Sentences with phrase «reflecting modern influences»

Not exact matches

Easter it is not, but this niche «holiday» does afford an opportunity to reflect on the spiritual influences behind the modern environmental movement.

The modern furnishings reflect local influences and are mostly made of natural fabrics, folkloric patterns, unrefined woods and woven rattan creates a contemporary ethnic feel.

The exhibition, which reflects the gallery's focus on both Modern and contemporary art, will encompass a variety of schools and movements (such as the Cubists and British Modernists) and will feature artists who are contemporaries of, or influenced by, one another.

«Carol John's art reflects her encounters with mainstream modern artists - showing the obvious influence of Guston and other individualists like Marsden Hartley and Alfred Julio Jensen - it also suggests an appreciation of certain «outsider» artists, as with her improvisational approach to composition.

This reflected not only the move towards non-figuration but also influenced the approach to real life, social issues and images of modern life.

Kathy Halbreich, director of Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, writes about the range of influences he absorbed: «From his early drawings rooted in a European Surrealist tradition to his monumental abstract canvases, Motherwell's visual language synthesizes a veritable history of modern painting, reflecting ties to Picasso's early collages, Matisse's color - rich paintings, and the development of American Abstract Expressionism in which he played such a pivotal role».

His subjects reflected Weber's influence as well as that of modern artists, such as Manet, Paul Cezanne, and Picasso.

«Hide / Seek» considers such themes as the role of sexual difference in depicting modern America; how artists explored the fluidity of sexuality and gender; how major themes in modern art — especially abstraction — were influenced by social marginalization; and how art reflected society's evolving and changing attitudes toward sexuality, desire, and romantic attachment.

Art historical categories are not always neat, either in terms of boundaries or linear narrative, and it is in this space between Surrealism and abstraction that we are best able to reflect on the rich influence of Surrealism on modern art.