Sentences with phrase «large wooden figure»

Two identical bronze figures, one standing, the other lying across an altar or table, suggest a sacrificial tableau against which is set a large wooden figure and carved head.

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A careful look at the coaster also shows fun details along the route, including wooden building blocks and even a larger - than - life figure of the dinosaur Rex.

Among the highlights of the show are The Sun (1990), a floor installation of 360 triangular elements of white marble forming a grand circle, and the witty Self - Portrait (c. 1959) in which the artist's head is but a small ball of paper resting on a larger - than - life wooden torso with incredibly elongated legs (both works at Perry Rubenstein); the ethereal The Angel (1989) made of 125 spheres of thin clear Venetian glass delicately resting on the floor at Michael Werner; and at Mary Boone the five Concave Figures (1994), one of Byars» final works.

Utilizing found objects to create an otherworldly yet traditionally based format, the image of a large female figure and its smaller companions are done in the style of traditional Indian painting, while delicate fabrics interweave amongst images that swirl and stream within and outside the two wooden panels — thus making it engaging and contemplative to look at.

The period is also noteworthy for its technical innovations, including joined woodblock construction, which allowed for the creation of larger sculptures, and rock crystal inserts for the eyes on wooden figures, which made the depicted deities more realistic and thereby more commanding.

The 1987 work on display at Hull's Ferens Gallery, host to the Turner prize as part of its City of Culture celebrations, is a large and busy stage set of wooden and mixed - media cut - out figures inspired by Hogarth's Marriage à la Mode.

In a large painting and several small works on paper Patricia Treib continues her breezy exploration of shape and color, while Nick Goss contributes a tabletop of unpainted plaster figures cast from elaborately folded wooden models as well as one large painting and two drawings, deftly straddling abstraction and representation.

The most significant large - scale installations include Kagebangara, Of All people, And... and Some Place, are made from materials as diverse as threads coated in KumKum (a red organic pigment used on the forehead and in rituals), flattened tar barrels (from which road workers make temporary shelters), metal piping, woven hair ropes and small wooden figures with votive functions.