He radically changed the traditional idea of sculpture and expanded the concept through
monumental scale of his works and meticulously created relationships with the surrounding space.
It's unusual to see the medium deployed with the forceful colors and
monumental scale of these works, ten of which, all about forty by sixty inches, were on view in this recent show.
Not exact matches
With her large -
scale installations, Barlow constructs imposing
works that play between the
monumental scale of public art and architecture and the precariousness
of her chosen materials and compositions.
Whether
working on the
scale of monumental sculpture or de-materialized gesture Martin's practice positions itself at the extreme brink
of cognition — how knowledge and wisdom is gained at the close
of experience or how life is recognized only at the edge
of death.
He is renowned for being one
of the first artists to make the radical gesture
of taking the canvas off the stretcher and hanging it directly on the wall in
works such as Purple Octagonal 1967, as well as making provocative sculptures such as Third Rope Piece 1974, the intimate
scale of which directly responds to traditional ideas
of monumental art.
Kenyon's massive
work brings together the poetic and grotesque, highlighting a shift from human - sized objects to
work of monumental scale.
Bourgeois's diverse practice included drawings, paintings, textiles, embroidered
works, sculpture, and installations ranging in
scale from a few inches to
monumental, fully immersive environments like Untitled (1991 - 2000), the 15 - ton marble sculpture that is the centerpiece
of her exhibition at MASS MoCA.
The most
monumental of Matta - Clark's
work is saved for last, as the final room contains photos, diagrams and large -
scale projections
of both Conical Intersect and Day's End, presented back to back with emphasis on the connection between both projects.
will feature around 80
works, including many
of Marshall's large -
scale narrative paintings, which should feel
monumental within the concrete - heavy Marcel Breuer building.
Most
of these are more intimately
scaled than the early
monumental «Fuck» paintings, 1969 — , for which the artist is perhaps best known, doing away with some
of the optic strangeness
of those
works and replacing it with something similar to, but not quite like, eroticism.
Known for her signature casting technique, Whiteread's
work ranges in
scale from the
monumental to the intimate in a variety
of materials such as plaster, resin, rubber, concrete, metal and paper.
Following her
monumental installation in MASS MoCA's largest gallery, Building 5, in 2007 — which marked her first indoor projection in the U.S. — Holzer returns with a campus - wide series
of work that will include a large -
scale outdoor projection on the River Street side
of the factory's complex titled For North Adams, 21
of her celebrated carved stone benches located throughout MASS MoCA's sprawling campus, an installation
of her Inflammatory Essays posters, and rotating exhibitions
of her
work spanning the breadth
of her career.
Exhibiting at the gallery for the first time, DeLucia's
work centers on images
of domestic objects rendered in
monumental scale through sculpture and relief.
Ranging from text to installation, painting, sculpture, performance and sound, the selection presents some
of Lisson's leading artists,
of both the past and present — beginning with
monumental works such as one
of Dan Graham's large -
scale glass - and - steel pavilions, entitled Two Vs Entrance - Way (2016), which reflects and refracts visitors and its Brutalist architectural surroundings.
The fourth floor
of the exhibition will feature a number
of large -
scale works by Bayrle, including his
monumental Flugzeug (Airplane)(1984), presented alongside his recent kinetic sculptures made
of repurposed automobile parts repeatedly reciting the rosary, as in his much - celebrated inclusion in dOCUMENTA 13 (2012).
Designed specifically for Faena Art Center Catedral exhibition hall, the
work consisted
of hand - cut openwork textiles on a
monumental scale.
The artwork
of Edgar Heap
of Birds includes multidisciplinary forms
of public art messages, large -
scale drawings, Neuf Series acrylic paintings, prints,
works in glass, and
monumental porcelain enamel on steel outdoor sculpture.
Along with a surfeit
of fruit and flower pictures, there are many terrific
works by well - known artists, from the 19th century trompe l'oeil masters William Michael Harnett and John Frederick Peto to Modernists like Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe and Gerald Murphy, whose
monumental -
scale «Watch» (1924 — 25) represents the inner
works of a pocket watch in a flattened, proto - Pop style.
He created these sensual
works in the
monumental size
of abstract expressionism and the intimate
scale of predella panels.
These
works, in
monumental size and
scale, engulf viewers with their expansive, painterly surfaces that depict moments
of intense observation in the landscape — what Katz describes as «flashes»
of perception or «quick things passing.»
She is known for the wide range
of both materials and processes she employs, as well as her capacity to
work at the extremes
of scale: from the hand held object to all but
monumental sculpture.
Considered «maquettes» - some for realised commissions, and others propositions for
works on a
monumental scale - this body
of...
His method is often described as highly experimental: typically
working on a large
scale, Ruff has said that he likes the physical presence
of a
monumental work, making size just as much a part
of the viewer's experience as what is depicted in the photograph itself.
The artist, known for
working on a
monumental scale and utilizing a wide range
of more industrial materials in his
work, selected a more traditional medium for this diptych on view at the gallery's booth at The Armory Show.
Bringing together a minimalist structural rigour contrasted with unfolding fields
of energy, Altmejd recognizes the primacy
of the conceptual approach in shaping the cycles that run through his
work: heads, constructed, architectural pieces, werewolves, bird men, giants, bodybuilders, guides, watchmen... The abrupt changes in
scale (from the minuscule to the
monumental), profusion
of materials (crystals, mirrors, synthetic hair and fur, resin, wood, metal) and the various devices he uses to occupy the space (platforms, display cases, oversized cabinets) are all strategies that position the artist as a creator
of all possibilities.
Her
works include large -
scale compositions for choir, orchestra, and complexes
of loudspeakers; a series
of conceptual electric guitar orchestras (Sheer Frost Orchestra); and a custom sound system (P.A.) that she has composed for and deployed in
monumental sites, including New York's Park Avenue Armory and Australia's Midland Railway Workshops.
The
work is
monumental in
scale and visually overwhelming, effectively harnessing the frenetic, obsessive energy
of super fandom.
For this special occasion we have selected with Pilar Ordovás a group
of works which are all closely related with Chillida's interest in public art and, therefore themes such as
scale - in particular the human
scale, which is always an important reference in his
work, making his sculptures
monumental regardless
of their size.
Although Hunt was not interested in pursuing an early and brief involvement with earthworks, he wanted to include the concept
of monumental scale in his
work, «using a more classical, compact kind
of sculptural form» (View, 1980).
Known for her dynamic, emotionally charged animal and human figures, the Art School's 2018 Visiting Ceramic Artist, Beth Cavener, will discuss her inspirations, body
of work, and unusual method
of working «solid» on a
monumental scale.
Layered in image & texture,
monumental in -
scale, and featuring bold strokes, free gestures, and vibrant colors,
works from 1985 to 2005 record in an abstract vein a period
of intensified cultural and demographic transition even for an ever - changing city like New York.
This Gallery allowed for an expanded exhibition schedule and provided facilities for large -
scale works and dramatic installations, such as Peter Halley's explosive hanging
of paintings and wallpaper, Marc Quinn's complete series
of carved marble statues
of persons with missing limbs,
monumental sculpture by James Lee Byars, and, most importantly, a four - channel DVD installation by Barbara Kruger.
While the 70's Narrative
works engage senses beyond sight through evocative language and color photographs, the wall pieces from the 1980s are immersive, incorporating elements
of texture, sound, and
monumental scale.
The
scale and content
of her
work also stood in opposition to the
monumental, nationalistic history painting being produced by her male Mexican contemporaries.
Though
working on a diminutive
scale as compared to Rosenquist's
monumental compositions, Steele draws on rigorous observations
of the real world to create fragmented images that waver between recognizable form and nonobjective abstraction.
As his large
scale works on canvas and on paper suggest at once the
monumental and the fundamental dynamism
of nature, these new prints convey
scale and movement beyond the possibilities their modest formats suggest.
As the
monumental scale of abstract expressionism and the irony
of pop art came to dominate US modernism, Graves's quiet, meditative
work declined in popularity.
The current exhibition presents a selection
of Riopelle's large -
scale paintings from the early 1950s through the 1970s in addition to four
monumental works on paper from the 1960s.
Along with more than two decades
of both intimately
scaled and
monumental ceramic sculptures, Fired, Broken, Gathered, Heaped includes Rosen's
works on paper, «which in many ways are studies for the sculptures but in other ways are very autonomous bodies
of work,» Cassel Oliver said.
They could be on the
scale of Andreas Gursky's or Thomas Ruff's
work, but these photographs show that images don't have to be blown up to huge dimensions to be
monumental...»
Marca - Relli's large -
scale works freed collage from the subordinate place it had historically held in relation to painting; his innovation was to «raise collage to a «
scale and complexity equal to that
of monumental painting.»
The author
of this large -
scale painting will be chosen by the members
of the expert council and the jury composed
of renown artists, art theorists and curators who are long time
working with
monumental art both in Russia and abroad.
Inspired by
work such as Marlene Dumas» «Chlorosis» and the Terracotta Warriors
of Xi'an, China, Bassel uses the traditional genre
of portraiture in conjunction with the obscurity
of a crowd to allow a sense
of intimacy to unfold, even within the
monumental scale of her painting.
As Daniella Luxembourg, the co-owner
of the gallery Luxembourg & Dayan explains to The Bloomberg: A large -
scale work by Alberto Burri can now sell privately for more than $ 10 million, if it's
monumental and one
of the best..
Most
of his
works are metal, and many are
monumental in
scale.
Sonic Acts: Vertical Cinema February 20 — 23, 2014 During four consecutive days, ten large -
scale commissioned film
works by internationally renowned experimental filmmakers and audiovisual artists will be presented on 35 mm celluloid and projected vertically with a custom - built projector in the
monumental staircase
of the Stedelijk.
His heightened success and fame provided him with the means to
work increasingly in bronze rather than direct carving, thus achieving the
monumental scale and freedom
of form invention that he had always desired for his
work.
Five
works from Campbell's signature Low Resolution Works series occupy the first gallery and a singular work of monumental scale titled Collision of Harmonies by ZHANG Peili will be mounted in the second gal
works from Campbell's signature Low Resolution
Works series occupy the first gallery and a singular work of monumental scale titled Collision of Harmonies by ZHANG Peili will be mounted in the second gal
Works series occupy the first gallery and a singular
work of monumental scale titled Collision
of Harmonies by ZHANG Peili will be mounted in the second gallery.
Monumental in
scale, discipline, material and theme, some
of the most renowned, international creatives exhibited their new and most famous
works in New York this year.
Some fans
of the artist Orly Genger may know her from the cult - favorite line
of intimate sculptural bracelets she makes with the jeweler Jaclyn Meyer, but true core
of her art will be revealed to a mass audience: she's actually a shaper
of ambitious,
monumental works, on the
scale of an El Anatsui or Richard Serra.