Sentences with phrase «most gifted artists»

In 1976, when Hilton Kramer of The New York Times called her «one of the most gifted artists of her generation,» he was reviewing a show of her pencil drawings.

Bradford is among the most gifted artists working today, infusing his work with material invention, social consciousness and an epic sense of history.

Hilton Kramer of The New York Times called her «one of the most gifted artists of her generation.»

Motherwell was one of the most gifted artists of the first generation Abstract Expressionists.

But like Elmer Bischoff and David Park, with whom he made the turn to figurative painting a few years later, Diebenkorn was asking questions that abstract expressionism couldn't always answer, even though, as the early works in the show at the Royal Academy (until 7 June) suggest, he was a loyal and talented disciple: the LA Times described him as «one of the most gifted artists in the American non-objective field».

Increasingly, the Irish - born, New York - based Sean Scully is viewed as one of the most gifted artists of his generation.

He is quite possibly one of the kindest and most gifted artists that I've been able to collaborate with.

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Over time it has expanded, through bequests, gifts and purchases, to include works in a variety of mediums by some of the most renowned bird artists of Europe and America.

The creative and artisanal gifts of this artist produced one of the most gorgeous pieces of clothing I have ever owned.

Spiritual and earthy, forged in curiosity yet fortified with empathy, The Rider is why we go to the cinema, and it affirms Chloe Zhao as one of the most gifted new movie artists of our time.

As with his two most celebrated departures, Punch Drunk Love and Funny People, there's a meta dimension to the part, which finds him playing a gifted artist who's squandered his talent.

What I personally find most impressive about Velvet Goldmine is the film's examination of artists and their gifts.

The superb «Van Dyck: The Anatomy of Portraiture,» at the Frick Collection, surveyed the short but intense career of one of the most gifted portrait artists of all time.

Underdogs has once again gifted the viewers with another great solo exhibition by one of the most renowned contemporary artists, Shepard Fairey aka Obey....

Of the 37 artists whose works are included in the most recent gift, 21 are entering MoMA's collection for the first time.

Together, they present an argument for Báez as one of our most gifted and relevant young artists working today, one whose exquisite works - on - paper are set apart by their devotion to poetry and politics, abstraction and narrative, history and fantasy in equal measure.

The Royal Academy show (opening next week) should establish him beyond doubt as one of the most gifted British artists of his generation and one of the best non-figurative painters still working anywhere.

These include a selection of the most personal pieces from the collections of Johnson and Whitney — in many cases, gifts from the artists themselves, from the untitled oil on canvas of 1971 by Jasper Johns for David Whitney to literal birthday wishes to Philip Johnson from Frank Stella and Michael Graves.

«For me, Penn is one of the most prolific and beloved and influential artists of the 20th century,» said Jeff L. Rosenheim, curator in charge of the Met's Department of Photographs, who selected the fine art prints in the Foundation's gift and is organizing the retrospective around them.

The Tate has been bequeathed a dazzling gift, the most valuable in decades — an entire room of paintings and sculptures by Cy Twombly, one of the most revered American artists, following his wishes before he died in 2011.

One of the most technically gifted artists to come out of the New York School, Willem de Kooning was particularly well - versed in art history.

A gift of 47 paintings, sculptures and works on paper from collector, scholar and advocate Gordon W. Bailey, featuring such renowned 20th - century artists as Leroy Almon, Burlon Craig, Roy Ferdinand, Howard Finster, Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Elijah Pierce, Herbert Singleton, Purvis Young and Thornton Dial, Jr. — This is Bailey's third substantial gift to the High since 2010 and further underscores his commitment to helping build the Museum's collection, which is recognized as one of the world's most significant public repositories of work by American self - taught artists.

The Jewish East End was a cultural dynamo before the first world war and David Bomberg was its most gifted young artist.

The gift strengthens the High's identity as one of the world's most significant public repositories of work by American self - taught artists and adds particular strength to the Museum's holdings of American contemporary art and works created by African American and Southern artists.

In keeping with our mission to investigate critical moments in the interconnected histories of global black life, Goodman Gallery is pleased to present To Be Young, Gifted, and Black the next edition of the ongoing series Working Title, an exhibition curated by one of our most thoughtful and provocative artists, Hank Willis Thomas.

In Codex, his most recently completed project, Biggers continues to probe these themes through another stylistic departure: painting on historical quilts, many of which were gifts to the artist from descendants of slave owners.

His imagination seems never ending as he remains one of the most intriguing and technically gifted artists of the Bushwick art scene.

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Location: Skowhegan, ME Skowhegan, an intensive nine - week summer residency program for emerging visual artists established in 1946, seeks each year to bring together a gifted and diverse group of individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to art - making and inquiry to create the most stimulating and rigorous environment possible for a concentrated period of artistic creation, interaction and growth.

Art lovers can browse a vast catalogue of digital artworks from the world's most celebrated artists including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Yoko Ono, Aaron Koblin, Jenny Holzer, Mat Collishaw and many more; and gift a unique artwork to friends and family.

PAFA has also successfully attracted a number of important gifts that further support the Collecting Plan, most notably the remarkable recent gift from Linda Lee Alter of 400 works by such women artists as Alice Neel, Louise Bourgeois, Louise Nevelson, Faith Ringgold, and Miriam Schapiro.

The charity has gifted over 8,000 works over a period of 100 years, supporting artists when they were young and little known and ensured that some of the most important works are represented in collections across the UK.

A group of ten drawings by Los Angeles artist Raymond Pettibon was acquired through gift and purchase from his most recent exhibition.

That she has chosen to show a number of artists who work in challenging conditions — with high probabilities for conflict and low levels of support from arts institutions or cultural infrastructures — seems to reaffirm what may sound trite but is effectively dOCUMENTA (13)'s sweetest and most profound gift to its visitors: its strange and tender love for what art has been and may no longer be.

The Contemporary Art Society has a history of placing important works by most of the most significant artists of the twentieth century in national and regional public galleries in the UK for the first time — from Picasso to Hirst — continuing today with recent gifts of works for example, by current Turner Prize nominees Luke Fowler and Elizabeth Price (see «Recent Gifts Currently Showing» begifts of works for example, by current Turner Prize nominees Luke Fowler and Elizabeth Price (see «Recent Gifts Currently Showing» beGifts Currently Showing» below).

These few words affirm that the art most appreciated as a gift among artists was the work done by the artist for himself.

In January 2015, the renowned American artist Ellsworth Kelly gifted to the Blanton Museum of Art the design concept for his most monumental work, a 2,715 - square - foot stone building with luminous colored glass windows, a totemic wood sculpture, and fourteen black and white marble panels.

He told the Chicago Tribune, «My goal for the Year of Public Art was to bring the most prominent artist in the world to Chicago and give the city a gift for generations to come, with the Cultural Center serving as its campus.»

All 21 artists, most African - American artists from the southern United States, featured in this gift are making their debuts in the Speed Art Museum's permanent collection.

Most of the jewellery pieces were originally designed by the artists as unique gifts for loved ones or as exclusive limited edition works.

17 May 2005 Louise Bourgeois Gift to IMMA Louise Bourgeois, one of the greatest and most influential artists of our time, has made a gift of one of her works to the Irish Museum of Modern Art. 16 May 2005 Uisce: An exhibition from the IMMA Collection presented as part of the Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts An exhibition of works from the Irish Museum of Modern Art's Collection opens to the public on Saturday 28 May 2005 at St Caimin's Church of Ireland, Mountshannon, Co Clare, as part of the Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts. 12 May 2005 Dorothy Cross exhibition at IMMA The first large - scale exhibition in this country of the work of the internationally - acclaimed Irish artist Dorothy Cross opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Friday 3 June 2Gift to IMMA Louise Bourgeois, one of the greatest and most influential artists of our time, has made a gift of one of her works to the Irish Museum of Modern Art. 16 May 2005 Uisce: An exhibition from the IMMA Collection presented as part of the Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts An exhibition of works from the Irish Museum of Modern Art's Collection opens to the public on Saturday 28 May 2005 at St Caimin's Church of Ireland, Mountshannon, Co Clare, as part of the Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts. 12 May 2005 Dorothy Cross exhibition at IMMA The first large - scale exhibition in this country of the work of the internationally - acclaimed Irish artist Dorothy Cross opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Friday 3 June 2gift of one of her works to the Irish Museum of Modern Art. 16 May 2005 Uisce: An exhibition from the IMMA Collection presented as part of the Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts An exhibition of works from the Irish Museum of Modern Art's Collection opens to the public on Saturday 28 May 2005 at St Caimin's Church of Ireland, Mountshannon, Co Clare, as part of the Iniscealtra Festival of the Arts. 12 May 2005 Dorothy Cross exhibition at IMMA The first large - scale exhibition in this country of the work of the internationally - acclaimed Irish artist Dorothy Cross opens to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art on Friday 3 June 2005.

Tate director, Sir Nicholas Serota, called it «one of the most generous gifts ever to Tate by an artist or a foundation».

The collector's most recent gift adds paintings, sculpture and works on paper by artists including Leroy Almon, Burlon Craig, Roy Ferdinand, Howard Finster, Bessie Harvey, Lonnie Holley, Ronald Lockett, Elijah Pierce, Herbert Singleton, Purvis Young, Arthur Dial and Thornton Dial Jr. to the High's folk and self - taught art holdings.

Widely known as an incubator for young creators, Opera Gallery shortlisted three of the most gifted British artists from its pool of talents to feature in this exhibition.

In addition to landmark gifts to Tate that have included Picasso, Matisse, Anthony Caro and Damien Hirst, the CAS has a track record of substantial support to regional museums: CAS gifted a major painting by Francis Bacon to Huddersfield in the mid-40s, an installation by Olafur Eliasson to Eastbourne in the late 90s and most recently donated a work by rising star Hito Steyerl to GOMA in Glasgow, the first work by this artist to enter a public collection in this country.

As his photographs extend those rich traditions into the present, it is fitting that The Irving Penn Foundation would mark the centenary of the artist's birth with the extraordinary promised gift of most of the prints in this exhibition to the encyclopedic collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.»

Your gifts purchase equipment, books, and art supplies for our classrooms, provide critical funding for scholarships (last year alone, PNCA provided nearly $ 6 million in student scholarships), and support lectures and visiting artist programs that connect students to the world's most important thinkers and makers.

With a core of historical material donated by C.R. Smith and Mari and James A. Michener, now supplemented by purchases, commissions, and generous gifts by donors such as Jeanne and Michael Klein and the Blanton family, the collection is rich in masterworks that show modern and contemporary art production at its most ambitious; experimental works that provide clues to artistic transitions; strong representative works that capture the essence of an artist's style; and uncommon works that enrich our understanding of the history as well as the current state of American art.

This exhibition provides a unique opportunity to study the cult of Wandjina represented by some of the most gifted contemporary Aboriginal artists working today.

These include a selection of the most personal pieces from the collections of Johnson and Whitney - in many cases, gifts from the artists themselves, from the untitled oil on canvas of 1971 by Jasper Johns for David Whitney to literal birthday wishes to Philip Johnson from Frank Stella and Michael Graves.

One of the most popular American artists of the past century, Norman Rockwell (1894 - 1978) was a keen observer of human nature and a gifted storyteller.