have been the subject of significant exhibitions or publications, but this is the first major volume to focus on the broader
impact of figurative art to connect artists and collectives from different generations and regions of the country.»
Not exact matches
A meeting
of tradition and innovation, connoisseurship and humour, «Study from the Human Body» is a comprehensive exploration
of the
impact of Francis Bacon and Henry Moore on contemporary
figurative art.
It is not an understatement to say that recent Chinese
figurative painting has had an exemplary
impact on the way we look at painting today and on the growth
of the contemporary Asian
art market.
The exhibition is being described as a meeting
of tradition and innovation, connoisseurship and humour, offering a comprehensive exploration
of the
impact of Francis Bacon and Henry Moore on contemporary
figurative art.
Himid, perhaps the artist most explicitly associated with identity politics, was at the vanguard
of the black British
arts movement in the 1970s and»80s, and was nominated for
figurative paintings exploring the
impact of colonialism on displaced individuals.
The exhibition reveals visual affinities between the three artists» work, tracing the
impact of Dubuffet's
art brut (
art by the mentally ill and other so - called outsiders), the experimental spirit
of Pollock's technique, and Ossorio's
figurative language.
The British contribution to early Modernist
art was relatively small, but since World War II British artists have made a considerable
impact on Contemporary
art, especially with
figurative work, and Britain remains a key centre
of an increasingly globalized
art world.