Sentences with phrase «on ekphrasis»

Published as a part of David Zwirner Books's series on ekphrasis, Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter offers an unfiltered look into the provocative mind of Paul Gauguin.

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Paintings and prints frequently carry particular meaning within Petzold's films, as examples of the ancient tradition of ekphrasis, probably none more so than in Phoenix's immediate predecessor Barbara (2012) with its conspicuous Rembrandt print, but likewise in much earlier works like Die Beischlafdiebin (The Sex Thief, 1998) with a Gerard Richter on the wall — another artist conspicuously engaged with multiple forms of peculiarly German afterness.4

Ekphrasis is a literary description of or commentary on a visual work of art (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ekphrasis).

The Exhibition prepared for the Museum's anniversary by the State Hermitage Modern Art Department jointly with the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, focuses on the functioning of ekphrasis in modern video.