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Pairing African American contemporary artists including Weems, Wangechi Mutu, Glenn Ligon, and Adam Pendleton, with modern figures such as Louis Nevleson, Robert Rauschenberg, and Sol Lewitt, the group exhibition examines the power of the color black as an evocative force that spans mediums.

Not exact matches

The editor of the New Yorker, David Remnick, recently contrasted modern writers in Russia with the tradition of the Great Russian Writer: such figures as Gogol, Tolstoy, and even Solzhenitsyn, who represented both sagacity and idealism.

To young priests and seminarians of the first decades of the 21st century, he is the hero figure of the later decades of the 20th, and as such a priest and bishop for the modern era whose style and message, insights and vision are a model for them to follow, as well as a saint whose intercession they seek and to whose influence many attribute their discernment of a call to the priesthood.

This paper will attempt an assessment of Leclerc's radical position, using as a foil the thought of the baroque scholastic, Francis Suarez.5 The latter was picked to fulfill such a function both because he represents the most complete summation of the older Aristotelian theory of substance Leclerc attempts to appropriate and reinterpret, and because he was the most important scholastic figure for the age that Leclerc sees as both the turning point in the history of the philosophy of nature, and as the golden age of such a philosophy, namely, the modern age (PN 194 - 95).

That a figure such as Shinawatra could have gained ownership of an English football club, however, is a distasteful reminder of the amorality of the modern game.

How has such an elegant creative midfielder, with a highlight reel that could make Juan Roman Riquelme drool, become such a hated figure in modern football?

Rising unemployment figures were another sign «of the economic mistakes of the past decade» and said no government in modern times had been left with «such a terrible economic inheritance».

I was also asked to undertake numerous varied tasks such as writing short overviews, for example,» 1000 words about kidney cancer», looking for figures illustrating advances in modern surgical oncology, and finding photographs of a mammogram being performed.

Because Stephen Hawking, after such an unexceptional beginning, is now one of the intellectual giants of our modern world — and among its most heroic figures.

The beginnings of modern science are traced back to relatively obscure figures, such as Pierre Gassendi, credited with the first concept of gravity, and early «atomicists», such as the «Mad Duchess», Margaret Cavendish, who believed in four types of atoms — square, long, round and sharp.

The iconic style figures such as Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, and Elizabeth Taylor belong to the list but I've also selected some of my favorite modern style icons who constantly stand out in their outstanding panache.

For such an action - packed modern film, it's surprising how little blood figures into this combat epic.

We see images of the civil rights struggle in the 1960s and of figures such as John F. Kennedy and Fidel Castro, among others, and the furious and evocative unity of picture and song reminds the audience that communism sprang from concerns that intensely dog modern society.

Aside from the main themes and characters, there's that divorced - women's support group, run by Dorothy's cynical sister (the expertly wisecracking Bonnie Hunt); a «child - care technician» obsessed with modern jazz; and run - ins with various sporting figures, both real (from Frank Gifford to Katarina Witt) and fictional, such as a superstar quarterback played by TV's Jerry O'Connell, and his hard - nosed dad (an uncredited Beau Bridges).

We could equally have included such transformative modern figures as Joss Whedon, Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg (who made the jump to blockbusters by inventing them).

As with previous Platinum Edition releases, the treasure trove of extras can be found on the second disc's «Backstage Disney» section, which features an hour - long documentary of the film's development, production, and reception, featuring comments from modern animation figures such as Pixar's John Lassiter as well as many of the now - elderly voice actors for Bambi and the other forest creatures.

The activity encourages pupils to explore what made Dorothy such an inspirational figure and modern missionary, and encourages them to consider what they can do in their own lives.

I remember spending hours kicking asses and taking names back upon the game's release and, even though the controls admittedly feel clunky when compared to modern titles, the core gameplay that made Devil May Cry such a standout hit is still very much an addictive romp through crowds of enemies... Even if it did take me a while to figure out how to shoot when on the ground, which necessitates holding a trigger button to aim unlike when you're airborne and unloading clips into the faces of possessed marionettes.

I wanted to find out, figuring Electron Dance readers might be interested too, so I utilised modern games journalism techniques such as phone hacking and the hiring of private investigators.

Here is another great book of Fairfield Porter's (I'm just now adding to this post) Edited with an introduction by Rackstraw Downes From the publisher's blurb... «This new edition of Art in Its Own Terms restores to print a key statement in the ongoing discussion between Modern art and its past, as Porter reviews such figures as de Kooning, Johns, Cornell, Rodin, Cezanne, Leonardo and many others.

Through her portrayal of the human figure, Morisot was able to explore the themes of modern life that came to define impressionism, such as the intimacy of contemporary bourgeois living and leisure activities, the importance of fashion and the toilette, and women's domestic work, all while blurring the lines between interior and exterior, public and private, finished and unfinished.

This exhibition brings together works by early European modern masters such as Max Bill, Josef Albers and Victor Vasarely along with later proponents of Concretism in South America including Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark and the lesser know figures, Judith Lauand, Lothar Charoux and Geraldo de Barros.

Following unprecedented visitor figures for a solo show, Chris Dercon, Director of the Tate Modern commented: «We are delighted that so many people came to see and discuss the Damien Hirst exhibition -LSB-...] It was wonderful to see such iconic works brought together in one place and to offer our visitors a chance to experience them first - hand.»

Through her portrayal of the human figure, Morisot was able to explore the themes of modern life that came to define Impressionism, such as the intimacy of contemporary bourgeois living and leisure activities, the importance of female fashion and the toilette, and women's domestic work, all while blurring the lines between interior and exterior, public and private, finished and unfinished.

The artists included in Go Figure, have collectively exhibited internationally at venues such as Deste Foundation Center for Contemporary Art in Athens, Greece, El Museo de Barrio in New York, Weatherspoon Museum, NC, Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY, Bellweather, NY, Roebling Hall, Tate Modern, London, PS1, NY, The Brooklyn Musuem, MOMA, Mexico City, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Musée D'art Contemporain in Montréal among others.

Another factor is the growing interest of a number of museums and institutions in the west, with exhibitions such as Ibrahim El - Salahi at Tate Modern, Pascale Marthine Tayou at the Serpentine Gallery and Figures & Fictions at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Modern masters such as Edward Weston, Irving Penn, Berenice Abbott, Bill Brandt, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Werner Mantz and Roman Vishniac accompany major post war figures such as Harry Callahan, Robert Frank, Ralph Eugene Meatyard and Danny Lyon.

Rarely seen paintings by key figures associated with the original Surrealist movement, such as Eileen Agar and Leonora Carrington, are shown alongside modern and contemporary artists including Maria Bartuszová, Louise Bourgeois, Claude Cahun, Tracey Emin, Mona Hatoum, Linder, Laurie Simmons, Gillian Wearing, and Hannah Wilke.

As a small, nervy group in 1936 — led by such figures as painter George L. K. Morris, muralists and WPA leaders Ilya Bolotowsky and Balcomb Greene, and sculptor Wilfred Zogbaum — they challenged Alfred Barr and The Museum of Modern Art to include Americans as well as Europeans in MoMA's first major survey of abstract art.

With a few notable exceptions among California artists — especially in the Bay Area, where figures such as Peter Voulkos in the 1950s and Robert Arneson in the 1960s were early to embrace ceramics» potential — ceramics have remained on the sidelines of modern art, categorized primarily as the stuff of tableware and souvenir trinkets.

Intuition at Palazzo Fortuny looks at its titular theme through works ranging from ancient sculptures to modern movements (some great Abstract Expressionism, Surrealism and Fluxus) to contemporary art by figures such as Anish Kapoor RA.

How is the influence of modern masters, such as Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon, revealed when contemporary artists represent the human figure?

This new edition of Art in Its Own Terms restores to print a key statement in the ongoing discussion between Modern art and its past, as Porter reviews such figures as de Kooning, Johns, Cornell, Rodin, Cézanne, Leonardo and many others.

Connie Butler is Chief Curator of Drawings at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where she has curated such exhibitions as «Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave» (2008 - 09) and «Paul Sietsema Figure 3» (2009) and co-curated «On Line: Drawing Through the 20th Century» (2010 - 11).

«De Saint Phalle is best known for her over-sized figures which embrace contradictory qualities such as good and evil, modern and primitive, sacred and profane, play and terror.

From fresh surveys of movements such as De Stijl and Surrealism, to retrospectives of legends of Modern Art, to pioneers of photography and relevant figures in Contemporary Art, all of these exhibitions are definitely worth the trip.

The selection of artists is suitably eclectic, ranging from the political and canonical (Bruce Nauman; Georg Baselitz), to the modish and predictable (Oscar Murillo), while also delving back in time to singular figures such as Aboriginal landscape painter Emily Kame Kngwarreye or that other great chronicler of the modern rural, Walker Evans.

In the main section, these span figures such as Zoe Leonard (Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan), coinciding with her career survey at Whitney Museum, New York to David Hockney (Pace, New York), following the British artist's major retrospective at Museum of Modern Art (New York).

Included too, with their own photographic work, are such historical figures as archaeologist / writer / secret agent Gertrude Bell (1868 — 1926), who played a major role in the establishment of modern Iraq.

These presentations of modern masters and their tribal influences are complemented by the expanded Spotlight section, which will highlight solo artist presentations of 31 pioneers of 20th - century practice, such as Thomas Kovachevich (Callicoon Fine Arts, New York); self - taught artist Felipe Jesus Consalvos (Fleisher / Ollman, Philadelphia); Barbara Chase - Riboud (Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York); and Dom Sylvester Houédard — a Benedictine monk turned counter-culture cult figure of 1960s London (Richard Saltoun Gallery, London).

The core of modern art in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros [CPPC] consists of works by Latin American artists of the twentieth century, particularly the major figures of geometric abstraction movements in countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Also in the exhibition are new acquisitions to the Modern's collection, such as Alex Katz's Rachael and Tarajia, 2014, a double portrait marked by a gulf of black paint between the two figures, who flank each side of the canvas.

Comprising a selection of around sixty painted objects in a wide variety of materials (canvas, wood, glass, vellum, ceramics, silk, and more), the show includes work by masters of the Northern Renaissance, such as Jan van Eyck and Albrecht Dürer, as well as major modern and contemporary figures like Jackson Pollock and Gerhard Richter.

Iconic works by major 20th century figures, such as Pablo Picasso, Joseph Beuys and Mark Rothko, will join artists introduced to the public by Tate Modern, including Saloua Raouda Choucair (b. 1916, Lebanon), Meschac Gaba (b. 1961, Benin) and Cildo Meireles (b. 1948, Brazil).

A wide range of photographers — from early experimenters such as Eugène Cuvelier, Charles Marville and Anna Atkins to modern giants Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, as well as contemporary practitioners such as James Nachtwey, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Loretta Lux — are represented by portraits and figure studies, city scenes and still lifes, landscapes and seascapes.

Degas sought out such striking modern subjects, concentrating on figures in arresting poses.

Their long - term interest in historical figures from the region — such as Hélio Oiticica — is consistent with their search for great non-representational work of the New York School,» says Adam Sheffer of New York's Cheim & Read, who is showing a new word sculpture, «The Modern», by Jack Pierson, priced at $ 200,000.

Its alumni include iconic figures of modern and contemporary art such as Chuck Close, Richard Serra, Peter Halley, and most recently Wangechi Mutu and Matthew Barney.

Juan J. González (b. 1942, Camagüey - d. 1993, New York): The super-realist artist Juan González participated in group shows such as Painting and Sculpture Today ‑ 1974 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art; Looking Inside: Latin American Presence in New York; Ancient Roots / New Visions, which traveled to several cities in the United States; Hispanic ‑ American Artists of the United States, at the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America in Washington, D.C., The Figure in the Twentieth Century at the New York Academy of Design, Outside Cuba, The Miami Generation traveling exhibition and the Cuba - USA: The First Generation traveling exhibition.

A veritable pop - art boutique, the offerings range from affordable home décor ($ 60 Basquiat mugs) to rare editions ($ 10,000 for a set of 4 prints by Michael Heizer) to an in - store Leica camera shop, and, of course, tome upon hardcover tome of books and catalogs on some of the biggest figures in Modern art, such as Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol.