"Plexiglas" is a type of clear plastic material that resembles glass.
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Angel gave us a play by play of his approach, commencing with a large - scale, representational oil painting
on Plexiglas installed on the wall.
Although he had previously examined the qualities of an open box form, the works created for Baden - Baden display a distinct systematic approach in determining the interior space of each box, which Judd divided vertically in different spatial configurations, sometimes introducing color through the use of anodized elements or sheets
of Plexiglas in blue, black, or amber.
Long Key Florida 1977 72 Kneaded eraser sculptures on vintage postcard on board, framed
in plexiglas box unique 40.6 x 45.7 cms / 16 x 18 ins ARG # WIH1977 - 004 Hannah Wilke Collection & Archive, Los Angeles.
On the other hand, Rachel Lachowicz's construction of
Plexiglas boxes filled with blue cosmetic powder seemed to create an interesting kind of surrogate for nonrepresentational painting.
Pascal's Iron (detail), 2010 15 C - prints face - mounted
with Plexiglas on aluminum panels 22 1/4 x 14 inches each panel 56.52 x 35.56 cm each panel
No eternity, only recognition of self delay, 2013; c - print, UV printed matboard and acrylic on metallic paper in
Plexiglas frame; 22.5 x 16.5 x 1.25 inches
Two large
Plexiglas sculptures of an unprecedented scale for the artist share the space with a more ethereal group of works.
Early recognition came due to her series of
Plexiglas cases housing fluorescent light bulbs.
In his Wichita exhibition, Television, Odita will work on
colored Plexiglas surfaces, utilizing their reflective properties in his energetic compositions.
Through this piece, with each of its six stacked steel boxes framing a different colored
Plexiglas sheet, Judd boldly declares himself a descendant to Suprematist ideas of pure form.
Influenced by minimalism, in 1964 Smithson declared his quasi-minimal sculptures made from industrial materials of metal and
mirrored Plexiglas as his «mature» works, distancing himself from his early expressionistic paintings and drawings.
This show at Dia offers the chance for younger people to come in and see what it looked like to paint
using Plexiglas in the 70s, for example.
One large room is dedicated to live spiders, both in small,
transparent Plexiglas boxes and in big, open terraria.
One such application is an artificial cornea that Yee's group aims to construct from poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA), familiar to many by trade names such
as Plexiglas ® and Lucite ®.
She first gained attention in the mid -»60s with white, shaped - canvas monochromes and light box - like constructions made
from Plexiglas and fluorescent lights.
Rabbits housed outdoors should be confined in roomy wire cages with
Plexiglas covering about one - half of the floor's surface area.
Other accessions include a mixed media piece called Ornithology by Stella Waitzkin, an abstract painting by Irene Rice Pereira, and a
red plexiglas sculpture by Washington artist Mimi Herbert.
In his latest experiments, Marco Maggi pushes drawing to another dimension: the line is freed from the single plane and travels onto the six faces of
Plexiglas cubes.
Adult fish move into a sort of high - rise fish city, with hundreds of
clear Plexiglas tanks stacked, barcoded and labeled with the mutation of the fish inside.
Imagine living in a cell with
Plexiglas walls where the lights don't go out.
The reflective black
Plexiglas surface acts as a mirror to our participation in the narrativization of history with its opacity suggesting the impossibility of either idealizing this history or separating out its place in the lineage of contemporary techniques of picturing the world through satellite imagery and global communication.
In a sand - filled
Plexiglas tank in the lab, they constructed a miniature cross section of the sea's shore.
As if floating on the gallery walls, Tom Henderson's works are composed of
coloured Plexiglas panels, partially covered with oil paint, each supported by an aluminium armature which projects through the surface.
Objects such as «Self Portrait as Another Person» (1965), «Thinking Woman Dreaming of Escape» (1965) and «Giggling Machine, Self Portrait as a Blonde» (1968)-- sculptural masks of wax, sometimes with recorded sound, boxed
into Plexiglas containers — develop the idea of woman as invented persona.
Remove glass - top coffee tables or replace glass with
Plexiglas ®, and pad sharp edges on tables and furniture.
Discussion stick with a cool head 2014 vacuum -
formed Plexiglas, cast polyester resin, bronze rod, marble, wood, wood putty, acqua resin, acrylic paint 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 24 inches
The bronzes are shown alongside casts of contemporary firearms from the Armories» collection and a group of new mixed - media figures trapped inside multicolored
Plexiglas vitrines.
The stereo, soundproofing, and air conditioning is ripped out, replaced with nothing but fixed
Plexiglas windows, a fire suppression system, and single seat with a six - point harness.
To test the bees» capacity for learning string pulling, they were presented with three artificial blue flowers with a string attached to each flower and placed under a small transparent
Plexiglas table.
From 2006 to 2008, Ackermann experimented with collage, sandwiching layers of fabric, spray paint, paper, ink, tempera and other materials
between Plexiglas sheets.
KEY PRODUCT POINTS Giclée print with
Plexiglas front and black matte wood frame.
Augmenting them with make - up, wigs, glass eyes, as well as interactive sensors and audio components to simulate bodily processes and reactions, Hershman Leeson, like Thek, also encased her modular body parts in materials
like Plexiglas or recycled them into site - specific installations, plugging the figures into larger cultural narratives about power, technology and gender.
In the main space, on
large Plexiglas fitted with a clear handle are images of two microphones — one more mangled than the other — and ghostly feet.
This object consists of a floor box with stainless steel ends, translucent coloured
plexiglas top and sides, a stainless steel inner «tube» and no bottom (repr.
In the mid-1960s, she produced white monochromes on shaped canvases and
Plexiglas constructions illuminated by fluorescent light bulbs.
Stefan Kappe sticks his left hand into a mosquito -
filled Plexiglas box and watches the bugs feed furiously on his blood.
A stack with
amber Plexiglas tops and bottoms has a core that seems flooded with burnished light.
But the most startling display may be the one in his living room: He has mixed works from his approximately 200 - piece collection — a comically large bright pink rubber phallus by Sarah Lucas; unusual drawings by Paul Thek in
yellow Plexiglas frames; a heavy, stone - patterned gray canvas by Peter Halley; an upright cannon by Valentin Carron; an array of silk screens by the reclusive Cady Noland — with a resin prototype of his first tree.
In the past decade Braman has become known for painted sculptural structures which breathe new energy into humble artifacts from life at home and on the road ---- used furniture, car hoods, and wooden doors ---- with rich colors of spray paint or planes of
cut Plexiglas.
Working in New York City during the «60s, Paul Thek became famous for his series Technological Reliquaries, also known as «Meat Pieces,» unsavory wax sculptures of meat and human limbs enclosed in
Plexiglas display cases.
Two outstanding and seldom - seen untitled works by Judd at Meier, a 1965 floor box with fluorescent pink
Plexiglas sides and a long red - and - violet wall piece from 1969, remind us how his sculpture frequently injects color aggressively into interior space.
Adhering to his own admonition to eschew any form of artistic illusion and artificially contrived space, in works like Untitled (Hernandez 94.2)(6 units of Cor - Ten steel with
green Plexiglas, 1994) or Untitled (anodized aluminum and brass, 1974) that were also influenced by the Russian Constructivists, Judd highlighted the idea that structure could stand on its own absent any measure of configurational or compositional hierarchy.
His colorful
Plexiglas structures are often beautiful, and his writings are layered and thought - provoking.