Each of the artists involved uses everyday materials in innovative ways to explore and explain the mysterious and beautiful, whether it is the experience of the human body, the properties of light, or the reimagining
of utilitarian materials.
The resulting works push the limits
of their utilitarian materials and challenge the viewer's perceptions.
Not exact matches
Is the biological matter that constitutes a human being so intrinsically devoid
of value and meaning that it is permissible to use this
material for some mundane and
utilitarian purpose?
For all its significance, celluloid had a fairly modest place in the
material world
of the early twentieth century, limited mainly to novelties and small decorative and
utilitarian items, like the comb.
Lol, I don't really that much, but I do kind
of remember sitting through a Survey Of Fashion lecture in college where we discussed the implications and impact of the war on clothing and costume, how garments were made to be more streamlined, simplistic and utilitarian due to such restrictions and limited material
of remember sitting through a Survey
Of Fashion lecture in college where we discussed the implications and impact of the war on clothing and costume, how garments were made to be more streamlined, simplistic and utilitarian due to such restrictions and limited material
Of Fashion lecture in college where we discussed the implications and impact
of the war on clothing and costume, how garments were made to be more streamlined, simplistic and utilitarian due to such restrictions and limited material
of the war on clothing and costume, how garments were made to be more streamlined, simplistic and
utilitarian due to such restrictions and limited
materials.
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of Arts & Design showcases objects that toy with our expectations about a
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Fiber and Form: The Woman's Legacy, focuses on seven female artists who have consistently incorporated the act
of sewing and / or fiber in their two and three dimensional works, celbrating the female artist's inclination to sew and the reinterpretation
of traditional
utilitarian materials including linen, leather, cotton, burlap, and lace.
The physicality and tactility
of the surfaces
of the works — guided by the
materials and processes involved in their creation — offer a uniquely visual experience
of surfaces that desire to be touched and held, replicating the tactile attraction
of their
utilitarian predecessors.
Many
of his works play with the forms
of utilitarian objects and take a «finish fetish» approach to commercial and industrial
materials not typically used by artists
of his generation.
Whether clay tablets,
utilitarian vessels, artifacts
of decorative adornment, or objects for sheer aesthetic reward, ceramic works have contributed to
material culture.
Using a combination
of raw pigment, oil, acrylic, enamel, and spray paint, Lewis makes aggressive impasto paintings on large cardboard substrates, elevating the
utilitarian material through his artistic interventions.
Adopting the language
of abstraction and revolutionary aesthetics, Nolan typically uses a reduced palette
of red and white and simple, inexpensive,
utilitarian materials to create banners, posters, pamphlets, paintings and large - scale installations.
Known for using
utilitarian household items and placing them out
of context, Yang has employed
materials from space heaters to extension cords in her works.
While the structure
of the work references
utilitarian shelving from the mid 20th - century, with its simple
materials and straightforward design, its purpose is quite different.
His employment
of industrial and
utilitarian materials in subversive techniques comment on rapid shift in aesthetic standards and public's response to constant flow
of visual data.
Shut away under layers
of plastic, the studio is typically cramped and
utilitarian and houses a large collection
of art
materials accumulated over 50 years.
As an artist interested in mining the dense marks and language
of the urban environment, married with a concern for contemporary abstract painting, the easiest thing in the world would be to embrace a provisional aesthetic
of rough
materials and
utilitarian supports.
Others provocatively play with our expectations
of wood as a
utilitarian material.
Steve Turner Contemporary is pleased to present Marriage
Material, a solo exhibition by New York - based artist Aaron Aujla in which the artist explores the values that he deems fundamental to effective interior design — the division
of space and the amalgamation
of utilitarian and sculptural ideals.
, you are lying on the floor
of your place looking up, a small draft runs through the room, between the door and the window, and all things seem perfectly still, wind only disturbs concrete in imperceptible ways, or it may take millions
of years to be noticed and, as the air runs through the space, all your plants move and all is animated and all is alive somehow, and here are the thoughts
of all men in all ages and lands, they are not original with me, and that wind upon your plants is the common air that bathes the globe, and we have no ambitions
of universalism, and I'm glad we don't, but the particles
of air bring traces
of pollen and are charged with electricity, desert sand, maybe sea water, and these particles were somewhere else before they were dragged here, and their route will not end by the door
of this house, and if we tell each other stories, one can imagine that they might have been bathed by this same air, regrouped and recombined, recharged as a vehicle for sound, swirling as it moves, bringing the sound
of a drum, like that Kabuki story where a fox recognizes the voice
of its parents as a girl plays a drum made out
of their skin, or any other event, and yet I always felt your work never tells stories, I tend to think that narrative implies a past tense, even if that past was just five seconds ago, one second ago was already the past, and human memory is irrelevant in geological time, plants and fish know not what tomorrow will bring, neither rocks nor metal do, but we all live here now, and we all need visions and we all need dreams, and as long as your metal sculptures vibrate they are always in the Present, and their past is a
material truth alien to narrative, but well, maybe narrative does not imply a past tense at all and they are writing their own story while they gently move and breathe, and maybe nothing was really still before the wind came in, passing through the window as if through an irrational portal to make those plants dance, but everything was already moving and breathing in near complete silence, and if you're focused enough you can feel the pulse
of a concrete wall and you can feel the tectonic movements
of the earth, and you can hear the magma flowing under our feet and our bones crackling like a wild fire, and you can see the light
of fireflies reflected in polished metal, and there is nothing magical about that, it is just the way things are, and sometimes we have to raise our voice because the music is too loud and let your clothes move to a powerful bass, sound waves and bright lights, powerful like the sun, blinding us if we stare for too long, but isn't it the biggest sign
of love, like singing to a corn field, and all acts
of kindness that are not pitiful nor
utilitarian, that are truly horizontal as everything around us is impregnated with the deadliest violence, vertical and systemic, poisonous, and sometimes you just want to feel the sun burning your skin and look for life in all things declared dead, a kind
of vitality that operates like corrosion, strong as the wind near the sea, transforming all things,
He depicts these notions through the use
of found domestic and
utilitarian objects and
materials to form sculptures, drawings, and prints that generate visual puns and cultural overtones, while also aiming to highlight how these objects portray and mimic language, specifically Spanglish — the rhythmic convergence
of two languages spoken in Latin - American homes.
de la Mora's
materials of choice are those often consider waste or residue: collected artifacts and antiques, obsolete mechanical and
utilitarian objects, parts, corporeal matter, architectural scrap.
His stacking and layering
of recognizable,
utilitarian materials renders surprisingly potent forms that invite unexpected associations.
The exhibition explores the uses
of plywood and other
utilitarian materials in art and furniture design.
Through his intervention one's perception
of these
materials is altered fundamentally from their
utilitarian origins.
Shaver uses
utilitarian materials as a force
of transformation, whereby the everyday object is recast as a unique abstraction through a layering
of materials and crafted geometric shapes.
Burri innovatively used the discarded debris
of everyday life and
utilitarian materials such as tar, sheet metal, plastic, and wood which he transformed by tearing and stitching, burning and pulling, giving the appearance that his only intervention was to bring out the natural colors, textures, and shapes already inherent in the
material.
Dutch artist Reus's architectural sculptures — the latest body
of which has been co-commissioned by and shown at the Hepworth Wakefield, SculptureCenter, Westfälischer Kunstverein, and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo — repurpose
utilitarian materials (wire hangers, refrigerators, aluminum pots, steel rods, PVC - coated folding chairs, old food packaging) into structured works that reimagine the objects» original forms and functions.
The latest in the Hayward Gallery's traveling series
of shows curated by British contemporary artists (a program initiated in 1991, when Deanna Petherbridge installed The Primacy
of Drawing: An Artist's View), Leckey's exhibition draws on a wide range
of material, both historical and contemporary,
utilitarian and artistic to consider the «magical world
of new technology.»
The works create an intriguing tension around the questions
of using so much
material for these nonfunctional objects that masquerade in the form
of almost
utilitarian objects.
The
material nature
of the works exhibited implies a
utilitarian purpose, challenging the boundaries between sculpture and molds, object and meaning, strength and fragility, the organic and the mechanical.
«At first glance my work my appear oddly familiar or
utilitarian,» says Holmes in her artist statement, «but on closer inspection
of the
materials and their re-contextualization, the viewer may need to reconsider initial ideas as they discover more layers
of meaning.»
Using
utilitarian craft
materials, Kate Terry's practice mimics the strategies
of hobbyists and the manners
of a do - it - yourself sensibility.
Quirky sheds like this remind us that with a bit
of creativity, re-used
materials and resourcefulness, it's possible to build a shed that thinks out
of the box and yet remains true to its
utilitarian roots.
1 Don't limit yourself to
utilitarian storage boxes; consider ones made
of luxe
materials such as horn, ceramic or wood.
Unusual metals, such as brass, copper and pewter, and
utilitarian materials, such as poured concrete, tap into the trend for muted colour palettes, as well as providing a layer
of texture in even the sleekest
of schemes.