Sentences with phrase «of popular imagery»

In this sense he may be seen as an important precursor of Pop Art and its use of popular imagery.

Inspired by cartoons and comic books, her work uses black humor and the aesthetic of popular imagery to examine pressing social and political concerns.

His rigorous attention to the themes of popular imagery and abstraction has set the standards for American art.

[19] With her use of popular imagery in her art, she became an early adherent of the Pop art movement.

Johns is primarily considered within the Neo-Dadaist movement of the early 1960s, but his use of popular imagery places him in relation to the emergence of Pop Art and he is often considered an early influence of the genre.

The barrage of popular imagery — from lush magazines to color television — became fodder for work aimed at exposing the cultural hegemony.

Warhol's Double Elvis documents and decodes the conventions of popular imagery.

By bringing together Internet imagery with the symbol of the flag, the work makes a statement about the democratization of information in contemporary society and the role of popular imagery in the shaping of national identity.

The program will also put into context the construction of popular imagery departing from the tension in baroque representations of death, modernization and the macabre, death in the invention of Modern Art in Mexico, and its political implications with visual culture.

In his sculptures and drawings, Gavan seems to seek a synthesis of popular imagery with natural forms through constant pairing.

Functioning as gateways to the world of popular imagery, cartoons and comics, these cornucopias furnish current sources of reference, which in this century relate to mass media and animated drawings.

While each Pop artist developed a distinct style, there were commonalities in their approaches to image - making that helped define the Pop art movement in the early 1960s: the use of commercial art techniques, and the depiction of popular imagery and everyday objects.

The reuse of popular imagery, such as comic strips for collage material, playfully calls into question the traditional borders of high and low art.

Contemporary manipulation of popular imagery is both less shocking and incomparably simpler to produce than it was 30 years ago; we encounter no - budget videos — which receive millions of hits — with more technical proficiency than Kiss the Girls... on YouTube every day.

NEW YORK, November 3, 2014 — Mitchell - Innes & Nash is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Roy Lichtenstein focusing on the artist's exploration of popular imagery and mass production.

McGinley's works have deeply permeated the fabric of popular imagery to become foundational touchstones for our very perception of the modern world.

The allure of popular imagery for Lichtenstein grew from the desire to blur the boundaries between «high» and «low» culture as a means of fusing art with daily life.

Finally, Paul Slocum «s work addresses both the histories of popular imagery and their dissemination as well as the way that they are made.

The iconic remixing of the popular imagery San Pablo uses, whether once met with approval or rebellion during their original circulation then become emblematic within the tradition of painting.

Incorporating the use of everyday printed materials into his visual vocabulary, Herrera combines dislocated fragments of popular imagery to create abstract compositions, which tap into our cultural subconscious and collective memory.

«While Pop is often characterized as a celebration of popular imagery, this exhibition focuses on the dark and unsettling ways in which artists looked at the cultural landscape of America in the 1960s and 1970s,» explains Chief Curator Donna De Salvo.

Spiked's criticism, far from being «an easy stereotype» is interesting, since it goes against a lot of the popular imagery of Greens as humble peasants tilling the soil.

I felt much more connected to Polke because of his use of popular imagery in a kind of witty irreverent way, and that he was prepared to use all types of visual language in his own work, unlike Richter who would be painting paintings that looked like photographs.

Doig comments that he felt «connected to Polke because of his use of popular imagery in a kind of witty irreverent way, and that he was prepared to use all types of visual language in his own work... He seemed to use an abstract element to create real atmosphere and mood in his paintings, not just to make comments on abstract paintings.