Sentences with phrase «material quality of the paint»

As in his earlier Stadtbild (Townscape) paintings, two of which are featured in the exhibition, Richter's primary motivation is the expression of the material quality of paint.

Fletcher is interested in shape, colour and the natural world along with the material qualities of paint, enjoying its texture as he uses it to build form.

Or does the material quality of the paint guide the formation of images?

Neel's work, is an assimilation of many different moments and moods, a distillation of many hours of scrutiny of the subject that concludes in a single summarising image where the impressions captured over time are related not simply through an image but through the material quality of paint, the flicks of the wrist and the movements of an arm, paint laid on hastily and contours outlined slowly.

Wesselmann's inquiries into the material qualities of painting evolved, and in 1972 he exhibited a Standing Still Life for the first time at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York, along with a selection of smaller works from his Bedroom Paintings series.

Regarding his practice he continues, «The material qualities of paint and its application are perfunctory for me.

Absorbed by the material quality of the paint, Frecon grinds her own pigments and builds layers of intense, rich color.

By focusing on these blocks of colour, the material qualities of the paintings are brought to the foreground and the dynamism of each artist's singular practice is reinforced by the repetition of colour and technique.

It is not merely the stylistic methodology he uses to combine a myriad of opposites; it is the material quality of paint he employs; thick, brushy, flat, wiry, and detailed.

Like artists such as Willem de Kooning or Frank Auerbach, Martin uses heavy impasto to explore and expose the material qualities of the paint itself: approaching the edge, the chaos on the surface of these muted artworks becomes visible.

The material qualities of the paint and its application became perfunctory for me.

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The findings, which have been reported in Nature Communications, reveal that the h - BN layers form the strongest thin insulator available globally and the unique qualities of the material could be used to create flexible and almost unbreakable smart devices, as well as scratch - proof paint for cars.

Imagine being fortunate enough to get to study them up close, examining the details of every paint stroke applied to the canvases — right down to each nuance of pigment color and its quality — to gain knowledge about artists» preferred materials and techniques.

Large, turbine - like air vents remain a polarizing Mercedes design touch, but every control looks and feels hewn from high - quality materials, even the bits made of painted plastic.

The new version of the successful premium SAV (Sports Activity Vehicle) with modified exterior design symbolises the increase in agility and dynamics with the latest, even more powerful and, at the same time, more efficient drive systems; new headlight and rear light optics as well as generously - sized bumper units painted in the vehicle colour underline the striking, dynamic appearance and the premium character; high quality ambience in the interior; wide - ranging redesign of the instrument panel, steering wheel, centre console, seats, door upholstery, storage compartments and roof lining; wide variety of colours, upholstery materials and decorative elements facilitate a high degree of customisation.

The use of quality materials and excellent fit and finish throughout are highpoints; the lustrous paint and unique body styling another nod to Infiniti's precision build techniques.

Recently renovated, the Carlemany Hotel offers a new concept of city accommodation; it has been decorated paying attention to details, using high - quality materials, splendid fabrics, sculptures, paintings and warm colours in order to create a refined atmosphere, while the latest technology and contemporary design blend to offer an ultimate comfort.

My background in painting has allowed me to explore the material using techniques that derive more from the worlds of drawing and painting, engaging both traditional and innovative techniques in employing formal qualities with density, texture and pattern.

Here's a list of materials I've used for this painting, please note that all the paints are Winsor and Newton student quality.

Braman creates abstract geometric sculptures and paintings in a distinctive color palette of rich pinks, blues, and purples, in which she simultaneously foregrounds the formal qualities of her materials while referring to her own personal narrative.

Barbara Rose: The 1960s and»70s was a moment when there was very serious, analytic painting in which people were doing very subtle work — often in close - valued colors, and acknowledging the material quality of the canvas, but in a different way than the people favored by Clement Greenberg.

Like Fitzgerald, who flipped between flappers and philosophers, it has all the raucous elements of the color - mad paintings, but also interjects an elevating and welcome note of doubt, the kind of momentary struggle with the material qualities of color that makes Cezanne or Diebenkorn so admirable under similar conditions.

As the artist's first West Coast presentation, the exhibition is an unprecedented opportunity for Bay Area audiences to immerse themselves in the work of an artist whose singular contributions to twentieth - century modernism anticipate today's renewed interest in the sculptural and material qualities of abstract painting.

Natalie Reusser's experiments evolve from a fundamental engagement with the materiality of canvas and paint to a body of work, in which the textile qualities of the supporting material become the focus.

Using materials she has found in and around the South London Gallery building — planks of wood, an old staircase, floorboards, sheets of plexiglass, plaster and paint — supplemented by others inspired by the material and atmospheric qualities of the space observed in the course of making the work, Djordjadze has created an installation which gently but thoroughly infiltrates our reading and negotiation of the room.

Beck's tendency to tear, carve, and burn the wood and canvas on which she paints echoes the ephemeral quality of materials and of mortality itself.

Winters chose to paint on wood blocks rather than the more usual metal plates in order to capture the organic quality of the natural material.

In Sticky Pictures, Werner makes visible the source material of her paintings — not only the subject in the photograph, but also the photograph itself; the material quality of the printed image, its traces of weathering, handling and use, its physical presence as an object lying on the corner of a table or hanging loosely on a wall, in a space that might be a studio.

These extraordinary materials play the crucial role in Wallace's works and are used with an intention to invoke the aesthetic qualities they are not usually associated with, cleverly deceiving viewers into seeing them as paintings, and not as mixed - media works of art.

Asserting that abstraction «is always about something... what it is about is beyond confines of language,» Sarah Braman creates abstract geometric sculptures and paintings on pieced - together plywood panels, in which she simultaneously foregrounds the formal qualities of her materials while referencing home, family life, and nature.

From the»40s on, American Abstract Expressionism dominated the Western art landscape and returned many artists» attention to the evocative formal qualities of paint on canvas and traditional sculptural materials — although the biggest figure associated with «Action Painting», Jackson Pollock, also stuck detritus including cigarette butts, coins, buttons, and keys onto the surfaces of his paintings.

But if one is from a cigarette ad and the other a painted apple, they are two different realities and they trade on each other; lots of things — bright strong colors, the qualities of materials, images from art histories or advertising — trade on each other.

The materials she chooses are of utmost importance: quality linens, pigments and paints; solid stretchers; simple stained wood frames.

Klein's physical layering of materials lends an approachable yet mysterious quality to his paintings.

Each painting strikes a balance between layers of color, repetitive lines and the integral qualities of all the materials she employs.

A monumental monochromatic field of subdued color fulfills the role of straight - man to Prince's comic texts, sometimes presented plain and direct, sometime articulated in ghostly printed letters that seem to wax and wane in intensity across the canvas, and in the case of Untitled (Check Painting) # 13, text that has a material quality — painted over literal paper checks embedded into the canvas surface.

James Dean Erickson, an artist whose paintings explore the space between realism and abstraction to elicit the ephemeral and enduring qualities of nature, will lead the Painting Traditional Subjects with Modern Material workshop and Simplicity and Synthesis lecture in February.

The life cycle of a painting varies depending on its condition, the materials the artist used, and the amount and quality of the restoration it has undergone.

Recalling that Robert Rauschenberg once made paintings out of dirt, Storr concludes, «It's both the pictorial conventions and the material qualities of an object that make it a painting.

For me, painting's legitimacy depends on that voice — that prevailing, inexhaustible quality, much more than on its circumstantial use value, technical factors, material conditions, its social or historical context, and those sorts of attributes which are so important to those who need to organize things.

Worked with artist, Carl Ostendarp, to produce photographic documentation of paintings that convey material specificity, qualities of surface and accuracy of color.

Concrete Alphabets is a group exhibition that brings together 6 contemporary artists working in the medium of analog painting, all of whom concentrate on the material qualities of letterbased work from gestural, abstract, calligraphic, hieroglyphic, and more.

Although Athanasios Argianas's «Song Machine» works possess a similar minimalist aesthetic — unlike Stamkopoulos's sculptures, which tackle the formal qualities of painting in three - dimensional space — Argianas's interest lies in the limit between material and immaterial structure i.e. information.

I conceived the desire to carry over these qualities into the material and scale of paintings.

I use high quality artist materials to paint with and once a painting is complete I add a coat or two of UV varnish to protect the artwork against UV light and dust.

«For me, painting's capacity to make images through the manipulation of materials seems to be its most powerful and magical quality.

The abstract form of Schneider's paintings and their distinctive material quality - fluid media on a nylon laminate that she devised - cancel most of her subject's picturesque qualities.

Not unlike Lynda Benglis» physicality of forms, gestural folds and darkened areas appear as portals that achieve transcendent depths, while the wide array of materials render paint qualities present as something derived from nature.

The relationship between Scully's painted bands in the Landline series therefore becomes one not just of colour, texture and form, but of weight and density — the material qualities of air, water and land become evident in his work.

MS: The gestural qualities of the TGA works definitely have a stronger connection to subconscious «expression» than any of my other paintings and most of my works do have a particular focus on materials and process.