Sentences with phrase «interesting paint choices»

To get truly interesting paint choices you have to look to the pricey end of things.

Not exact matches

In her Yahoo! Parenting article «I Terminated My Baby with Down Syndrome,» Sophie Horan is not shy about painting her abortion as choice made with her baby's interests in mind.

Media are mixed, but most of the artists seem more interested in riffing and exploring the fringes of their medium of choice (textile and painting are favorites) than in eliminating boundaries between media.

Gerard Ellis May 30 — July 11, 2013 A painter and draftsman by calling and choice, Gerard Ellis establishes an interesting dichotomy between the practice of painting and social critique.

This interest in the generic remains constant even in spite of his sometimes pointed choice of subject matter, which could be incendiary for the time and place in which it was made — I'm thinking of paintings such as Umsturz (Coup d'Etat), 1965.

What is particularly interesting about his approach is his choice of Humbrol enamel paint, typically used to colour model trains and aeroplanes.

Other works in the exhibition include Jorge Pardo's handcrafted wooden palette and modernist designed furniture that question the nature of the aesthetic experience; pioneering conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth's discourse on aesthetics in neon, An Object Self - Defined, 1966; Rachel Lachowicz's 1992 row of urinals cast in red lipstick, which delivers a feminist critique of Duchamp's readymade; Richard Pettibone's paintings of photographs of Fountain; Richard Phillips» recent paintings based on Gerhard Richter's highly valued work; Miami artist Tom Scicluna's neon sign, «Interest in Aesthetics,» a critique of the use of aesthetics in Fort Lauderdale's ordinance on homelessness; the French collaborative Claire Fontaine's lightbox highlighting Duchamp's critical comments about art juries; Corey Arcangel's video Apple Garage Band Auto Tune Demonstration, 2007, which tweaks the concept of aesthetics in the digital age; Bernd and Hilla Becher's photographs, Four Water Towers, 1980, that reveal the potential for aesthetic choices within the same typological structures; and works by Elad Lassry and Steven Baldi, who explore the aesthetic history of photography.

This application of multiple immediate reads is what keeps it open and interesting, and the artist's color choices (mainly yellow and black, which always turn a little green when they're placed and mixed together) and paint application are intentionally excessive and grotesque, maybe in the same ways as consumption and consumerism within the art world.

When it comes to representational art, the writer can discuss many interesting questions — the artist's choice of subject, handling of paint, drawing skills, composition and so forth.

The Obamas» choices come at a time when figurative painting and portraiture are growing in popularity among young painters interested in exploring race, gender and identity or in simply correcting the historic lack of nonwhites in Western painting.

However, a radical change was needed of course, in order to turn that scenario into a reality — soon after arriving at the college, Zorio made a choice to forego his interest in painting and instead focus on sculptures.

This approach to reality is an interesting choice for an artist who began his training with the realistic painting favored in the Chinese academy.

DZ: It is interesting because the choices that I made in «93 made it clear that the gallery would not favor a specific medium — we had shown video, painting, sculpture, drawing.

Within this anodyne context, the show's organizers — Stuart Comer, chief curator of media and performance art at the Museum of Modern Art; Anthony Elms, an artist and associate curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia; and Michelle Grabner, also an artist and professor of painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago — have made some interesting choices, pulled in some new faces and shaped three quite different shows.

But beyond the safe choice of white or even a more daring color statement with paint, the ceiling also presents an interesting architectural opportunity in many rooms.

I actually think incorporating what you already have and embracing a mixture of styles, including wood furniture and painted traditional pieces and a variety of colors, textures and patterns, is often a braver and more interesting design choice because it requires you to stretch your creativity (and your budget!)

A very modern, relaxing décor choice, the owner of this home painted the ceiling of the porch a gorgeous sky blue, evoking the serenity of a cloudless day and giving a brush of visual interest at a high elevation, drawing the eye up and intensifying the airiness as well as the sense of height in the space.