Sentences with phrase «like objet»

Tie into the luxe Mediterranean look with trailing wallpaper, rattan seating and an intriguing, wave - like objet.

Not exact matches

Clark has gone about his collecting quietly and without fanfare and, like the late, irascible Albert Barnes, prefers not to be bothered with people wishing to see his objets d'art.

I have two kilns — Big Bertha and Martha who is smaller for instant orders — two long benches of slip moulds and a huge collection of tools and equipment, materials and «things to do things with» or «objets trouvés» as I like to address the piles of seemingly random clutter.

In the place of a genuine dialogue on the subject of a vertiginous period in gender politics in the United States is a fruitless discussion of the titular Mona Lisa Smile, placing women, The Hours - like, in some sort of inscrutable ocean of secrets (cribbing Titanic, another film, as it happens, that features a revisionist femme recognizing the importance of Picasso): troubled waters looking for bridges and objets d'art in need of deconstruction.

Case in point: Cliff's girl is rocket - chested Jenny (Jennifer Connelly), who looks like an Art Deco objet d'art installation and who all by herself embodies the American spirit of expansionism, excess, and ripe sexuality.

Current partners include quality - oriented, forward - thinking companies like Horizn Studios, BMW i8, Maison & Objet, muun, and Monocle.

Like many of his contemporaries coming out of Africa, Quenum's work is composed of an eclectic mix of recycled objets trouvés — that elevates the pieces into poignant, mysterious and whimsical «portraits» of individuals or types observed in his local environment.

Collage involves the use of objets trouvés, like bits of paper, photographs, newspaper cuttings, fabric and other «found» items, even 3 - D objects, which are fixed to the canvas to create a mixed - media effect.

Not many art appreciators were there to block my view of Rob Pruitt's hilarious installation: big fancy abstract paintings twinkling with the artist's signature glitter, innertube objets encrusted with more sparkly «action painting,» and (literally) heavy - duty floor pieces composed entirely of cement - filled jeans (Levi's, Sasson, brands from every price point): Five stuffed pairs «sitting up» created a starfish; a snakelike lineup of several more doing splits straddled the floor like a team of torso - free cheerleaders; denim couples, oozing cement cellulite, spooned, mounted each other, and / or tempted one to sit on them like furniture.

Pioneers of «objets trouvés», like Duchamp and Picasso, had a huge impact on a variety of modern art movements, including Surrealism, Pop Art, and 1980s BritArt, as well as new genres like Performance Art, Happenings, Trash Art, «Poubellisme», and Commodity Sculpture.

Indeed, Schwitters» unique and unadulterated dedication to Dada ideas, led to a prolific output of artworks constructed with urban refuse and found objects (objets trouvés) which had a big influence on later movements like Junk Art, Assemblage and Arte Povera.

Popularized in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s by artists like Robert Rauschenberg (b. 1925) and Jim Dine (b. 1935), Assemblage is a form of three - dimensional visual art whose compositions are formed from everyday items, usually called «found objects» (objets trouvés).

Taking their cue from gold's resurgence in fashion, designers and homeowners Curtis Elmy and Trevor Ciona gave their home the Midas touch with gold accents in unexpected places — appearing on the inside of bowls like these, as well as on books, hardware and other objets.