Sentences with phrase «point for a black artist»

By now, it should be a moot point for a black artist — but it's not.»

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The movie's got everything from slapstick comedy, to jack - in - the - box spooks, to 17 - year - old Wynona Rider wearing gothic - black attire and it was an essential starting point for many of Hollywood's finest working artists today.

In Östlund's international breakthrough, Force Majeure, a father's duty to protect his family paled in the face of his impulse for self - preservation, and The Square draws an even more pointed contrast between high - flown ideals and baser instincts, not least via a long and uncomfortable scene where guests at a black - tie dinner party are amused and then menaced by a performance artist all - too - convincingly mimicking a wild ape.

While certainly all of the leading artists who were part of the abstract expressionist movement were involved with color at various points in their career, many of the important masterworks of the movement — such as those by Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Robert Motherwell, and key series by Willem de Kooning and Barnett Newman — are notable for their lack of strong color in favor of black and white.

A few older works are also on display as points of reference, including a tar painting on glass from 1948, and a few of his «outrenoir» («blackbeyond») works — entirely black paintings with reflective surfaces from the 1980s, for which the artist is best known.

Her work has been included in group exhibitions such as «SoundSpill,» Zabludowicz Collection, New York (2013), «With the Tip of a Hat,» the Artist's Institute, New York (2012), «Novel,» a screening for Time Again hosted by the Sculpture Center, New York (2011), «Outrageous Fortune: artists remake the Tarot,» Hayward Touring / Focal Point Gallery, Southend (2011), and «The Great White Way Goes Black,» Vilma Gold, London (2011).

Painting walls, floor and most of seven sculptural tableaux a medium gray, Pictures Generation artist Barbara Bloom transforms David Lewis into a monochrome stage set, echoing the vintage black - and - white photographs of actors and literary figures that constitute the starting point for each of her works.

In terms of contemporary updates to conceptualism, few have provided as pointed a critique as Adam Pendleton's Black Dada series, which mines the artist's archive for material from which to create dense mediations on race and identity.

Benjamin, a multidisciplinary artist whose installations are a meditation on the color black as an entry point into discussions of identity, race and masculinity and the exploration of the complexities of racial identity, received a $ 25,000 cash award and a two - week residency at The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences.

Based in Bali for more than two decades, the Italian artist Filippo Sciascia is widely known for Lux Lumina, an ongoing series of almost black and white figurative paintings, based on photographic and cinematic sources; their impasto surfaces heavily worked by the painter, who runs a dazzling gamut of painterly techniques, to the point the painting's skin cracks and tears so skillfully by intuitive calculation that its disintegration seems to be instigated from the inside out.

The artist used Spain's tragic social and political conflict as a starting point for the creation of what has become his hallmark, a dramatic series of images relying consistently on the contrast of ovals and rectangles and black and white.

9:30 AM — NOON Data as Art Medium Chair: Jeff Thompson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Data and Its Expression George Legrady, University of California, Santa Barbara From Kandinsky to the Database (Point, Line, Plane: Variable, Array, Table) Brian Evans, University of Alabama Web as Index and Archive Penelope Umbrico, Bard College and School of Visual Arts Art that Decodes: Making Sense of Data Process Heidi May, Emily Carr University of Art and Design and University of British Columbia 12:30 PM — 2:00 PM CAA Services to Artists Committee Making a Living as an Artist: With or Without a Gallery Chair: Sharon Louden, Louden Studio Sharon Butler, Eastern Connecticut State University William Carroll, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Peter Drake, New York Academy of Art Ed Winkleman, Winkleman Gallery 2:30 — 5:00 PM CAA Services to Artists Committee Be Our Guest: Time and Space to Create at Artist Residencies Chair: Caitlin Strokosch, Alliance of Artists Communities Kathy Black, Vermont Studio Center Linda Marston - Reid, Bellagio Center Margaret Murphy, Fine Arts Work Center Mario Caro, Res Artis

Although this room has been specially created for the Miro show, a very similar yellow and black dotted pumpkin chamber was first shown in Europe when Kusama represented Japan at the 1993 Venice Biennale, with the elderly artist parading around the Giardini in matching spotted robes and a pointed, polka - dot witches» hat.

The performances, along with new work by the Philadelphia performance artist Martha McDonald, mark a sort of turning point for Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center.

Soul of a Nation can be seen as a primer for the diverse methods of address used by Black artists in their work, and the exhibition's wall text describes this polyphony as a common point of historical contention.

New York and North Adams, Massachusetts, Drift of Summer, RM Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Observe / Recognize, Berlin Gallery at Legends Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2010 Collision, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island Lush Life, Invisible Exports Gallery, New York, New York Everyday Mystics, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, California Vantage Point, Recent Acquisitions, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington DC Raw State, Shelby Street Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico New Paintings, Staley Wise Gallery, New York, New York Alluring Subversions, Timken Art Center, California College of The Arts, San Diego, California Currents, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado organized by Cicely Cullen 2009 On Stellar Rays, Lover, New York, New York, organized by Kate Gilmore and Candice Madey Signs Taken For Wonders, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York, organized by Isolde Brielmaier, Surveillance, Affirmation Arts, New York, New York, organized by Rachel Vancellete Solution, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas, organized by Janet Phelps Eiteljorg Museum, Recent Acquisitions, Eiteljorg 2008 - 09 Fellows, Indianapolis, Indiana The Banality of Good, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, organized by Chris Christion Currents, Metro Visual Arts Center, Denver, Colorado, organized by Cicely Cullen Relevant, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, New York, organized by Amerinda 2008 Blueballs, Production Fund LAB, New York, New York, organized by Jackie Saccoccio Visions, Flushing Town Hall Projects, Flushing, New York, organized by Omar Lopez - Chahoud Voices of the Mound, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, curated by Linda Lomahaftewa - Singer Kentler International Drawing Space and Long Island University, Native Voices, New York, New York 516 Arts, Cautionary Tales, Albuquerque, New Mexico, curated by Holly Roberts Jersey City Museum, 1 × 1 Project, Shameless, Jersey City, New Jersey, curated by Rocio Aranda Alvarez Circa Art Fair, Puerto Rico, with Samson Projects Volta 4, Basel, Switzerland, with Samson Projects 2007 SONOTUBE, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California, curated by Miki Garcia Off The Map, The National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York, curated by Kathleen Ash - Milby New England School of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts, organized by Charles Giuliano Postmillennial Black Madonna (in two parts): Paradise @ MoCADA, and Inferno @ Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Newark Open 2007, Newark, New Jersey, organized by Omar Lopez - Chahoud 2006 The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, No Reservations, Ridgefield, Connecticut, curated by Richard Klein Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Paperworks, Los Angeles, California, curated by Daria Brit Shapiro Westport Arts Center, BROOKLYN, Westport, Connecticut, curated by Amy Simon State University of New York, Paumanoka, Stony Brook, New York, curated by Stephanie Dinkins The Jersey City Museum, Tropicalisms, Jersey City, New Jersey, curated by Rocio Aranda - Alvarado ARCO, Madrid, Spain, with Samson Projects MACO Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico with Samson Projects 2005 Le Désert de Retz, Massimo Audiello, New York, New York, curated by David Hunt Alona Kagan Gallery, From the Root to the Fruit, New York, New York, curated by David Hunt Out of Bounds, Wave Hill, Glyndor Gallery, Bronx, New York, curated by Jennifer McGregor Evolving Pattern, New Jersey State University, Jersey City, New Jersey, organized by Midori Yoshimoto Play, Iandor Fine Arts, Newark, New Jersey, curated by Jomo Jelani Heywood Artists Alliance AIR Exhibition, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, New York 2004 The Urge That Binds, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts Jersey City Museum, Jersey (New), Jersey City, New Jersey, curated by Dr. Rocio Aranda New American Talent, The Jones Art Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas, selection by Jerry Saltz The Space Between Words, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, curated by Judith Page Timeless / Timeliness, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, curated by Dominique Nahas Super Salon, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts, curated by Camilo AlvaFor Wonders, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, New York, organized by Isolde Brielmaier, Surveillance, Affirmation Arts, New York, New York, organized by Rachel Vancellete Solution, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas, organized by Janet Phelps Eiteljorg Museum, Recent Acquisitions, Eiteljorg 2008 - 09 Fellows, Indianapolis, Indiana The Banality of Good, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, organized by Chris Christion Currents, Metro Visual Arts Center, Denver, Colorado, organized by Cicely Cullen Relevant, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, New York, organized by Amerinda 2008 Blueballs, Production Fund LAB, New York, New York, organized by Jackie Saccoccio Visions, Flushing Town Hall Projects, Flushing, New York, organized by Omar Lopez - Chahoud Voices of the Mound, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, curated by Linda Lomahaftewa - Singer Kentler International Drawing Space and Long Island University, Native Voices, New York, New York 516 Arts, Cautionary Tales, Albuquerque, New Mexico, curated by Holly Roberts Jersey City Museum, 1 × 1 Project, Shameless, Jersey City, New Jersey, curated by Rocio Aranda Alvarez Circa Art Fair, Puerto Rico, with Samson Projects Volta 4, Basel, Switzerland, with Samson Projects 2007 SONOTUBE, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California, curated by Miki Garcia Off The Map, The National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York, New York, curated by Kathleen Ash - Milby New England School of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts, organized by Charles Giuliano Postmillennial Black Madonna (in two parts): Paradise @ MoCADA, and Inferno @ Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, New York Newark Open 2007, Newark, New Jersey, organized by Omar Lopez - Chahoud 2006 The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, No Reservations, Ridgefield, Connecticut, curated by Richard Klein Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Paperworks, Los Angeles, California, curated by Daria Brit Shapiro Westport Arts Center, BROOKLYN, Westport, Connecticut, curated by Amy Simon State University of New York, Paumanoka, Stony Brook, New York, curated by Stephanie Dinkins The Jersey City Museum, Tropicalisms, Jersey City, New Jersey, curated by Rocio Aranda - Alvarado ARCO, Madrid, Spain, with Samson Projects MACO Art Fair, Mexico City, Mexico with Samson Projects 2005 Le Désert de Retz, Massimo Audiello, New York, New York, curated by David Hunt Alona Kagan Gallery, From the Root to the Fruit, New York, New York, curated by David Hunt Out of Bounds, Wave Hill, Glyndor Gallery, Bronx, New York, curated by Jennifer McGregor Evolving Pattern, New Jersey State University, Jersey City, New Jersey, organized by Midori Yoshimoto Play, Iandor Fine Arts, Newark, New Jersey, curated by Jomo Jelani Heywood Artists Alliance AIR Exhibition, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York, New York 2004 The Urge That Binds, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts Jersey City Museum, Jersey (New), Jersey City, New Jersey, curated by Dr. Rocio Aranda New American Talent, The Jones Art Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas, selection by Jerry Saltz The Space Between Words, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, curated by Judith Page Timeless / Timeliness, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, curated by Dominique Nahas Super Salon, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts, curated by Camilo Alvafor Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas, selection by Jerry Saltz The Space Between Words, Kean University, Union, New Jersey, curated by Judith Page Timeless / Timeliness, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, curated by Dominique Nahas Super Salon, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts, curated by Camilo Alvafor Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey, curated by Dominique Nahas Super Salon, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts, curated by Camilo Alvarez

ECVAN includes Aid & Abet, Cambridge; Art Exchange at The University of Essex; Bedford Creative Arts; Black Barn Project Space, Norfolk; Deborah Smith Projects; Departure Lounge, Luton; Focal Point Gallery, Southend; Kettle's Yard, Cambridge; Norwich Castle Museum; Outpost, Norwich; Smiths Row, Bury St Edmunds; The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich; The Minories Galleries, Colchester; UH Galleries, University of Hertfordshire; freelance artists and curators.