Sentences with phrase «powerful figurative paintings»

Alongside his familiar abstract constructions are some of his rigorous bronze busts (you'd never guess they were by the same artist) and some powerful figurative paintings.

His powerful figurative paintings highlight the daily lives of black queer men and the difficulties faced by defining one's identity as such in contemporary society.

Not exact matches

The exhibit will include stunning hyper - realistic work by Churchill - Johnson — stark political statement contrasted with delicate, minimalist abstraction by Uyesaka — deeply engaging abstract oils by Scorzelli — dynamic and powerful ceramic insights by Rosenberg - Dent — fanciful, abstract adventures by Lehrer — an unsettling mixed - media installation with video by auto - expressionist, Metrov — striking figurative vs abstract works by Ferris — a lively «abolish blandness» painting by Lytle contrasted with fabulous yarn work from the early 90's — and a pair of McCracken's, always delightful, miniatures.

Artists from Istanbul represented in Double Crescent are Hale Tenger, whose edgy assemblage works, addressing issues of gender and identity, have been exhibited at the biennials in Saõ Paolo, Johannesburg and Istanbul; Ali Kazma, whose powerful videos of people at their occupations have been shown at the Istanbul Biennial; Ayşe Erkmen, whose witty architectural interventions have been featured at Art Basel, the Hamburger Bahnhof and the Sharjah Biennial; Gülsün Karamustafa, a multimedia artist whose research - based installations on subjects such as nomads and refugees have been shown at Documenta, the Salzburger Kunstverein and the Walker Art Center and Nazım Ünal Yılmaz whose large - scale figurative paintings have been exhibited at the Kunsthaus Stade in Germany and Contemporary Istanbul.

Joffe introduces an element of abstraction into her figurative works, evincing a distinct style of painting that draws on bold lines and geometric forms to create powerful human portraits.

Artistically promiscuous, Harvey's work has ranged from highly worked figurative paintings to vital, impastoed oils of nudes delineated by black lines known as his «Readers Wives», playful politicised sculptures as well as a powerful mosaic image of Margaret Thatcher.

Gooding writes: «For Hoyland, it was necessary for paintings to be self - sufficient machines, constructed to convey a powerful charge of visual, mental and emotional energy without recourse to any historically established figurative imagery.

Ginnie Gardner's «Mission» is a powerful freely brushed figurative painting depicting an artist at work.

For me, these powerful paintings also reference Gustav Klimt's decorative patterning and, among contemporary artists, the densely layered figurative collages of Njideka Akunyili Crosby, a Nigerian - born artist who came to the United States at the turn of the century and received a Post-Baccalaureate certificate in 2006 from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where William now leads the MFA Program.

Unfortunately, geometric images can't compare with the beauty of figurative cave art, as exemplified by the powerful bulls in the Lascaux cave paintings or the watching lions in the Chauvet cave paintings.

He created figurative paintings that drew on a vast iconographic repertoire, often inspired by everyday life, and abstract works with a powerful symbolic value, sometimes created by chance through reactions between paint and other products.

As well as Impressionist landscape painting he also produced some excellent figurative painting, including several powerful female nudes (1910 - 14) and numerous portraits.

Powerful brushstrokes and lines, and a vibrant palette provide a precursor to her later figurative paintings, which explore the artist's perception of her own body.

Both works retain some figurative allusions, but they achieve a powerful, abstract flatness, thereby insisting upon their identity as paintings.

The powerful and monumental paintings in Vincent Desiderio's ninth show with Marlborough Gallery since 1993 reveal his continued fascination with the history of figurative art and a mucky pleasure in pushing copious amounts of oil around a surface.

The seventeen new portraits created specifically for the New Museum show continues Lynette Yiadom - Boakye's powerful reinvigoration of figurative painting.

The result was 25 large - scale paintings, combining the figurative and the abstract to powerful emotional effect.

For Hoyland, as for Newman (and Rothko), it was necessary for paintings to be self - sufficient machines, constructed to convey a powerful charge of visual, mental and emotional energy without recourse to any historically established figurative imagery.