I asked her if she saw a difference between European figurative painting and its young New York cousins, exemplified by artists like Elizabeth Peyton, with her dreamy, jewel - like
portraits of rocks stars and friends.
The Wrestlers on display here are a continuation of a series Blake has returned to many times since the 1960s, while the Tattooed People are a new take on a recurring theme which he explored in earlier
portraits of rock stars, pin - up girls, and circus acts.
Not exact matches
Fresh from Venice Film Festival and pitched somewhere between romantic drama and erotic thriller, it
stars Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson and Matthias Schoenaerts and is billed as a «dazzling, sensuous
portrait of desire, jealousy and
rock «n» roll under the Mediterranean sun».
Now, timed to coincide with Julia Child's 100th birthday, Spitz offers an admiring
portrait of the woman who became a
rock star in her own world, changing forever the way Americans think about food and cooking.Drawing deeply on...
It stands alongside a huge black and white
portrait of the late Robert «Bob» Nesta Marley O.M., the acclaimed Jamaican - born
rock star who took reggae to the world.
Elizabeth Peyton's upcoming retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery in London features
portraits of friends, celebrities and
rock stars
I feel that the time is ripe to mount an installation or cubby hole featuring small intimate
portraits in my iconic make - up style
of famous female courtesans and concubines from the Belle Epoch to Hollywood's Golden Era plus tiny sculptural art objects similar to my votive bread effigies
of well endowed male hustlers, rent boys which
of course will include some well known names
of mainstream he - man box office
stars and
of the legendary art
rock band The Voluptuous Horror
of Karen Black, «We all monkey down the street.»
Her
portraits of historical figures like Napoleon,
rock stars like David Bowie, and her own friends and lovers are linked through their depiction
of celebrity and the artist's distinctive style
of the idealized, feminized, androgynous male.
And «My
Rock Stars,» a video installation and photo series by Morocco - born, U.K. - based Hassan Hajjaj, offers
portraits of an international array
of musicians (Hajjaj will be at the museum, April 12 at 2 p.m., for a discussion about the exhibit with curator Christa Clarke).
Her
portraits of historical figures like Napoleon,
rock stars like David Bowie, and her own friends and lovers are linked...
Indeed, his virtuoso
portrait art, at times on a par with other 19th - century greats like John Singer Sargent and Thomas Eakins, helped him to become one
of the first «
rock -
star» celebrities
of English figurative painting.