Sentences with phrase «pioneering figure»

A pioneering figure is someone who is one of the first to do something new, innovative, or significant in a specific field or area. They are known for leading the way, breaking barriers, and often inspiring others to follow in their footsteps. Full definition
Comprising choreography for three dancers and a musical composition for two pianos, Bachzetsis's performance positions the female body as a technological form caught between animism and automatism, with a physical and visual vocabulary drawn from tarantism, classic Northern Soul dancing, Dada and Surrealism, and the movements of pioneering figures in dance, including Trisha Brown and Simone Forti.
Alexander Gray Associates participates in Focus at Frieze New York art fair, spotlighting recent work by pioneering figures of the Feminist Art Movement: Joan Semmel, Lorraine O'Grady, and Harmony Hammond.
Joan Semmel, Lorraine O'Grady, Harmony Hammond Focus Section, Booth A1 Randall's Island, New York, NY Alexander Gray Associates participated in Frieze New York 2013 art fair, spotlighting recent work by pioneering figures of the Feminist Art Movement: Joan Semmel, Lorraine O'Grady, and Harmony Hammond.
The gallery represents a diverse, international group of artists working in all mediums including pioneering figures who emerged in the mid-20th Century such as Robert Watts, Agnes Denes, Michelle Stuart and Kunié Sugiura, and established younger artists such as Amy Cutler, Laurel Nakadate, Malerie Marder, Dean Byington and Ian Davis.
Ardent Nature: Arshile Gorky Landscapes, 1943 — 47 is the first book to explore nature's central role in establishing the singular voice of this truly pioneering figure in abstract expressionism.
Historically, he contends that a truly scientific study of religion first emerged, with great intellectual promise, in the closing years of the 19th century It was shaped by pioneering figures like F. Max Muller in England, C. P. Tiele and P. D. Chantepie de la Saussaye in the Netherlands, and Morris Jastrow in the United States.
He will stand among the great pioneering figures of the past, and his sayings and parables will continue to inspire those who take the trouble to search them out.
ABOUT PETER GARIS Pioneer figure of Greek online film criticism.
Revealing foundational moments in art through pioneering figures from across the world, Spotlight features positions beyond the Western tradition, surveys of under - recognized artists and rarely seen work by iconic figures of the avant - garde.
Works by pioneering figures such as the architectural collective Ant Farm, visionary architect R. Buckminster Fuller and artists Joseph Beuys, Agnes Denes, Hans Haacke and Robert Smithson are presented alongside works by a younger generation including Simon Starling, Luke Fowler, Heather and Ivan Morison, R&S ie (n) and Philippe Rahm.
Bayrle is an influential and pioneering figure whose work has been featured in seminal international exhibitions (Documenta 3, 6 and 13, the 50th Venice Biennale, etc.).
The collector also inserts tidbits throughout the book about her encounters with pioneering figures, including artists Alma Thomas and Jacob Lawrence and photographers James VanDerZee and Gordon Parks.
It was during this period that both Cage and Guston were living near each other, and a range of the other pioneering figures of the day, in New York.
The 20 or so artists in the show, almost half of them women, are an eclectic and uncategorizable lot, though three — Vito Acconci, 73; Yvonne Rainer, 78; and Jack Smith (1932 - 89)-- can be counted pioneer figures.
Comprising choreography for three dancers and a musical composition for two pianos, Alexandra Bachzetsis's performance positions the female body as a technological form caught between animism and automatism, with a physical and visual vocabulary drawn from tarantism, classic Northern Soul dancing, Dada and Surrealism, and the movements of pioneering figures in dance, including Trisha Brown and Simone Forti.
As the work of many African - American abstractionists is only recently coming into the spotlight, this important book on Alma Thomas profiles a truly pioneering figure.
The exhibition will bring together significant works by pioneering figures, such as Louise Bourgeois, David Hammons, and Gordon Matta - Clark, alongside works by established and emerging artists, including David Altmejd, Walead Beshty, Katharina Grosse, Jacqueline Humphries, Corey McCorkle, Henrique Oliveira, Barry Underwood, William Villalongo, Rachel Whiteread, and Haegue Yang.
A rare female business executive in the Middle East, she is a pioneering figure in her native Saudi Arabia.
Her story is in many ways perfect for a pioneering figure.
Christine has been a pioneering figure in Australia's animal protection movement, founding Animal Liberation in 1976 and co-founding Animals Australia in 1980.
Nicola Adams is a pioneering figure in women's boxing and she entered the Olympics with pressure on her shoulders after winning in London.
Montague has been a pioneering figure in this field, which he coined computational psychiatry.
For those blissfully unaware, Tonya Harding was a pioneering figure skater who overcame much to succeed in the world of her sport, only to have her career come crashing down with the attack on fellow competitor Nancy Kerrigan.
Though initially trained as a value investor, Fisher was later a pioneering figure in the budding field of growth investing, targeting companies with extensive presences in the research and development fields.
Silver has been a pioneering figure in the realm of holistic veterinary medicine since the 1980s.
Jonas, a pioneering figure in video and performance art, occupied the entirety of the Pavilion's five galleries with a new video installation involving drawings and sculptural elements.
The AAM's 2017 — 18 Gabriela and Ramiro Garza Distinguished Artist in Residence, Cheryl Donegan, is a pioneering figure in contemporary conceptual art.
Joe Tilson, one of the pioneering figures of British Pop art in the early 1960s has a new exhibition, in Henley - on - Thames Oxfordshire.
The Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major retrospective in 40 years of British artist Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 — 2005), widely considered to be one of the most dynamic and irreverent British artists of the 20th century and a pioneering figure in the Pop - Art movement.
An influential and pioneering figure, German artist Thomas Bayrle (b. 1937 lives and works in Frankfurt) has been an important reference for several generations of artists, both through his
«Her work incorporates diverse influences and artistic traditions that make her a pioneering figure in American art, and we are thrilled to galvanize renewed interest in her work and life to introduce her unique vision to a broad public.»
More Love's inspiration comes from the work of Felix Gonzalez - Torres, the pioneering figure who profoundly reworked the viewer's relationship to the art object by dismantling the restrictions imposed on the artist, the viewer, and the object in traditional installations.
«A pioneering figure in what is often referred to as the Light and Space movement in Los Angeles during the 1960s and 1970s, Doug Wheeler is noted for his innovative constructions and installations that manipulate the perception and experience of space, volume, and light.
Willem de Kooning was a pioneering figure of Abstract Expressionism, one of the most influential champions of the dynamic, process - driven painting that brought New York to the center of the art world in the 1940s and 1950s.
Alongside these pioneering figures, the exhibition also showcases works by a younger generation, including Anne Collier, Roe Ethridge and Steven Shearer, whose interests reflect those of their predecessors, whilst also presenting their own unique take on appropriation.
Recognized in the field of art today are some radically trail - blazing paths taken by the pioneering figures of American Postmodern Dance — most notably Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer — an area of research close to Minimal Art.
The Korean - American artist Nam June Paik was a pioneering figure in multimedia art.
Charles Atlas is a pioneering figure in film and video.
Lichtenstein, along with Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg, was a pioneer figure in the American Pop Art movement, which celebrated popular and commercial imagery.
Charles Atlas is a pioneering figure in film and video who for decades has stretched the limits of his medium in collaborations with Marina Abramovic, Yvonne Rainer, Antony and the Johnsons, and Merce Cunningham.
Moody became a pioneering figure, and in 1989 his work introduced the Hayward Gallery's landmark exhibition The Other Story.
Later, in art history textbooks, Mr. Stella would be acknowledged as a pioneering figure who pushed Abstract Expressionism into the shade and inaugurated the Minimalist movement of the»60s.
Anne Truitt in her Twining Court studio, Washington, DC, 1962 Photo by John Gossage October 8, 2009 — January 3, 2010 The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden presents the first retrospective of the work of Anne Truitt (1921 — 2004), a pioneering figure in the development of American abstract art.
While one of the most important artists of the postwar period and a pioneering figure within the field of abstract painting, Ryman's drawings, and their profound significance within his practice, have never been examined before in a focused exhibition.
The 1960's proved to be the decade that produced work of prime significance in Warhol's career, with brand name American products, such as Campbell's Soup Cans, 1962, and Brillo Box (Soap Pads), 1964, which solidified Warhol's place as one of the pioneering figures of emerging Pop art.
Willem de Kooning (b. 1904, Rotterdam, Netherlands; d. 1997, East Hampton, New York) is a pioneering figure of Abstract Expressionism and one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.
Maud Sulter: Passion at Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow: an exhibition of the Scottish - Ghanian artist, writer and curator; a pioneering figure in the field of black women visual representation.
His art covers a range of mediums working with video, sculpture, installation, performance and painting, and he has been known as a pioneering figure in new media since the 1970s.
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