By
mixing traditional art materials such as linen and acrylic with unconventionally applied organic substances (including spirulina, chlorophyll, wood, staples, and aluminum foil), Tran creates colorful and highly textural works that formally and thematically syncretize Eastern and Western influences.
Not exact matches
In the late 1950's, he invented new ways to create artistic expression
mixing traditional and contemporary
art and industrial
materials.
His artwork are characterized by an emphasis on concept, a serial, rhythmic and participative approach, by a
mix of
traditional and technological
materials and media, as well as a link between
art and transcendence.
Curated by Dr. Michelle Joan Wilkinson, the museum's director of collections and exhibitions,
Material Girls celebrates accomplished women artists whose sculptures, installations and
mixed - media assemblages incorporate both
traditional and unexpected
art - making
materials.
A large portion of Cayla's works merge
traditional acrylic paints with other unique
materials; she transcends the confines of
mixed media
art to create a style all her own.
When many local artists gave up their paints and brushes for trendy
mixed - media and ready - made installation objects in the 90s, she persisted in making
art with
traditional tools and
materials.
Karla Black
mixes traditional art - making tools with
materials such as mud and cosmetics to make sculptural instillations.