Sentences with phrase «paintings set against»

I also enjoyed the gorgeous suite of new paintings set against an atmospheric grey background by Chris Ofili, who is onto something unusually beautiful in his new symbolism.

The installation features a svelte, ladderlike sculpture draped in a coat like painting set against two canvases with nearly identical imagery.

Not exact matches

In her own home, design blogger Michelle Shen of AM Dolce Vita achieved her goal of «a serene and elegant master bedroom» by setting simple white furnishings against the soft wash of ICI Dulux's Silver Cloud gray paint.

Heavy chairs set against industrial walls, luxurious gold flatware, floral paintings reflected by the reception centerpiece, modern invitations paired with classic calligraphy, and the piece de resistance: a -LSB-...]

Along with that there are the quite stunning underground machines of the «Krell» which are again a combination of some fantastic matte painting work set against live action, again the forced perspective really tricks the eye (these sequences look like Duck Dodgers).

Also, to Ms. Taymor's credit, she intelligently provides at times inspired touches such as — stop motion action shots, color tinting in brightly exotic desert shades, finely textured black - and - white sequences, shots of Diego in New York to do the Rockefeller commissioned mural against a lively Dadaist collage of the New York setting, Frida's dream of her hubby as King Kong, a puppet show in the hospital (with the help of the gifted Quay brothers animations of skeletons in the post-accident emergency room — the skeletons were copied from one of Frida's paintings).

All discuss the many layers it takes to bring one complicated scene to life, from actual sets, to actors against bluescreen, costumes, and matt paintings.

The characters, painted in bold colors, are set against backdrops of more natural hues.

Set to the backdrop of the Detroit race riots, the film's opening sequences paint a striking picture of a city in violent chaos, but its broad scope soon gives way to a more focused telling of police brutality against a small group of youths.

The story includes the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and involves murder, mystery, romance and adventure, all set against the backdrop of the ever - changing Europe.

In what is certain to be one of the most talked - about fiction debuts of the year, Yasmin Crowther paints a magnificent portrait of betrayal and retribution set against a backdrop of Iran's tumultuous history, dramatic landscapes, and cultural beauty.

Skagen is dotted with colourful houses, the painted yellow brick set against a cloudless sky of pale blue.

Here you'll find soaring medieval cathedrals; grand country mansions of the aristocracy, filled with paintings, furniture, and tapestries and set in elegantly landscaped grounds; and grim fortified castles, whose gray - stone walls held fast against all challengers.

Cement Pavilions allow you to sit as the audience while the ocean performs against a set of painted sky with African sunshine as a spotlight.

Luxury rooms and suites feature antique furniture and original paintings, set against beautiful fabrics — Pierre Frey, Brunschwig & Fils - Italian marble, Baccarat crystal and period bronzes.

The portrait series «challenges the mythologized art historical role of the Venus and the odalisque in Western painting, setting these tropes against the reality of one of the largest concentrations of sex workers in Africa.»

Using the patterns appearing on objects such as a towel or a quilt as models, and tweaking them subtly but crucially in the transition from decorative source to painting, White's gesture of appropriation is set against a meticulous process of adaptation.

Multiflavors, a 1982 painting by Jean - Michel Basquiat, presents the artist's signature crown set against a background of royal blue shot through with broad swathes of dripping black paint, words and symbols.

Appropriating the format of specific paintings by renowned masters ranging from Titian to Édouard Manet, Wiley often depicts his subjects wearing sneakers, hoodies, and other gear associated with today's hip - hop culture and sets them against ornate decorative backgrounds that evoke earlier eras and cultures.

In this early stage, Pape explored the degree to which she could introduce spatial ambiguity into the notion of painting by making elements of the work three - dimensional and experimenting with either hanging the work flat on the wall or setting it off against it in such a way that it appeared as a hybrid between painting and sculpture.

Robert Motherwell (1915 - 1991) brought light to his paintings through the dualism of his monumental black ovoid forms set against a painted white plane in his Elegies to the Spanish Republic series for which he is most well - known.

In another series, the chevrons became diamonds, his first shaped paintings (1964 - 69), by the simple device of butting one set of chevrons upside down against another, forming a tricky squarish picture hung on the diagonal.

Presented against the gallery's intimate townhouse setting, the large paintings reveal Hantaï's systematic experimentations with how the folds are placed, the consistency of how paint is applied, the use of different layers of colour and ultimately the creation of a formal composition.

These objects are the focal points of Drasler's paintings, but they're set against the sky or rolling farmland, distinctively rendered Drasler's vibrant, geometric style.

More photorealist paintings of young African (African American, Brazilian, or otherwise) men set against ornately patterned, Louis Quatorze - meets - Louis Vuitton backgrounds.

Her first nocturnal painting with an aerial perspective, East River View At Night (1978), inspired an ongoing exploration of the effects of bright lights, reflections, and indistinct objects set against surrounding darkness.

«While his contemporaries Donald Judd and Dan Flavin created work that was machine - made, I see Stella as a modern day John Henry, racing against the machine, brushing paint from one end of the canvas to the other and back again, setting an admirable and competitive pace.»

The beefy pink flesh of dangerous buffoons in white hoods, waving clubs and fat cigars as they cruise about in a pathetic black jalopy, is set against a sky of smoggy blue and rose leavened with the dark flecks of an earlier, painted - over composition — an imperfect foundation as flawed and dynamic as America itself.

In Amir H. Fallah's painting Life's Epic Poem (all works 2017), part of his most recent body of work in the exhibition «A Stranger in Your Home,» an Iranian - American husband and wife are shrouded in sumptuous fabrics in their Beverly Hills home, set against prized possessions.

Birds, butterflies, bees and flowers set against a backdrop of reflective material literally hold a mirror to nature, while gold - toned plexiglas backings on her pollination paintings evoke pollen.

The scene, set against a backdrop of $ 100 bills, was painted in response to what she considers to be government greed, Connor said.

The post-internet-heavy exhibition featured Huxtable's own self - portraits (featuring the artist in head - to - toe body paint and set against surrealist Teletubby landscapes in shades of pastel) and Frank Benson's 3D - printed sculptural rendering of her nude body, cast in a futuristic, metallic sheen.

Since the entire room was painted in white — instruments included — the wall arrangements, with the instruments set against the lines, took on the appearance of minimal drawings that invited to musical reverie.

All this is set against a backdrop which recollects the history of European landscape painting, with the sun shifting through the sky from crisp morning blue to golden evening, granting each stage of the destruction a different pictorial tone.

These paintings are characterized by discreet cloudlike forms of clear, and intense color set against a white or an off - white background.

The central theme in recent paintings is the experience of living in a moment of radical inequality, austerity, and accelerated time, set against the powerful pull of older notions of time, craft, and visual pleasure.

The experience inspired a series of drawings, watercolors, and paintings in which the image of a bull is sometimes indicated directly, other times by abstract vertices of dark brushstrokes set against a brightly colored field.

He should be viewed against the largest painting of his time, not the tat - filled boutique - galleries of St Ives with their Alfred Wallis coaster sets.

Exhibiting works from the height of the artist's fame set against his lesser known paintings will serve to demonstrate the radical departure represented by the Black Pourings.

At the core of the exhibition are a selection of paintings by Francis Bacon set against some unfinished works by the artist - on display in Italy for the very first time - and a selection of photographic and archival material from the artist's studio, presented thanks to a collaboration with the Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane.

, I am making paintings of antique cameras and film equipment set against stark black and white backgrounds.

In his portraits, Thiebaud employs a similar approach, placing his sitters against an expanse of blank, white space, with minimal props and pared - down settings, as in the two paintings Sterling Holloway (1965) and Green Dress (1966/2017).

Farmed fields are depicted as patterned rectangles, slices or squares set against each other in vivid colours such as in the recent painting Fall Fields (2017).

Paintings such as Candle - lit Dinner beautifully conveyed the atmosphere of the subject through the witty interplay of bulbous lights and fat, curving lines, bright monochromatism and lilting shade, the precision of the chicken set against a childlike background of big shapes, overlapping, drawing the eye of the viewer upwards and down and into the picture despite its perverse perspective.

Altered States looks at contemporary artists who explore psychedelia (mostly painting and some constructions with a mix of figuration, geometric and Op imagery) against a back drop of 1960s Op Art, figurative and Color Field paintings, as well as original rock posters from concerts at the Fillmore West, Avalon Ballroom and other San Francisco venues to set the stage and create the mood.

Hung facing the elevators, large - scale paintings by David Salle and Barbara Kruger are set against a backdrop of He Kills Me (1987), an AIDS protest mural by Donald Moffett, showing repeated lithographic images of Ronald Reagan in acerbic, Day - Glo colors.

Her early paintings revolve around a central protagonist: a tomboy heroine engaged in various physical activities associated with youth set against an empty backdrop.

In the oval Bedroom Painting # 21, you might think they are set against abstract elements, but that radical black centre is a curtain, overlapping a green blind, allowing a slither of landscape; and we see yellow flowers, a section of purple wall and a light switch.

The painted numeric dates set against a monochromatic background also call to mind the «Today» series of «date paintings» by conceptualist artist On Kawara.

A contemporary, semi-abstract, original oil painting suggesting dandelion clocks set against a dramatic background which includes tiny speckles of white and silver for a mystical feel.