Sentences with phrase «respected of all living artists»

This exhibition offers a very complete survey of the lifework of one of the most generally respected of all living artists, who now have a very long career behind him.

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I am a artist, an enturpreneur, a mother, and a grandmother, a friend, and a lover of life as it comes... Trust and respect have been so long lost that you spend more time testing one another, making each other prove yourselves, finding reasons to doubt each other, and vying for control...

Xiu Xiu: The Sent - Down Girl hasn't always received the same critical respect as the»90s other major films about the Cultural Revolution, in part because it was harmfully assumed that director Joan Chen — who was and still is best known to the Western world for her playing Josie Packard in Twin Peaks — was not a «serious» artist whose work deserved to be considered in the same breath as that of Tian Zhuangzhuang (The Blue Kite) or Zhang Yimou (To Live).

Magicians aren't supposed to reveal their secrets, but this compelling documentary provides plenty of insight into the life and career of Richard Turner, a «card mechanic» who has become one of the most respected sleight - of - hand artists in the world despite being totally blind.

Best Documentary: Marwencol, directed by Jeff Malmberg (USA, 2010) Jury Statement: «For its ingenious, organic storytelling and respect for its subject, the documentary jury recognizes a complex and multi-layered portrait of a survivor and artist which comes to life thanks to an amazing level of trust between filmmaker and subject that allows director Jeff Malmberg to bring his audience deep into the fascinating and very private world that is Marwencol.»

Amit (Zohar Shtrauss) is in his late 20s and feeling a distinct sense of malaise, apparently unwilling to take the next step in life; Namma (Tali Sharon) is struggling to keep her personal life a secret from her family, and mother Smadi (Sandra Sade) is finally getting a shot at becoming a respected artist.

Although the artists commissioned to take on spaces in Hospital Rooms are at different stages in their careers (from exciting young artists near the beginning of their careers to internationally renowned and respected artists), they are all people who are thoughtful of the spaces and the people that live in the units.

Because Leon Golub was a widely known and respected artist and yet often found himself in a contested situation, his incredibly impressive vitae belied by anecdotal knowledge of disrespectful treatment of him and his work to the end of his life and by review of some important American museum permanent collections and exhibition records.

Although Rauschenberg's motivation for taking the photos is unknown, these images present an evocative portrait of de Kooning's work environment, as though Rauschenberg wished to capture a glimpse of the inner life and working methods of an artist he greatly respected.

Over the years, the League has remained focused on the founding principles of the first class: emphasizing the importance of artistic creativity, maintaining the greatest respect for artists who devote their lives to art, and educating students in the process of making art in an environment in which anyone who wishes to pursue an art education can realize his or her full potential.

Jaime Franco — a young abstract artist who lives and works in Colombia — is neither reverent nor cynical with respect to achievements of postwar painting.

Cho is one of his country's most respected living artists, but this is his first European solo show.

The Malaysian - born, London - based artist uses the overly precious setting of the gallery space to pull objects — cooking utensils, kitchen fittings, plastic tubs, sheets of jute, etc — out of their utilitarian context in such a way as to force viewers to think about them as discrete objects, or things in and of themselves, while in the process challenging the assumptions we make about their functionality and attendant concerns such as, for example, the social status of the person who might own such an object, its role in their lives and that relation in respect to one's own style of living.

It is an enjoyable enough way to spend 20 minutes but it would have so much more authority if it also included respected artists — including famous ones — from the entire pool of living British artists.

It is a tantalising taste of what is still to come from one of the world's most prolific and respected living artists, whose insatiable desire to explore the languages and possibilities of painting and image - making continues to keep him at the forefront of developments in contemporary art today.

October 6 - January 13 Alex Katz (born Brooklyn, New York, 1927) is one of the most important and respected living American artists with a career that spans over six decades.

The first joint exhibition of two of America's most respected living artists, Joel - Peter Witkin and Jerome Witkin at Jack Rutberg Fine Arts raises intriguing questions about the similarities between these remarkable twins.

His moving imagery of marine life, in particular, commanded the respect of many renowned avant - garde artists working in 1920s Paris (Luis Buñuel, Sergei Eisenstein, Man Ray and Alexander Calder), at the beginning of a life - long career that almost spanned the twentieth century.

The significance of place, and the impact of living in a desert environment, is reflected in works by many of the state's most respected artists, such as Saskia Jorda, recipient of Phoenix Art Museum's 2015 Contemporary Forum Artist Award.

Although Velasquez drew a lot as a child, he did not consider becoming a professional artist until he took a painting class at Palo Alto College taught by Lloyd Walsh, one of San Antonio's most respected artists who is known for oddball allegorical paintings of weird animals or quirky still life subjects.

While she achieved a great measure of commercial success in her too abbreviated life, Reeves was best known and respected by artists who recognized her powerful skills of blending painterly style and manipulating materials in an alarmingly appealing way, avoiding the pitfalls that push abstraction against representation.

Alex Katz (born Brooklyn, New York, 1927) is one of the most important and respected living American artists with a career that spans over six decades.