Gaines became famous in the 1970s for interrogating systems while still exploring narrative, a practice that set him apart from his contemporaries, who prioritized
ideas over representation.
Not exact matches
In all his masterful displaying of the
ideas, philosophies, and artistic
representations of reality that have captured minds and souls
over these five hundred years, where does Jacques Barzun stand?
When Mickalene Thomas was at Yale a little
over a decade ago to get her MFA, she had already landed upon her subject matter: identity and
representation of the self, channeled through the
ideas of artists like Cindy Sherman and Adrian Piper as well as the outsize personae of figures like Mary J. Blige, Donna Summer, and Eartha Kitt.
The very
idea of abstract
representation deeply moved Howard Hodgkin and
over the years his impressive body of work became characterized as one of the finest examples of post-war modern art from the Islands.
In addition to inviting contemporary artists to be involved in the project, historical
representations of atmospheric conditions will be exhibited that illustrate how the
idea of «air» has changed quite dramatically
over the last few centuries.