Sentences with phrase «rich tradition of painting»

William Monk's scenographic works tap into the rich tradition of painting.

Not exact matches

«Illustrating the rich interplay of tradition, innovation, and individual talent, the exhibition includes painting, photography, video, assemblage, installation, quailing and mixed - media works.

While Borremans's technical command of his medium recalls classical painting — the rich tactility and special glow of his painted surfaces evoke the Old Master tradition and artists such as Francisco Goya — his compositions elude traditional interpretative strategies.

Steeped in history painting is a rich and formidable tradition, and it is part of an evolving, expansive, dynamic field of activity.

Nusra Qureshi is trained in the art of the Mughal miniature painting tradition and has developed an extraordinary contemporary painting practice that engages with the rich, visual histories of South Asia.

In this new body of work, the artist continues to advance the tradition of still life painting and more specifically, the rich history of representations of flora in art.

Explore the rich tradition of mixed - media painting in this compelling workshop.

The Norton Simon Museum houses a world - renowned collection of art from South and Southeast Asia that includes examples of the rich sculptural and painting traditions that developed in this region over the course of more than 2,000 years.

William Monk (b. 1977, Kingston Upon Thames, UK), lives in London Former Ateliers - participant William Monk plugs in the rich tradition of spiritually charged landscape painting.

Wiley's large paintings place contemporary black men into the rich tradition of European royal portraiture.

Painting is both a rich and formidable tradition that is steeped in history, and an evolving, expansive and dynamic field of activity.

In works rich in both allusion and painterly craft, McCann merges careful observation, popular culture, and an encyclopedic knowledge of the tradition of painting.

Carly Drew examines our ever changing relationships to place through layers of personal history, industrial changes to the terrain and the rich American landscape painting traditions.

In creating her works the artist draws inspiration from both established formal principles of Western painting and the rich traditions of Islamic art, however the aesthetic outcome is a new order that is foreign to both.

The installation features woodblock prints, hand - painted scrolls and wood carvings with a focus on the rich artistic traditions from the historic eras of Japanese cultures spanning more than 400 years.

It will investigate the rich territory between the tradition of painting and sculpture and the purpose of making in the digital era.

Rebecca Salter's delicate, spectral abstractions connect with two rich traditions: the history of Japanese art and craft, of which she has in - depth knowledge, and post-war minimalist painting, exemplified best perhaps by Agnes Martin, the American artist to which she is sometimes compared.

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».

Carrying on the Abstract Expressionist tradition, James Walsh exploits great variations of paint thickness, creating surfaces that are both rich and subtle.

The Obamas» recent selection of artists to paint their official portraits drew attention to the rich tradition of African - American figurative painting.

While Martha Mayer Erlebacher has certainly studied the history of art, and has looked hard at the rich tradition of allegorical painting, she is neither a neo-Classicist nor a rigid adherent of any theory of contemporary narrative painting.

There is a rich tradition in painting of work about light, but it is not light — it is the record of seeing.

Exhibition curator John Szostak, who is an associate professor of Japanese art history at UHM, selected the six artists for their shared interest in the history and technical mastery of Japan's rich pre-20th-century art and craft traditions, from painting and textiles to lacquer and wood carving.

Dexter Dalwood has been nominated for Turner Prize 10 for his solo exhibition at Tate St Ives which «revealed the rich depth and range of his approach to making painting that draws upon historical tradition as well as contemporary cultural and political events».

His use of broad loose strokes and translucent colour - fields shows a profound connection with the rich history of painting, as an acknowledgement and observation of those painterly traditions.

«Land of the Rising Sun: Art of Japan» features woodblock prints, hand - painted scrolls and wood carvings with a focus on the rich artistic traditions from the historic eras of Japanese cultures spanning more than 400 years.

Tapping into the rich tradition of African - American quilt - making, and combining it with her love of European painting and the written word, Ringgold went on to develop her now legendary «story quilt» technique.

In response to the country's rapid Westernization, Nihonga emerged as the recognized academic school of painting connected to the rich traditions of Japanese art.

His large - scale figurative paintings are equally as grand, ornate, and rich in symbolism as traditional portraiture; however, Wiley subverts the canon by depicting male protagonists of African descent, a demographic that has been virtually omitted from the Western painting tradition throughout the centuries.

Recent work explores the relationship between painted and embroidered marks on the surface of the canvas referencing a rich tradition and history of tapestry and weaving in Scotland as well as the distinct gendered associations within each process.

The figurative subject matter is reminiscent of the rich artistic traditions of Persian miniature painting and calligraphy, while the abstract use of vibrant colours reveals the artist's spiritual inspiration grounded in the millenary tradition of Persian poetry.

While the rich iconography of flowers in the tradition of still - life painting does indeed subliminally allude to mortality, Warhol's Paris show seemed to expand on the notion of transience that flowers also embody.

How can you bring together a desire to make a highly nuanced, visually rich painting, with the very strong tradition of anti-painting?