The cracked,
mottled surfaces are more than simply signifiers of discontent: they are evocations of moss and weeds; rivers and sewers; dirt and rust; blood and smoke.
The film moves around
their mottled surfaces and the floating motes of their liquefied state of suspension — it should be inert but it is oddly full of life.
There followed a number of dark paintings with irregular or
mottled surfaces, often with relief effects produced by placing pieces of fabric or newspaper on the canvas and then painting over them.
You can look at a work of hers like Prisoner Pair, an 11 - minute silent film of bottled pears suspended in schnapps, and admire it for the simple beauty of
the mottled surface of the fruit as the sunlight dances from it.
The exhibit includes rarely - seen drawings from the late 1960s that channel
the mottled surface of the moon and foreshadow the monumentally scaled «scrolls» from the 1970s for which Stuart became internationally known.
13/14 - Blue / Red (
mottled surface), 2002.
In the second gallery, Mosaic Study IV and V (both 1978) both infuse oil into the graphite - and - beeswax retinue, the former featuring an intensely etched grid and the latter a slick,
mottled surface contained on three sides by steely blue - gray paint.
Not exact matches
The
surface is exceptionally dark — as black as photocopy toner — and covered with
mottled markings.
Small irregular
mottles in the sand
surface, perhaps a couple centimeters in wavelength, rapidly arise and grow once the wind starts to blow hard enough to initiate saltation.
Combining oil and turpentine washes with water - based casein, Bearden renders a rich
surface of earthy color,
mottled with crater - like ellipses that are apparently the result of the oil's resistance to water.
Proving the painting's flatness with frontal shapes or solid stripes must have seemed superfluous or monotonous to him; he wanted movement; he wanted your eyes to dance and skitter across the painting, where the ground might be
mottled or solid, where the shifts of color and
surface pull you closer, where the space between the planes and vibrate or smolder, where color intensities vary considerably.
As Roberta Smith has described, the «uncommonly beautiful» metal grate displays a slightly
mottled, delicate
surface that begs to be touched, so uncannily different from its dirty utilitarian counterpart.
We are confronted with full - frame shots of
surfaces, generally long takes of
mottled and indigent convolutions of matter — skin — submerged in a viscous, slowly swirling liquid: a preservative solution.
The
mottled, gray - and - white, Styrofoam bricks seem almost made of stone, and it is possible to momentarily believe we are instead before the face of a mountain watching water cascade from its craggy
surface.
The mount has a slightly textured
surface, and there appears to be a very faint overall
mottling that may be attributable to the acidic mount.
These were either drawn on paper or found objects, or hand - crafted into sculpted shapes of modest scale with
mottled and worked
surfaces.
«The subtly
mottled gray - and - white
surface tones of these prints mirror the fine grains of sand on the beach, which have softly shifted to accommodate the countless impressions of feet that are captured in the photograph -LSB-...] It is the trace of previous inhabitants that injects meaning into [the] picture, however open - ended that meaning might be» (N. Spector, Felix Gonzalez - Torres, exh.
Individual photographs: a sweeping view of a Venetian lagoon; members of the World Adult Kickball Association gathered on the mall in Washington, DC; a sheet of paper, curled into a teardrop shape and glinting against a reflective
surface; a profile of a man's face encrusted with an assortment of
mottled stones.
Fusing clear intention and virtuosic improvisation, Bowling called on his expansive repertoire of techniques to manipulate the
surface of his paintings, whether on paper or canvas: pouring; staining; scratching; creating layered streams, pools and diffusions of gorgeous colour; interrupting currents with drips and splashes; scattering chemicals to create
mottles and veins.
By the late 1990s, his forms had simplified — no more orifices, no more interiors — and his colors had grown staggeringly complex, as he covered pieces with up to 70 coats of different - colored acrylic paint, sanding
surfaces between applications or swiping them with pigment - dissolving fluid to create
mottled and speckled patterns of breathtaking depth and subtlety.
Creating an Old World look «Patene Artectura [R] creates a
mottled patina - like finish that does not hide
surface defects or existing color discoloration, but rather works in conjunction with the substrate to produce a variegated finish or Old World look,» says Stewart.
The new black Oiled Soapstone are a smooth
surface with a faint
mottled gray, which hides smears, also have held up beautiful.
This
mottled coral wallpaper gives the look of a natural, distressed
surface for faux texture.
Here a
mottled effect to the wall colour not only softens the space but also allows more of a sense of light playing on the
surface.
Using metallic paints, I can create a rich,
mottled, burnished bronzey
surface.
The Fireclay tile is
mottled, with a unique irregular
surface that really brings this backsplash to life.
The softly pitted
surface texture and gentle
mottle pattern make this a really easy and versatile backdrop to any space.
It has a very soft but raised
surface and is
mottled, not solid, in color.
Held aloft on straight - line metal framing, the
surfaces are covered with
mottled antiqued mirrored glass to heighten the reflection of your eclectic style.
We're starting to see designs with layers of plasterwork and peeling papers in neutrals coming through, alongside accents of scratched,
mottled and marked
surfaces.