Sentences with phrase «pure abstract sculptures»

The light fixtures, some bulbs turned on, others turned off, can be perceived as pure abstract sculptures, dependent on the viewer's perception of light, shadow and reflection.

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Following this line of thought, the Canadian artist's three - dimensional works and paintings cast him as a pure maker of abstract sculptures and surfaces that supposedly date from early - to mid-1960s Italy.

Referencing the history of painting — especially action painting and abstract expressionism — and drawing on feminism and performance art, Black proposes an expanded idea of sculpture as primarily an intuitive and sensory encounter with pure materiality.

Constantin Brancusi, original name Romanian Constantin Brîncuși, (born February 19, 1876, Hobița, Romania — died March 16, 1957, Paris, France), pioneer of modern abstract sculpture whose works in bronze and marble are characterized by a restrained, elegant use of pure form and exquisite finishing.