Sentences with phrase «language of surrealism»

Mixing the imagery of Constructivism, Francis Bacon, and Paul Thek, these dark invocations are ultimately indebted to the language of surrealism.

In her work, cultural references from the Western art historical canon to Groucho Marx all coexist using the language of surrealism and the organizing structure of the non-sequitur.

Her very individual voice — coded in the language of surrealism and Pop Art — offers a remarkably observant and penetrating vision of modern life.»

Not exact matches

IT»S LIKE EISENSTEIN PUTTING ONE THING NEXT TO ANOTHER AND CREATING A LANGUAGE THAT WAY, AND IT IS ALSO RELATED TO SURREALISM AND JUXTAPOSING DISPARATE IDEAS, OBJECTS AND IMAGES JJ: At the same time that I was looking at contemporary work and studying art history I was looking at film — going to Anthology Film Archives [in New York] and a lot of places that don't exist any more that were showing film in the 1960s and 70s.

Focusing on personal poetics from multiple perspectives and through various mediums, Seldon Yuan's work extends across a spectrum that plays on optical effects, absurdity, surrealism, language, familiar objects and spaces that are often in service of a personal narrative.

Rejecting social realism and regionalism of the 1930s, this generation of artists embraced abstract surrealism - a nonobjective language with limitless possibilities.

While Eisenman's figurative style references a range of academic traditions — from WPA murals to surrealism — her razor - sharp wit and intimate subject matter reveal a language that is completely her own.

The artist also refers to the legacy of surrealism: in her combination of forms and materials, and through the use of language in the titling.

Drawing on the language of pop art and surrealism, Belanger's sculptures turn everyday objects such as lamps, cigarettes, and watches into uncanny anthropomorphic artworks that blur the boundaries between function and artifice.

The 1940s was a decade of artistic transition; narrative surrealism as exemplified by Salvador Dalí and Renè Magritte was no longer relavent, and a younger generation of American artists searched for a new visual language.

This new mix of surrealism and exploration of personal feelings in an emotional language closer to music — which is inherently abstract — broke free from the centuries of figuration that preceded it.

The American painter Arshile Gorky (1905 - 1948) created a personal language of form dealing with the iconography of the unconscious that enabled him to extend surrealism in the 20th century.