Sentences with phrase «of surrealism»

He experiments with elements of surrealism intermingled with abstracted gradients, evoking a sense of innocence in his desire to find a balance between life and death.

The Pyes» artistic output spans photography, film, performance, video, and installation while acknowledging the profound influences of surrealism in film, narrative conventions in painting, 19th and early 20th century portraiture, and conceptual approaches to subject matter.

(New York City, March 10, 2010)-- Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is pleased to present Unconscious Unbound: Surrealism in America, the gallery's first exhibition in over a decade dedicated to the influence of surrealism on American figural and abstract art.

There's a strong element of surrealism with Broken Age that we've come to expect from Double Fine games, but it's taken even further through brilliant art design and excellent fully voiced dialogue.

The many pans and tracking shots in The Boys in the Band and the touches of surrealism in The Birthday Party give them a unique aesthetic foundation.

Featuring new and recent work by six artists from the UK, US, and France — Jonathan Baldock, Genesis Belanger, Matthew Hansel, Matt Lipps, Theo Mercier, and Adam Parker Smith — the exhibition reflects on the legacy of surrealism in contemporary art while investigating the notion of the uncanny in reference to the history of art.

Both exhibitions, which were based on a surprising comparison of two artists, made it possible not only to evaluate their similarities (which in the first case was deliberately paradoxical, while in the second one it was justified by the common tradition of surrealism), but as well to discover new aspects of the seemingly well - known work of each of them.

A figurative painter at the outset of his career, Bischoff experimented with a form of surrealism during the 1940s before enthusiastically embracing Abstract Expressionism.

Her very individual voice — coded in the language of surrealism and Pop Art — offers a remarkably observant and penetrating vision of modern life.»

Gomes plays some tricky games with sound and voiceover, and an understated sense of surrealism lurks around the edges of the film, most notably in the form of the many animals that populate the film.

This kind of surrealism is what «Sherlock Gnomes» is largely lacking in terms of personality, and the film comes alive when Moriarty is on screen in a way that it doesn't otherwise.

The collection contains eight new stories that promise the same combination of surrealism and insight as those in her striking debut, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (2006).

There is even a hint of surrealism with some of the backgrounds which I enjoyed as well.

A painter by training, Mr. Lalanne created his own brand of surrealism when, in 1964, he unveiled «Rhinocrétaire,» a life - size Annam rhinoceros, whose side folded out into a writing desk.

«But the surprise,» Barrie notes, «is the inclusion of contemporary artists seen through the lens of surrealism: Llyn Foulkes, Joel - Peter Witkin, Jerome Witkin, Bruce Richards, George Condo, Ed Rushcha, Raymond Pettibon, Marc Licari, and Stas Orlovski.

The picture is savage, intense, with a top note of surrealism; Kafka's greatest hits, as sung by Tom Waits.

Ivey's assured novel brims with adventure, history and a little bit of surrealism — a great combination for any book group.

All three writers lived to see one form of state tyranny collapse and another rise in its place, and all three responded in much the same way: non-linear narratives, clueless and half - demented narrators, a dose of surrealism, and humor of the blackest hue.

While the Galaxy S8 takes vibrant pictures to the point of surrealism, the A8 provides a clarity that's almost Pixel-esque — of course not at the same level.

Conceptualizing artwork that bridges the strong tradition of imagery in Chicago and his own style of surrealism, Lee Grantham creates energetic pieces that are painted in reverse on plexiglass.

«Here is the earliest mature work of the youngest abstract expressionist, as he transitions from an exploration of surrealism and automatism to the vocabulary of abstract expressionism,» according to an exhibition information.

But it was Andrea Grützner who shone with her series «Hive», which addressed notions of surrealism and a sinister side to architecture.

Painting styles range from Classical Painting styles to abstract figuration and paintings that make use of surrealism.

Employing the old technique of «layer painting», Fomenko applies the practice in a modernized way and injects bright primary shades of acrylic paint onto the canvas, before awakening his subjects of surrealism with oils by using broad brushstrokes.

A bit about the artwork: Marilyn Murphy's signature graphite drawings and recent paintings by Barry Buxkamper and Ron Porter take suggestive stories into the realm of surrealism.

His prints and drawings from the early thirties represent early examples of surrealism created in the United States, an astounding achievement considering Castellon produced these inventive, original works before his travels abroad and before the New York premiere of the Museum of Modern Art's seminal exhibition, Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism.

Liquid, earth, fire are smoothed and distorted to create a new type of surrealism.

Dada and the dawn of surrealism, [exhibition, the Museum of modern art, New York, March 14 - May 2, the Menil collection, Houston, May 28 - August 29, the Art institute of Chicago, September 15 - November 30, 1993]

In all of his eccentric films, instead of structuring his adolescent fantasies into one coherent narrative, Mr. Anderson throws together lunatic fragments of surrealism that consist mainly of actors making fools of themselves.

The new Tate Modern got off to a spectacular start at the dawn of the 21st century with a masterpiece of surrealism by an artist whose long life connected the art of today with the first modern masters.

Schlieker added: «There are many connections between the shortlisted artists this year — there is an element of surrealism common to a lot of them, an attention to the handmade and to craft; and a preoccupation with drawing.»

Or you're going artsy with a print of surrealism.

Spielberg shot the entire film on a soundstage, and knowing that gives the film an added component of surrealism.

While Anderson's usual traits are accounted for — a conspicuous, often discordant soundtrack; cracks at consumerism; strokes of surrealism — Punch - Drunk Love is Anderson's first feature - length dance with romance.

On one hand, Mulholland Drive is a typical Lynch film full of surrealism, symbolism and subtlety, and has a very atmospheric score to tie things together.

But Potter's decision to film it in black and white adds a sharp edge of surrealism that makes it also feel like a classic.

Fans of surrealism, sentimentality, secrets, and self - discovery have something special to look forward to this year.

He was admired by later artists of the Surrealist art movement as a precursor of surrealism.

Double Fine's modern re-imagining of classic adventure gaming logically involves a talking cave, but we're perfectly fine with a spot of surrealism from the mind who brought us the Monkey Island series.

That's not to say that Sunshine is devoid of the series» indelible mark of surrealism, as the aforementioned platforming gauntlets that serve as the bonus stages — where Mario is robbed of F.L.U.D.D. and has to rely on his own abilities — seem to be housed in a bizarre, often pixelated dimension, with random shapes and objects suspended in space in such a way that they feel like a precursor to the Galaxy titles.

It's delightfully weird with hints of surrealism which is what some might expect when a thoroughly Japanese development studio sets a game within a thoroughly American location.

To find out more about the game, the story behind the plot and the growth of surrealism in the games industry, we talked to Vander Cabellero, founder and Creative Director of Minority in an exclusive first interview.

This exhibition sampled artistic production in the wake of a zeitgeist that has rendered the unconscious a derelict playground home to weeds of surrealism.

Certainly, Rothko's forsaking of surrealism freed him to concentrate on his gifts for color and (as Ellsworth Kelly notes in the catalogue) proportion and measure.

Instead, the same seven or eight paintings by well - known Mexican artists from the early 20th century are typically on view, usually in the context of surrealism.

Featuring major artists of different generations, this year's Frieze Film programme explores themes of surrealism, popular myth and the carnivalesque.