Not exact matches
The
evening at Swiss Institute will unfold according to the rituals, choreography and aesthetics of color field
painting and strategy games, in which human - scaled objects become pawns in activating their own
function as sculpture.
The attitude and disposition of these heads is so specific that they
function as portraits,
even though facial features are usually absent, partially obscured, or eclipsed entirely by passages of brushy
paint.
For all intents and purposes, the works
function as
paintings, but referring to them as objects, or
even «things,» feels more appropriate.
Because Singer was trained in sculpture rather than architecture, design, or
even painting, this can be understood as operating in a way similar to how graph paper
functioned for the»60s generation of minimal and conceptual artists.
She's an artist who pushes the medium of
painting in a variety of directions — taking on methods of storytelling that are perhaps more closely linked to the
function of historical or
even religious artworks, as well as print media, as orators.
Even after gaining employment with the former Japanese National Railways, he taught himself to
paint while working, all the while cultivating his unique outlook on the position A-bomb victims found themselves in within society and on discarded and other items that had been unable to retain their original forms and had lost their
function in society due to exposure to radiation in the bombing.
Experiencing a photograph next to a
painting, an audacious distant cousin (such as a heliograph), a sculpture, or
even within much - debated sets of social obligation (journalism)-- each of these scenarios expands the conversation around how photography
functions in specific contexts, both inside and outside gallery spaces.
Sleepbot is an app that emulates the
functions of a sleep tracker band and
paints a vivid picture of your sleep activity through the night, duration of sleep, any movement (tracked via accelerometer), and
even recording any sound that you make (or made in the room) while you're fast asleep.
I was tempted to
even paint over the entire wall altogether, but I still love the
function of it for keeping track of meal planning.