Sentences with phrase «in ekphrasis»

Books in the ekphrasis series remind us, with refreshing energy, why so many people have dedicated their lives to art.

The talk will be followed by an exercise in Ekphrasis in the CCS Bard Galleries, in the form of three short contributions which will form an integral part of Pierce's work «The Artist Talks».

Not exact matches

Paintings and prints frequently carry particular meaning within Petzold's films, as examples of the ancient tradition of ekphrasis, probably none more so than in Phoenix's immediate predecessor Barbara (2012) with its conspicuous Rembrandt print, but likewise in much earlier works like Die Beischlafdiebin (The Sex Thief, 1998) with a Gerard Richter on the wall — another artist conspicuously engaged with multiple forms of peculiarly German afterness.4

The tactic Proust deploys is a succession of extraordinarily close readings of the paintings, in language so luminous that the text easily embodies the series» title, ekphrasis, or the translation of visual art into poetry, often through objective description.

It's easy to get pleasantly lost among the many references and source materials as the conversation slips around, from the moments in films Wylie has translated into paintings (alongside Tarantino, Werner Herzog is a favourite) to Proust's interest in the concept of ekphrasis, art about other art forms.

Published for the first time as a stand - alone volume and newly translated, this edition, part of the David Zwirner Books ekphrasis series, aims to introduce a wider audience to one of Proust's most important and influential works in Western literature.

Five different sections: The Egoist, The Blind Man, Two to Tango, For the Time Being and La Madeleine, plus the occasional appearance of The Double Dealer and Ekphrasis, comprise the Rules of the Game, which are the same in each issue.

The Exhibition prepared for the Museum's anniversary by the State Hermitage Modern Art Department jointly with the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, focuses on the functioning of ekphrasis in modern video.

Today, ekphrasis is more openly interpreted as one art form, whether it be writing, visual art, music, or film, being used to define and describe another art form, in order to bring to the audience the experiential and visceral impact of the subject.