Sentences with phrase «on a monumental scale using»

Magdalena Abakanowicz also works on a monumental scale using rope and fiber in impressive geometric, circular shapes.

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Working on a monumental scale the artist Gordon Matta - Clark, from whose work the gallery takes its name, similarly redefined architecture in the 1970s, using massive slicings and excisions to suggest, among other things, the instability of the concept of property and the ephemerality of what we call real estate.

The most ubiquitous media used by Socialist Realist artists was the poster, although painting and sculpture was also produced, typically on a monumental scale, showing fearless individuals and groups in idealistic and heroic poses.

This method has been used in FROZEN YOUTH to amplify the young mans face to a monumental scale: a deliberate act of confrontation on the part of Gilbert & George.

The eleven artists juxtapose divergent approaches in conversation with each other, reflecting on primal questions consuming artists over the millennia: Elliot Arkin's conceptual use of web - based commerce spins an absurdist view on the commodification of artists; Babette Bloch's stainless steel reassessments of nature and artistic precedent limn positives and negatives through light; Christopher Carroll Calkins's street photography captures moments of under - the - radar narratives; Valentina DuBasky's acrylic and marble dust works on paper and plaster are a contemporary comment on the prehistory of art; Gabriel Ferrer's performance - like in - the - moment sumi - ink drawings on handmade paper reflect on memory and personal narrative; Christopher Gallego's realist, pure light - filled oil painting elevates the ordinariness of an artist's space to visual poetry; Ana Golici, in pergamano and collage, takes inspiration from 17th Century female naturalist, entomologist and botanical illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian to explore questions of science, nature and objective truth; Emilie Lemakis's monumental amplification of an ancient Greek krater employs scale to upend perceptions for the viewer's reconsideration; Mark Mellon's bronzes address the oppositions of movement and stillness; the alchemy of Michael Townsend's uncontrolled poured acrylic paintings equate the properties of materials with the turbulence of the universe; Jessica Daryl Winer's engagement with luminous color and choreographic line reflects in visual resonance the sonic history of a musical instrument.

Walking in the landscape is the basis of Long's practice but over the past 40 years he has extended his concerns to encompass photographic and text - based work, sculptures made in stone and wood, small - scale works using handprints and fingerprints on paper and driftwood, and monumental wall drawings made using mud and clay.

Highlights include: Flags I Jasper Johns» richly layered 1973 screenprint, presenting an iconic image within the artist's oeuvre in its most striking graphic form; a monumental screenprint on linen, Océanie, la mer, Henri Matisse's largest scale editioned piece and a brilliant example of his use of «cut - outs»; Andy Warhol's beloved Flowers, a powerful wall of color that is his 1970 portfolio of 10; and Baby Charles Looking Over His Mother's Shoulder (No. 2), Mary Cassatt's unique pastel counterproof, portraying the artist's extraordinary ability to capture maternal love.

Weber uses cardboard as her medium (sometimes cast in bronze for public projects) and achieves beauty from the quotidian on a monumental scale that is both humble and spectacular at the same time.

This led her to create works on a more monumental scale, for which she used the garden as a viewing area.