the «Historical, Youth and Attribute Portraits» series from the early 1990s; as well as the now - iconic furniture sculpture Lum has been making since the laportraits of real and fictional characters from the «Historical, Youth and Attribute Portraits» series from the early 1990s; as well as the now - iconic furniture sculpture Lum has been making since the laPortraits» series from the early 1990s; as well as the now - iconic furniture sculpture Lum has been making since the late 1970s.
His multifaceted career ranges from early photographic works, recreating historical subjects (self - portraits, still - lives, mythological scenes, etc.), to empty frames and bases without objects.
The starting points for Sasnal» s latest paintings include his own photographs, the internet, newspapers, film stills, found photographic portraits and historical works of art.
«Ernest C Withers and Glenn Ligon: I Am A Man Teaching Galleries One and Two,» Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, MO, January 20 — March 28, 2006 «Down by Law, curated by The Wrong Gallery,» Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, January 21 — May 15, 2006 «Collective Histories / Collective Memories: California Modern,» Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA, February 6 — September 24, 2006 «Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards,» American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, May 19 — June 12, 2006 «Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery,» New - York Historical Society, New York, NY, June 16, 2006 — January 7, 2007; catalogue «The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory,» Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, September 2, 2006 — January 15, 2007 «Group Dynamic: Portfolios, Series, and Sets,» Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, September 15 — December 29, 2006 «black alphabet: conTEXTS of contemporary african - american art,» Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, September 22 — November 19, 2006 «Interstellar Low Ways,» Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, October 15, 2006 — January 14, 2007 «Process and Collaboration: Celebrating Twelve Years at 1315 Cherry Street,» The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, December 2, 2006 — January 6, 2007 «Defamation of Character,» organized by Neville Wakefield, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, October 29, 2006 — January 8, 2007 «Voodoo Macbeth,» curated by David A Bailey, De La Warr Pavilion, East Sussex, UK, October 7, 2006 — January 22, 2007 «Yes Bruce Nauman,» Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY, July 7 — September 9, 2006 «Gifts go in one direction,» curated by Alexander Nagel, apexart, New York, NY, July 5 — August 12, 2006 «SUBJECT,» Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT, May 13 — August 14, 2006 «Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture,» American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, March 7 — April 9, 2006 «Dark Places,» Santa Monica Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles, CA, January 21 — April 22, 2006 «Skin Is a Language,» Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, January 12 — May 21, 2006 «Portraits of Artists: A selection of photographic works from the collection,» Luhring Augustine, New York, NY, January 7 — February 11, 2006
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