The show curated by Jesper Elg with superbly tenacious efforts by Kathy Grayson (proprietor of The Hole) who coordinated the American side brought together a museum style of illustrating the remarkable versions
of figurative art from both continents.
28 Jul 1997 Figuration: A New Exhibition of Works from IMMA's collection An exhibition
of figurative art from the Irish Museum of Modern Art's own Collection is now open to the public at IMMA.
Not exact matches
It is a product
of the Nok culture that flourished
from about 1000 BC to AD 500, when it mysteriously died out, and provides examples
of the earliest
figurative art in sub-Saharan Africa.
Drawing
from the
art - historical lineage
of cubism, cartoons,
figurative painting and gestural abstraction, and appropriating subjects
from mythology, advertising, print culture and consumerism, Comic Future is as much about the breakdown
of the human condition as it is about the absurdities which define the perils
of human evolution.
, curated by Anne Umland, Museum
of Modern
Art, New York Someone else with my fingerprints, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris Overtake: The Reinterpretation
of Modern
Art, curated by René Zechlin and Matt Parker, Lewis Gluckman Gallery, University College Cork, Cork Degree Zero, Richard Telles Fine
Art, Los Angeles Introvert, extrovert, Makes no Difference, curated by John Armleder, Galerie Catherine Issert, Saint Paul de Vence The Lath Picture Show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York Uncertain States
of America: American
Art in the 3rd Millenium, (Guyton \ Walker), curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Gunnar Kvaran, Le Musée du Serignan, Serignan; Herning
Art Museum, Herning / Copenhagen; The Centre for Contemporary
Art, Zanek, Ujazdowski, Warsaw DUMP: Postmodern Sculture in the Dissolved Field, curated by Andrea Kroksnes, Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Deisg, Oslo Stuff: International Contemporary
Art from the Collection
of Burt Aaron, Museum
of Contemporary
Art, Detroit Seth Price / Kelley Walker / Continuous Project, (Continuous Project), Modern
Art Oxford, Oxford En Foco: El CoLeccionismo en Puerto Rico - Parte 1: Apropiacion, Autoria y Autenticidad - Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Josh Smith, Kelley Walker, Aaron Young, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Santurce Imagination Becomes Reality, ZKM Center for
Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany Very Abstract and Hyper
Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London For the People
of Paris, Sutton Lane (c / o Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot), Paris À Moitié Carré, À Moitié Fou / Half Square, Half Crazy, curated by Vincent Pécoil, Lily Reynaud, Dewar and Elisabeth Wetterwald, Centre National d'
Art Contemporain de la Villa Arson, Nice Hard Hat Dispatch, curated by Fabrice Stroun and Balthazar Lovay, Dispatch, New York Tbilisi 4: Every Day is Saturday, curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Tbilisi String Show, curated by Josh Smith, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
2018 —
Figurative Diaspora: The Migration
of Academic Training
from Russia to China in the Service
of Progressive
Art, Co-curated by Mark Tansey 2017 — Piss & Vinegar: Nina Chanel Abney, Robert Arneson, Sue Coe, Robert Colescott, R. Crumb, Nicole Eisenman, Natalie Frank, Hilary Harkness, Peter Saul, Robert Williams 2016 — Now and Then: Drawings
from the 19th Century to the Present 2015 — Beautiful Beast: Ball, Cook, de Jong, Demetz, Dill, Dupont, Fischl, Fox, Mennin, King, Penny, Piccinini, Pondick, Silverthorne, Smith, Taplin, Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY 2014 — The Big Picture, Desiderio, Fischl, Rauch, Saville, Tansey, Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY 2011 — Iconomancy, Wilkinson Gallery, New York, NY 2011 — I've Got a Secret, The Forbes Galleries, New York, NY 2011 — Uncovered, Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths 2010 — Just Off, Sloan Fine
Art, New York, NY 2007 — Normal, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL 2006 — Uprising, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Space, New York, NY 2005 — Primed, Parsons School
of Design, New York, NY 2003 — The Burbs, DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2003 — Space Invaders, FishTank Gallery, New York, NY 1985 - 89 — The Drawing Center, New York, NY, Artist Curator, Responsible for interviewing artists, portfolio reviews and initial selections for group exhibitions.
Her recognizable style, which features
figurative portraits
of women, has been widely documented and has gained her praise
from art critics and fans alike.
The Sculpture program at PAFA embraces contemporary and classical approaches across a broad range
of art making —
from traditional
figurative sculpture to video and installation
art.
If the «contemporary» scene suffers
from a crushing surfeit
of concept and reference, which ends in tedium and irrelevance, the contemporary
figurative scene suffers
from a lack
of internal criticism,
from a failure to distinguish between what is well painted and what is good
art, which ends in mediocrity and kitsch.
Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston
Art Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Wish List», Gallery Project, curated by Gloria Pritschet and Rocco DePietro, Toledo, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan 2015 — «Roots», Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL 2015 — Noyes Cultural
Arts Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston
Art Center, Evanston, IL 2014 — «National Contemporary Painting», Weatherhead Gallery, University
of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2013 — «31st Juried
Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «30th Juried
Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «Narrative Fragments», Quidley & Company, Boston, MA 2011 — «Juxtaposed», juried by Alyssa Monks, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT 2011 — «Paintworks», Gowanus Ballroom, curated by Kristin Kunc, Courtney Jordan & Hyeseung Marriage - Song, Brooklyn, NY 2011 — «Space Invaders», co-curated by Virginia Rose and John Nickle, Rose Contemporary, Portland, ME 2011 — «Cinematic Bodies», curated by Jamie Adams, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 — «Snow», XL Projects, Syracuse University Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2010 — «Women Painting Women», Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC 2010 — «Remnants», Fuse Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Highlights» Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Conceptually Sound», Medialia Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Chicago
Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2010 — «Looks good on Paper», DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2009 — «Water / Bodies», Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, F.W.I. 2009 — «Summer Exhibition 2009», curated by Eric Fischl, Matthew Flowers, Anne Strauss, New York Academy
of Art, NY, NY 2009 — «Old School», Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY 2009 — Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA 2008 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «City Lights», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2008 — «Chicago
Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2008 — «Take Home a Nude»
Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2007 — «Summer Exhibition 2007», curated by Eric Fischl, Jenny Saville, Vincent Desiderio, New York Academy
of Art, NY, NY 2007 — «Four Handed Lift: Advocacy,
Art, Spirit and Community», Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY 2007 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «Chicago
Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2006 — «Contemporary Imaginings, The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection», Mobile Museum
of Art, Mobile, Alabama 2006 — «Night
of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2006 — «AAF», shown by DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2006 — «Salon 2006», New York Academy
of Art, New York, NY 2006 — «LA
Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Los Angeles, CA 2005 — «New Works», curated by Eric Fischl, Jane Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I. 2005 — «A Terrible Beauty:
Figurative painting in the 21st Century», Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA 2005 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Cityscapes», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Take Home a Nude»
Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2005 — «Go Figure», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Postcards
from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit», Brent Sikemma Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Night
of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2004 — «Points
of Muse», Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 — «Separate Visions», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «Still Life», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «27th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2003 — «Space Invaders», curated by Peter Drake, Fish Tank Gallery, New York, NY 2003 — «26th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2002 — «National
Arts Club 26th Annual Student Show», National
Arts Club, New York, NY
Curatorial projects include
Figurative Diaspora: The Migration
of Academic Training
from Russia to China in the Service
of Progressive
Art, Piss and Vinegar: Two Generations
of Provocateurs, Beautiful Beast, a contemporary representational sculpture exhibition, The Big Picture, and Now and Then: Drawings
from the 19th Century to the Present, in partnership with the Dahesh Museum
of Art.
At the time, I imagined that our nonrepresentational, process - or - performance - based, and conceptual
art would save Chicago
from a group
of artists whom I now love, the
figurative surrealists — Jim Nutt, Roger Brown, Christina Ramberg, Gladys Nilsson, and Jeff Koons's teacher Ed Paschke — known as Chicago Imagists.
Composing a whimsical wintry mash up
of abstract and
figurative art to provide us all a rather philosophical light on the freedom
of art, no matter what eye the perspective is derived
from.
The book, edited by Trevor Schoonmaker, Curator
of Contemporary
Art at the Nasher, brilliantly presents a masterful look at the
figurative painting, a selection
of which can be seen in the next iteration
of Soul
of a Nation, which opened earlier this month at the Crystal Bridges Museum
of American
Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, as well as in the exhibition catalogue, available
from the Tate, which features Hendricks» painting «What's Going On» (1974) on the cover.
Often zigging when the established
art world zagged, Wiley began creating large, unctuous paintings inspired by the Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figuration movements
of the time, only to swiftly move away
from them in the late»60s to develop his cartoonish
figurative style, which waned in popularity as Minimalist and Conceptual
art became fashionable.
A meeting
of tradition and innovation, connoisseurship and humour, «Study
from the Human Body» is a comprehensive exploration
of the impact
of Francis Bacon and Henry Moore on contemporary
figurative art.
Mr. Gervits graduated
from the National Academy
of Fine
Arts, Repin Institute, in St. Petersburg, Russia, where his mastery
of art was honed by deep - rooted European traditions
of figurative art.
The new 176 - page monograph, Edna Andrade, takes a comprehensive look at the full range
of Andrade's work,
from her early surreal and
figurative landscapes, through several decades
of Bauhaus - inspired design and the distinctive geometric patterns
of Op
Art, to her late - life quasi-abstract studies
of the Atlantic coastline.
On the other hand, in a series
of large charcoal drawings
from 2011, in a murky
figurative style redolent
of bad»70s
art, she is decidedly out
of her element.
Midwest Painters Demonstrate Realism and Its Discontents By Jud Yalkut Taking its cue
from Sigmund Freud's treatise on psychology and civilization, the current exhibition by the Midwest Paint Group tackles the place
of realism and
figurative art in contemporary times.
Curated by Michael Duncan and part
of the Getty Foundation's initiative «Pacific Standard Time:
Art in L.A. 1945 - 1980,» L.A. RAW: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945 - 1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy is accompanied by a 208 page catalogue, a much - needed reference for the study of post-war American figurative a
Art in L.A. 1945 - 1980,» L.A. RAW: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945 - 1980,
From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy is accompanied by a 208 page catalogue, a much - needed reference for the study
of post-war American
figurative artart.
On the occasion
of «The Great Mother» and Phaidon's new book Body
of Art, Artspace's Karen Rosenberg spoke to Gioni about the enduring appeal of figurative sculpture, his influences from Catholic church statues to Mike Kelley, and why he thinks this art form is especially vital tod
Art, Artspace's Karen Rosenberg spoke to Gioni about the enduring appeal
of figurative sculpture, his influences
from Catholic church statues to Mike Kelley, and why he thinks this
art form is especially vital tod
art form is especially vital today.
Leslie Lyons and J.B. Wilson draw inspiration
from this
art historical oddity, creating sublimated print tiles that both reference the «Unswept Floor» as well
figurative tile works which «remove the trappings
of mythologizing human behavior and return to a place
of rational accounting and purification.»
These works marked his rejection
of making
figurative art with clear references to the real world, and in particular his move away
from the post-WWII Kitchen Sink group
of artists who were painting ordinary scenes
of everyday life.
Artists
from Istanbul represented in Double Crescent are Hale Tenger, whose edgy assemblage works, addressing issues
of gender and identity, have been exhibited at the biennials in Saõ Paolo, Johannesburg and Istanbul; Ali Kazma, whose powerful videos
of people at their occupations have been shown at the Istanbul Biennial; Ayşe Erkmen, whose witty architectural interventions have been featured at
Art Basel, the Hamburger Bahnhof and the Sharjah Biennial; Gülsün Karamustafa, a multimedia artist whose research - based installations on subjects such as nomads and refugees have been shown at Documenta, the Salzburger Kunstverein and the Walker
Art Center and Nazım Ünal Yılmaz whose large - scale
figurative paintings have been exhibited at the Kunsthaus Stade in Germany and Contemporary Istanbul.
Here you'll see the influential
art of J.F. Willumsen, Francis Picabia's
figurative period — a departure
from his earlier Dada and Surrealist contributions — and Julian Schnabel works
from the 1980's onward.
In Spain, the study
of pop
art is associated with the «new
figurative», which arose
from the roots
of the crisis
of informalism.
2007 Existencias, Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon Some kind
of Portrait, Marc Selwyn Fine
Art, Los Angeles, CA Size Matters: XS, Recent Small - Scale Paintings, HVCCA, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary
Art, Peekskill, NY Joy Feasley & Clare Rojas: Pow - Wows or The Long Lost Friend, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen Very Abstract and Hyper
Figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London Panic Room, Works
from The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary
Art, Athens In The Fullness
of Time: The Luggage Store 20 Year Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
Featuring more than 100 works spanning
from the early 1980s to the present, including a number
of new and never - before - seen pieces, the exhibition juxtaposes graphic patterns with abstracted,
figurative paintings, creating a fully immersive environment that underscores the artist's systematic dismantling
of the hierarchy between design and fine
art, and between three - dimensional form and two - dimensional representation.
In a diverse, exciting exhibition each
of these artists explores a range
of themes within
figurative art;
from personal histories to the influences
of fashion and media.
She also studied lithography at the
Art Students League
of New York, and received private instruction
from Russian sculptor Ossip Zadkine, [3][10][13] who urged her to add abstract elements to her
figurative work.
In an
art context, abstract refers to a means
of composition liberated
from any
figurative or recognizable reference.
Drawing
from the
art - historical lineage
of cubism, graffiti, cartoons,
figurative painting and gestural abstraction, and appropriating subjects
from mythology, advertising, print culture and consumerism, Aaron Curry's eagerly awaited survey exhibition at CAPC musée d'
art contemporain de Bordeaux next summer is as much about the breakdown
of the human condition as it is the absurdities that define the perils
of human evolution.
Moving
from art - school grad to accomplished young artist - his shows include Kavi Gupta gallery, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art, a recent attention grabbing appearance at Art Basel Miami Beach as well as an upcoming solo at New York's Lehmann Maupin Gallery - Otero quickly became a virtuoso of the newfangled mash up of abstract and figurative painting that constitutes today's new Nouveau Realisme (think Mark Bradford sans the racial essentialis
art - school grad to accomplished young artist - his shows include Kavi Gupta gallery, Chicago's Museum
of Contemporary
Art, a recent attention grabbing appearance at Art Basel Miami Beach as well as an upcoming solo at New York's Lehmann Maupin Gallery - Otero quickly became a virtuoso of the newfangled mash up of abstract and figurative painting that constitutes today's new Nouveau Realisme (think Mark Bradford sans the racial essentialis
Art, a recent attention grabbing appearance at
Art Basel Miami Beach as well as an upcoming solo at New York's Lehmann Maupin Gallery - Otero quickly became a virtuoso of the newfangled mash up of abstract and figurative painting that constitutes today's new Nouveau Realisme (think Mark Bradford sans the racial essentialis
Art Basel Miami Beach as well as an upcoming solo at New York's Lehmann Maupin Gallery - Otero quickly became a virtuoso
of the newfangled mash up
of abstract and
figurative painting that constitutes today's new Nouveau Realisme (think Mark Bradford sans the racial essentialism).
Her work is a mixture
of abstract and
figurative in the Modernist tradition, with influence
from African and Mexican
art traditions.
A selection
of sculptures, reliefs and paintings by artists working in the area will be exhibited to complement the Gallery's major spring exhibition, Victor Pasmore: Towards a New Reality, which illustrates Pasmore's controversial move
from figurative to abstract
art.
The Columbus Museum
of Art and Denver
Art Museum present Mark Rothko: The Decisive Decade, 1940 — 50, a major exhibition tracing the evolution
of Rothko's work
from his Surrealist - influenced,
figurative compositions
of the early 40s to the abstract, color field paintings for which he is best known.
Abstract photography emerged during a shift
from figurative subjects in other fields
of art in the early 1900s.
Even so, he's moved away
from the
figurative photographic work that brought him
art world renown in the wake
of the Studio Museum in Harlem's pivotal 2001 group show «Freestyle.»
Join them in Washington, DC, April 19 - 22, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency Reston, to commemorate the traditions
of figurative art and portraiture with artists
from around -LSB-...]
The portrait's theme, which is mostly included under
figurative paintings, is one
of the ancient
art subjects
from Greece and Rome.
Yoshida, who encouraged the use
of commercial and popular cultural imagery, led a group
of artists who came to be known as the Imagists who distinguished themselves
from the
art scenes in New York and Europe with high color
figurative paintings and drawings.
The
Figurative Tradition and the Whitney Museum
of American
Art: Paintings and Sculpture
from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum
of Art, New York, NY
Stephen Pace is well known for two bodies
of work: the dynamic abstract paintings he produced
from 1949 to 1962 and the freely expressed
figurative art, based in abstract principles...
It consisted very largely
of drawings
from life by a selection
of figurative painters
of that time and was explicitly intended to reassert the importance
of a
figurative and humanist
art in the face
of what Kitaj saw as the increasing dominance
of abstract, minimalist and conceptual
art.
In each case, an intellectual spark leaps to some aspect
of Marshall's
art: eloquent
figurative distortion,
from Ingres and de Kooning; dark tonality,
from Seurat and Ad Reinhardt; and theatrical violence,
from nineteenth - century Japanese prints.
Their conversation will explore issues that Moletsane's vibrant
figurative art embodies,
from street
art and life in urban South Africa to the concept
of Afrofuturism.
He earned his M.F.A.
from the Graduate School
of Figurative Art of the New York Academy
of Art, and supplemented his training with several years
of private study and studio apprenticeships along the east coast
of the United States.
In 1989 Dora Koch, widow
of Academy member John Koch (1908 - 1978), left the Academy a bequest to establish an award in
art of $ 10,000 to be given
from time to time to a young artist
of figurative work.
Ranging
from painterly abstraction to
figurative interiors and landscapes, Hurvin Anderson's solo exhibition at New
Art Exchange, Nottingham, expands on two long - standing motifs
of the barbershop interior and the municipal park landscape and includes his
Arts Council Collection commission, Is It OK To Be Black?