As well as teaching nanotechnology, or
manipulation of materials on the molecular scale, the center hosts corporations such as IBM and Intel that are researching new ways to build and design the latest computer chips.
Departing from opposite vantage points, both artists manage to simplify and elevate our built / natural environment through a refined aesthetic centralized around the
intuitive manipulation of materials and their reminiscences.
This January, in his first exhibition with the Goodman Gallery, Gerhard Marx presents new works that are born out of his own self - designed processes, which involve
skillful manipulation of materials collected as part of an engagement with the artist's physical urban context.
It was in the use and
manipulation of the material world that they sought the blessings of religion, and they found them in abundant crops, large families, and green, rolling hills.
In many ways, Fulci's work has more to do with the
visceral manipulation of materials favored by postwar Italian painters than it does with the narrative fantasies of his predecessors (Mario Bava) and contemporaries (Dario Argento).
In my lab, I found that when teachers were subtly instructed to help children learn about science, they were more likely to encourage children's questions and
unexpected manipulations of materials.
In a
signature manipulation of materials and form, the twin brothers apply innovative printing techniques, and a vast array of materials including transparency film, plexiglass, layered fused glass panels, gilded colored carbon prints, scotch tape, wax and pushpins, to create, and intensify, their metaphorical landscapes.
Recently, however, evidence of a more sober method has surfaced: an increased emphasis on a more
delicate manipulation of materials, and a stricter regulation of tonal range.
Influenced by artists such as Michelangelo Pistoletto, Turk's
skilful manipulation of materials was evident throughout the show, for example in his exquisitely - cast bronze rubbish bags, and with the major sculptural work Ariadne (2006 — 2014).
Mary Lum «s exhibition of small collages at Yancey Richardson Gallery is a jewel of
masterful manipulation of material and imagery by an artist with a keen sense of intuition for both.
Coming from a background in sculpture, his video work is concerned more with the
physical manipulation of material, language and time rather than acting as a framing device to view the world through a lens.
Using their uniquely laid out space in a characteristically effective manner, the gallery selected two major bodies of work from this period to spotlight — drawings Shapiro made by repeatedly pressing his inked finger on to various sized pieces of paper, and fired clay objects that are the result of Shapiro's
elementary manipulations of that material into balls, sticks, curves, etc..
Using off - the - shelf - materials and the occasional found object, Drew produces pieces whose metaphorical power is located within his labor -
intensive manipulation of materials and the spatial dynamics of his compositions.
The artist is involved with the
direct manipulation of materials that possess qualities of spontaneity and improvisation, and those materials normally produce dispensable work.
Pure and unembellished, the rich, burnt umber surface recalls the serenity and warmth that rises from the sun - scorched earth of his Basque homeland, while the artist's skillful
manipulation of the material recalls the metalworking traditions practiced in the blacksmiths» workshops of his native San Sebastián.
Departing from opposite vantage points, John Fraser and Robert Treat manage to simplify and elevate our built / natural environment through a refined aesthetic centralized around the
intuitive manipulation of materials and their reminiscences.
I love combining play dough with story telling — working on literacy skills at the same time as developing fine motor skills through
the manipulation of the material is great working to two early years development skills.
Hands - on activities allow for
the manipulation of materials, one of the main forms of play.
Movement Kinesthetic students will feel as though they are part of the lesson if movement, hands - on learning, or
manipulation of material is involved.
In their 2011 book, Kraehe and Brown state «Whether visual, performance - based, literary, digital, or a combination of these, arts - based inquiry is a process one undertakes to transform prior understandings and misunderstandings through
the manipulation of material and symbolic tools and the reconstruction of social and cultural meaning.»
(1) Making art is just
a manipulation of materials.
This push / pull serves to create a joyful and dynamic confidence in
the manipulation of material.
Schlesinger's background as a painter influences his selection of abstract shapes, patterns, and
manipulation of the material's consistency.
Creating landscapes of shadow and light through
the manipulation of the material that drapes the body beneath, the artist is able to impart both emotional drama and theatricality almost entirely through gesture and impulse.
Borrowing from her past experiences in the engineering, physics and architectural fields she focuses her creative process on
the manipulation of materials and form to produce a rupture in the connection between the experiential act of perception and the logic of knowledge.
The manipulation of materials for a visual and narrative end is especially evident in his room installation which squirts paint from the ceiling onto a platform in an abstract never - ending performance.
His manipulation of materials and space is directly determined by the social and psychological subject matter of the work.
Making a mark can be an expression of an artist's signature style, the literal result of the artist's gesture interacting with the surface of a work, or more simply
the manipulation of material.
Each of the exhibition's heavily experimental works reveal the artistic process alongside the completed art form:
the manipulation of materials is evident and a gestural style allows for imperfections which add to the physicality of the work, and actively remind the viewer of the artists» bodily presence.
Deacon has frequently called himself a «fabricator», in that he makes things in which he places an emphasis on the construction and
the manipulation of materials.
While she has strong interest in process and
the manipulation of material her painting are really a series of happy accidents.
She explores light and space with spare forms and a nonchalant, almost cavalier,
manipulation of materials.
«For me, painting's capacity to make images through
the manipulation of materials seems to be its most powerful and magical quality.
The artist herself sees the correlation as follows — silver nitrate is a material used in medicine to disinfect the wounds by burning the flesh, in order to preserve the overall health of the patients, and Adam's artwork captures a glimpse of a tactile pleasure in
the manipulation of the material, with a reflection on the rituals of our body care that we are all encouraged to endeavor upon.
She explained that she would enter a zone, processing femininity via
her manipulation of materials and generating an instinctive sort of language for the work that might seem «really dumb» at first, to viewers and even to her.
Illusion became allusion, RE-presentation became PRESENT - ation as artists sought to make art concrete through
the manipulation of materials on their rectangular surfaces.
Deacon has consistently described himself as a «fabricator» — a maker of things who places emphasis on the construction and
manipulation of materials.
Working on whim and through
the manipulation of materials and relationships close at hand, his sculptures, videos, and photographic works are placed in conversation together causing further ripples of insight and possible understanding.
Josephsohn employed plaster and lost - wax bronze casting to create a body of sculptural forms that emerge through his careful and intuitive
manipulation of materials.
Tinged with humor and irony, this series of «plastic» bags, printed in high relief on handmade cotton paper, continues to play upon Saban's
manipulation of material, while elevating the disposable into the realm of art.