Sentences with phrase «of figurative references»

At first he identified more closely with the non-gestural artists in this school, Rothko, Newman and Ad Reinhardt, all of whom insisted on grand scale and the elimination of figurative references.

Le Va achieved this with his next move into the realm of figurative reference, by cleaving the blades into the vertical field of the wall.

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This reference back to an earlier event may take the form of a figurative representation of a cause which, however, is only designed vividly to express and impress on the mind the state of affairs actually observed.

The flip book is a great resource that students can keep handy in their writing folders to reference the types of figurative language.

Along with Stettheimer, who is an obvious reference point, I was reminded of Peter Dean, who was a member of the Rhino Horn group, as well as Bob Thompson — figurative artists who packed a composition with stuff and loved to jam color next to color.

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.

Through her use of subtly articulated line and negative space, Ku references East Asian artistic traditions, while her focus on figurative representation through a predominantly female - centric subject matter, suggests a more contemporary Western perspective.

He references the great figurative painters, not so much of the 20th century, but from earlier periods.

His five recent paintings are joined by Philippe's steel sculptures, which «reference tall bird perches while doubling as figurative bird like poems,» and muted paintings of hill - like forms.

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 art.

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.»

De Kooning is well known for paintings of the female figure that transcend traditional figurative and abstract categories and break up conventional aesthetic frames of reference by maximizing the expressive power of paint in line and color.

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.

The are few overt reference to the figurative images still prevalent (and perhaps unexpected) in some works of the thirties, whose creators were so militant about abstraction.

In an art context, abstract refers to a means of composition liberated from any figurative or recognizable reference.

While stylistic references include turn - of - the - century Nordic figurative painting, folk art, and local or contemporary vernacular, her evocative use of pictorial space and her juxtapositions of thick paint and textured washes is uniquely her own.

The artist's barbershop paintings from 2007 - 2009 are shot with color, and range from figurative to completely abstracted, color - blocked canvases referencing the architectural perspective of the space.

Ignoring the traditional distinction between naturalistically depicted and abstracted figures, the sensuous color and bold, sinuous contours of these elusive and lyrical paintings play on the tension between figurative references and abstract forms.

Los Angeles - based artist Jesse Mockrin deals in figurative paintings that both reference and subvert the gender norms of the 18th Century Rococo style of painting.

His work calls forth the tradition of figurative narrative painting by subverting it with personal cultural references and depictions of pared down and theatrical urban settings.

Insogna's devotional ceramic cauldrons reference scrying - an ancient form of divination, are paired with colorful abstract and symbolic figurative paintings to evoke a history of ritual practice.

One of Australia's foremost contemporary artists working today, Barton's distinctive use of line across painting, illustration, video and collage creates a vibrant figurative dream world, rich with personal references and poignant juxtapositions.

Even those pieces that are not traditional paintings critically engage the legacy of postwar Abstract Expressionism, which eradicated figurative representation in favor of all - over gestural marks that were considered to be indexical references to the hands and psyches of the artists, who were becoming cultural icons in their own right.

The naïve figurative works, clearly reference the late great (and recently selling for $ 100 million) works of Jean - Michel Basquiat, and are full of colour and life.

This was the context in which Kitaj developed as an artist, and although his art may be associated with the trends in figurative painting and British pop art, the most important influence on his art was a sense of not belonging, Diaspora, spawning an oeuvre in which symbols and references of visual, literary, historic and personal origin are brought together into colourful, narrative and complex compositions.

With our latest exhibition we have set out to exhibit a group of artists who work within the scope of analog painting referencing the analogical representational elements of work that could be seen as figurative or representational at times.

While stylistic references include turn of - the - century Nordic figurative painting, folk art, and local or contemporary vernacular, her evocative use of pictorial space and her juxtapositions of thick paint and textured washes is uniquely her own.

While Eisenman's figurative style references a range of academic traditions — from WPA murals to surrealism — her razor - sharp wit and intimate subject matter reveal a language that is completely her own.

And the vertical format of the panels also is a counterpoint to the horizontals, so if there is sometimes a reference to landscape because of the horizontal bands, there is also a figurative presence I think.

The figurative installations devised by de Jong, which are anchored in the (often mysterious) history or meaning of a location, combine an ironic reference to the Old Masters with a large dose of the present.

Drawing on art historical, political and personal references, Njideka Akunyili Crosby creates densely layered figurative compositions that, precise in style, nonetheless conjure the complexity of contemporary experience.

Other works explicitly draw upon art history, such as Cy Amundson's paintings that ironically reference the history of figurative painting, and David Ording's oil paintings that reinterpret canonical portraiture.

Today is the occasion to bear in mind David Hockney (9/7/1937 --RRB-, Like other Pop artists, Hockney revived figurative painting in a style that referenced the visual language of advertising.

Multiple» abstract» and figurative references are seen through the filter of DIY décor.

Some of my new small paintings and sketches include references to bronze figurative monuments.

The result is a highly expressive painting with no figurative references, reminiscent of Andre Masson's Automatic Drawing of 1924, with no subject or composition in mind.

Many of the figurative pictures reference Thomas Eakins, the revered realist painter who also pioneered photography.

For me, these powerful paintings also reference Gustav Klimt's decorative patterning and, among contemporary artists, the densely layered figurative collages of Njideka Akunyili Crosby, a Nigerian - born artist who came to the United States at the turn of the century and received a Post-Baccalaureate certificate in 2006 from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where William now leads the MFA Program.

First, Ofili's visual representations of the social and cultural politics of «race» and racism are discussed — particularly in reference to early works such as Afrodizzia (1996) and the striking figurative painting No Woman, No Cry (1998).

Anderson, whose color - saturated, figurative paintings are just as likely to directly reference his Afro - Caribbean background as they are to show quiet interiors and verdant pastoral scenes, has had recent solo shows at Michael Werner Gallery in New York, the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, and the Studio Museum in Harlem.

[1] Her work uses a lot of found objects and figurative references.

As distinct from such mythic references, the upward thrust of Hepworth's works of the late 1950s takes on a combination of figurative and spiritual aspects, as suggested by Figure (Requiem) and Cantate Domino (Tate Gallery T00956).

Lawson's long career as a painter has seen her explore a wide breath of subject matter through figurative and abstract painting, referencing a number of artistic movements.

Middlebrook's unprecedented absence of representational imagery heightens the figurative nature of the planks themselves, while allowing for landscape references to dominate the exhibition.

Where as a figurative work of art might allow every viewer to engage with it on the same level by referencing some aspect of history or life with which we are all familiar, an abstract artwork requires that every viewer that sees it begins anew, using their thoughts and feelings to arrive at some conclusion about what it could possibly mean.

Tom Climent produces paintings of figurative, urban and landscape subjects, sometimes referencing the history of painting in his works.

First coined by the Dutch artist and designer Theo Van Doesburg (1883 - 1931), the term «concrete art» refers to any type of abstract art which has no figurative or symbolic references.

Works from the late 1950s and early 1960s, such as the present lot, may seem like an abrupt departure from the censored, figurative watercolors of the 1940s, yet their references to the corporeal reveal the artist's continued interest in the human body.

His artwork centers on figurative explorations of life's survivors, the marginalized, referencing history and circumstance in the rites, rituals and expressions of our human condition.

The show is divided into two categories; artists who approach the topic on a formal level through the use of highly saturated materials; and artists whose work looks at these themes in a more figurative way, using the female image as a point of reference, often investigating the fashion industry.