Previous Turner Prize nominee, Ian Davenport is about to show his most ambitious work to date
in Etched Lines, a solo show of over 30 new works at Alan Cristea Gallery from 4th March.
Not exact matches
«There is a wonderfully straight section and the [
etch] turns
in one continuous
line.
This is mainly due to the discovery
in the 1930s of the so - called «Nazca
Lines» — a series of lines, plazas and drawings of animal designs etched onto the surrounding de
Lines» — a series of
lines, plazas and drawings of animal designs etched onto the surrounding de
lines, plazas and drawings of animal designs
etched onto the surrounding desert.
The hassled life that every second person is living has
etched worry
lines on their forehead resulting
in a distorted psychic state.
Featuring a unique combination of criss - cross
lines in a silver and black finish, with an
etched white glass shade, bringing a bold, modern touch to any outdoor setting.
In the middle is a large round brown ceramic bead
etched with white
lines.
Whereas the Miata is all soft contours and gentle swells of sheetmetal, the 124 Spider adds a sharp crease
in the belt
line and twin scallops
in the hood (the
etched lines make for a modern twist on the similarly shaped hood «bumps» seen on later versions of the original).
There are a couple of
etched character
lines in the side, the edginess that crossovers have been chasing for years.
The houses are far apart when you're out
in the hills, where trees and petunias grow
in straight
lines for profit, but once you get close to town, the streets look like something drawn by a child with an
Etch A Sketch.
Staring over him
in the dim light of a side lamp, my tired eyes traced along the path of faint, yet emerging,
lines etched around his equally - tired eyes.
In the solarised shadow and light, you will see
lines on your forehead, and those ones
etched between your nose and mouth, the awful twist of discontent.
Watching Sardinian horses and pink flamingos with a mountainous backdrop is
etched in my mind but so are the truckloads of rubbish which
line the highways.
Thiebaud has stated: «There's nothing really that I've ever found
in other
lines that is like an
etched line — its fidelity, the richness of it, the density you just don't get that any other way.»
In his first project with Alan Cristea Gallery in London, sculptor Antony Gormley created four groups of prints: seven enormous woodblocks; a series of unique body prints; a group of ten aquatints, collectively titled Matrix I — X; and eleven small line etching
In his first project with Alan Cristea Gallery
in London, sculptor Antony Gormley created four groups of prints: seven enormous woodblocks; a series of unique body prints; a group of ten aquatints, collectively titled Matrix I — X; and eleven small line etching
in London, sculptor Antony Gormley created four groups of prints: seven enormous woodblocks; a series of unique body prints; a group of ten aquatints, collectively titled Matrix I — X; and eleven small
line etchings.
Suite of 12
line etchings with letterpress title page and colophon,
in gray linen clamshell box with embossed title, images 3 x 5 inches each, sheets 8 x 10 inches each.
(The allusion to methods for collecting and preserving natural specimens was strengthened by the nine large blown - glass bell jars
lined up on the floor
in the middle of the space, each with the stylized outline of a cherry blossom
etched on its surface.)
For him, the few objects
in the studio and the white ground of the paper are the world of the picture
in its entirety, and to this we must add Freud's sometimes dramatic cropping of the picture surface — something that circumscribes the character — another form of
line much like those of each
etch.
The artist's recent turn to
etching feels like a logical and unforced next step
in her ongoing exploration of
line, form and process.
In the Monument Drawings of 1996 --- 97, Chase - Riboud reused an
etching as the starting point for unique compositions that she enhanced and obscured by delicate charcoal, graphite, and ink
lines.
The allusion to Goya's famous
etching The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (1799), which shows an artist similarly burying his head
in his arms, draws a
line between Bacon's and Goya's tortured subjects and sets the somber tone of the exhibition.
In this small hard - ground etching, scratchy and attentive lines articulate the head of a man in profile, gazing wide - eyed at something beyond the fram
In this small hard - ground
etching, scratchy and attentive
lines articulate the head of a man
in profile, gazing wide - eyed at something beyond the fram
in profile, gazing wide - eyed at something beyond the frame.
The
etchings give a heart - warming insight
in to Freud's charming mentality and affection for his sitters through carefully crafted
lines that circumscribe personality.
In this etching from 1998, Bourgeois renders a headless, armless figure in simple drawn lines and a smudge of color — the title a reference to topiary shrubber
In this
etching from 1998, Bourgeois renders a headless, armless figure
in simple drawn lines and a smudge of color — the title a reference to topiary shrubber
in simple drawn
lines and a smudge of color — the title a reference to topiary shrubbery.
Lee allows,
in all these recent
etchings, for his
lines to have different levels of energy — to develop their own personalities.
On a press
in his studio, Lee uses color and the special qualities of the
etching surface to play with both
line and the suggestion of
line as he creates layering, atmosphere and the impression of near and far space.
«The Cherry Tree III,» an aquatint with drypoint and
etching, comprises vertical leaning
lines and other geometric and organic shapes
in the colors of nature against a background of pink and orange.
Tchah - Sup Kim works with crisscrossing fine
lines in his
etching «Between Infinities» to create an abstract field of subtle variation.
In another group of 18 - by -24-inch unaltered
etchings, floating glyphic forms emerge from antic geometries of
line.
Its foundation is a field of
etched lines and small gestures similar to Sublime Light, over which Pousette - Dart laid cloud - like billows of white acrylic and graphite that swirl and coalesce
in delicate patterns.
In the Armory Show he exhibited two paintings and five
etchings and took away new influences, the colorful palette of the Fauves and the stylized drawing of emerging abstract painters who were emphasizing form and
line over objective three - dimensional reality.
The National Museum Cardiff presents Artists
in Focus: Lyrical
Lines: Drawings and
Etchings by Augustus John (1878 - 1961) on view through 5 June, 2011.
Emerging from the depths of the black background, her deeply tanned skin is interrupted by the unmistakable
lines of a swimsuit,
etched in bright white flesh.
Recent notable group exhibitions include Ron Arad's Curtain Call, The Roundhouse, London (2011); Rude Britannia, Tate Britain, London (2010); Laughing
in a Foreign Language, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (2008); Momentary Momentum, Parasol Unit foundation for contemporary art, London; touring to Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, UK (2007 - 2008); The Compulsive
Line:
Etching 1900 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (2006) and State of Play, Serpentine Gallery, London (2003).
He rediscovered sculpture and developed a new technique for creating relief sculptures, through pouring plaster into
lines etched in a metal
etching plate.
Throughout his career, he has also maintained a printmaking practice, exalting, «There's nothing really that I've ever found
in other
lines that is like an
etched line — its fidelity, the richness of it, the density.
Jones favors
lines, circles, squares, and ovals formed by shaped canvases that he carves, cuts,
etches, and paints like a craftsman, while Slater layers the paint over the surface resulting
in images that are never flat,
line - driven, or hard - edge.
Facility with
line becomes especially evident
in her
etchings, which range from Hockney, who is tightly knit together with hatched
lines, to Lowman and Barney, who are loosely rendered
in smooth, free - flowing marks that reflect restraint and a discerning eye for the essential.
Al Held, for example, used
line etching to render an illusionistic world of space and form
in «Straits of Malacca,» 1987.
Woodcuts,
etchings and screenprints explore variations of what LeWitt describes,
in his titles, as «straight» and «not straight»
lines and evenly delineated «arcs».
One Mile Film (5,280 feet of 35 mm film negative and print taped to the mile - long High
Line walk way
in New York City for 17 hours on Thursday, September 13th, 2012 with 11,500 visitors — the visitors walked, wrote, jogged, signed, drew, touched, danced, parkoured, sanded, keyed, melted popsicles, spit, scratched, stomped, left shoe prints of all kinds and put gum on the filmstrip — it was driven on by baby stroller and trash can wheels and was traced by art students — people wrote messages on the film and drew animations,
etched signs, symbols and words into the film emulsion
lines drawn down much of the filmstrip by visitors and Jwest with highlighters and markers — the walk way surfaces of concrete, train track steel, wood, metal gratings and fountain water impressed into the film; filmed images shot by Peter West — filmed Parkour performances by Thomas Dolan and Vertical Jimenez — running on rooftops by Deb Berman and Jwest — film taped, rolled and explained on the High
Line by art students and volunteers) 2012, 58 minutes, 40 seconds 35 mm negative and film print transferred to high - definition video, no sound Commissioned and produced by Friends of the High
Line and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Named after the streets of Greenpoint
in Brooklyn, Lee's Greenpoint series of limited - edition
etching prints are evocative of his most recent ballpoint works that depart from his seemingly endless flowing
lines.
Join us for a workshop
in art history, color theory, drawing from the figure, drypoint
etching, figure drawing, the monoprint, oil painting, photography, plein air painting, still life drawing, watercolor, the white
line print, and exploring your creative expression.
She writes: «Though printmaking has been an important means of expression for many artists of his generation, it was a brief endeavor for Twombly... That said, he worked
in nearly all traditional printmaking techniques... including
line etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithography, and screenprinting... Many of them were issued as portfolios,
in keeping with his mode of painting and drawing
in cycles.»
Two exhibitors from Edition participated
in Kabinett: Alan Cristea Gallery (London) with two works by Michael Craig - Martin and Two Palms (New York) with a suite of 11
line etchings by Chris Ofili, whose entwined figures are only revealed upon close inspection of the fine
lines.
After producing a series of 25
etchings in which he made reference to Chinese ideograms, he introduced a network of meandering
lines into his paintings.
The last also doubles here as the entry to a climate - controlled container
lined with many older coal works, beginning with
etchings from the nineteenth century that depict coal mines
in the landscape, through paintings and drawings of the Industrial Revolution's coal quarries, and continuing to the twentieth - century photographs by the Bechers of Ruhr Valley mines.
Accomplished
in drawing, Hockney developed a natural talent for depiction
in line on
etching plates.
Jamie draws on large smooth plates of wet clay, by reacting to draw
lines and create forms using both his hands, fingers, and a large needle to mark shapes as he
etches incisions, scratches, or stipples, which he then quickly scrapes or smooths out,
in order to start again.
Like hand lettering, the image feels scalable, as if it would be legible rendered as either a sweeping mural on the side of a building or
etched in delicate blue
lines on porcelain.
His new work has progressed from riffs on modernism, like his Mondrian Box of 2004 that rendered the Dutch painter's signature grids
in neon lights, to large steel - and - bronze disks
etched with
lines or symbols.