Sentences with phrase «mined modern art history»

In a process of reconstructing and reassembling, Crowner has mined modern art history and other artist's experiments in painting, sculpture, craft, textiles and performance.

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United across all three levels of the museum by the artist's use of «supergraphics» — lengthy text excerpts printed at enormous size on a boldly colored background — The Production Line of Happiness offers 35 years of beautifully made, conceptually rich photography that mines the history of contemporary art and modern political opposition.

The installation of «Stills» marks the first time that the complete series has been displayed in New York and is presented alongside other prominent works by the artist: her groundbreaking series «Modern History» (1977 — 79), which pioneered photographic appropriation; the alluring and exacting «Objects of Desire» (1983 — 88) and «Renaissance Paintings» (1991), which continued Charlesworth's trenchant approach to mining the language of photography; «Doubleworld» (1995), which probes the fetishism of vision in premodern art; and her radiant latest series, «Available Light» (2012).

This fully illustrated catalogue accompanying Charlesworth's first major survey in New York features series such as Stills (1980), a group of 14 large - scale works rephotographed from press images that depict people falling or jumping off buildings; Modern History (1977 - 79), which pioneered photographic appropriation; the alluring Objects of Desire (1983 - 88) and Renaissance Paintings (1991), which continued Charlesworth's trenchant approach to mining the language of photography; Doubleworld (1995), which probes the fetishism of vision in pre-modernist art and marks Charlesworth's transition to a more active role behind the camera; and her final series, Available Light (2012).