The show consists of Silencios, a photographic essay composed of twelve images, as well as three large
scale portraits from an ongoing series of Witnesses.
Nothing to Lose, British Nigerian artist Rotimi Fani - Kayode's first solo exhibition in New York featuring large -
scale portraits from Fani - Kayode's last body of work before his untimely death.
This show features new work by this accomplished and influential American artist, alongside a selection of his iconic, large -
scale portraits from the 1960s.
Not exact matches
However much the Gospel
portraits may have to be
scaled down to enable us to see the historical figure of Jesus, they still show us a man who made an impact of such magnitude on those who knew him best and who had left all to follow him, that no unexpected calamity, such as the crucifixion, could have erased this
from their thoughts and their experience.
Her photographs include series of
portraits and American urban landscapes, ranging in format
from large -
scale color works to smaller black - and - white prints.
Highlights of the exhibition include a Katharina Fritsch sculpture of a bright orange octopus; two complex new abstract paintings by Terry Winters completed this summer; a Robert Gober sculpture of a sink sprouting contorted children's legs; new
portrait and landscape photographs
from Paris and New York by Nan Goldin; a Martin Honert sculpture based on his childhood drawings of toy soldiers; a large -
scale painted white relief by Charles Ray of his two nephews; and a photograph of Germany's largest soccer stadium by Andreas Gursky.
She has collaborated on large -
scale exhibitions including Human Interest:
Portraits from the Whitney's Collection (2016) andWhere We Are: Selections
from the Whitney's Collection, 1900 - 1960 (2017 - 18), and is co-curator of An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections
from the Whitney's Collection, 1940 - 2017 (2017 - 18).
David Hockney RA, has distinguished himself throughout his long and successful career as a gifted draughtsman; his confidence and strength of line characterises his work
from single line
portrait studies, to large
scale paintings of LA in the 60s.
The majority of works in the exhibition will be on loan
from private collections, and will comprise important, large -
scale paintings
from his most memorable themes, including French Money, Vocabulary Lessons, Civil War Veterans, Camel cigarette packs, as well as
portraits of his mother - in - law Berdie, his then wife Augusta, and the poet Frank O'Hara.
Best known for large -
scale interiors, landscapes, and
portraits featuring powerful black figures, Marshall explores narratives of African American history
from slave ships to the present and draws upon his deep knowledge of art history
from the Renaissance to twentieth - century abstraction, as well as other sources such as the comic book and the muralist tradition.
2007 Existencias, Musac, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon Some kind of
Portrait, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA Size Matters: XS, Recent Small -
Scale Paintings, HVCCA, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY Joy Feasley & Clare Rojas: Pow - Wows or The Long Lost Friend, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Silly Adults, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London Panic Room, Works
from The Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens In The Fullness of Time: The Luggage Store 20 Year Anniversary Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
It includes 129 photographs spanning
from 1968 to the present, ranging
from black and white
portraits to monumentally
scaled composite Polaroids, to intimately
scaled daguerreotypes.
Informed by her «Rear Screen Projection» series
from the early 1980s (the artist's first foray into color photography), these gigantic self -
portraits bring to mind the
scale of Hollywood as well as the artistic movements that have continually mined its grandiose clichés.
Adele Renault is a Belgium painter best known for her photo realistic
portraits — creating it
from small
scale canvases to wall sized murals.
This fall she will unveil a large -
scale portrait series: Think of them as abstract Technicolor «head - scapes» borne
from the full - bodied gestural ethos of Bill de Kooning.
Further highlights include Polly Apfelbaum's strips of textile that are combined to form a colorfully woven painting; Rashid Johnson's tropical enclave containing various unexpected elements
from sculptures made with shea butter to video
portraits; Katherine Bernhardt's monumental painting with tropical birds, cuddly robots and cigarette stubs, which at once editorializes and summarizes modern culture and the artist herself; an interactive multimedia installation by Nedko Solakov comprising nine sofas in the shapes of the nine Chinese characters constituting the phrase «I miss Socialism, maybe»; and Yu Hong's large -
scale painting depicting a famous Chinese fable widely cited in both modern Chinese art history and Chinese Communist narratives.
These pieces reference the topography of a range of subject matter
from Botticelli's La Primavera (1477 — 1482), to a half
scale portrait of the artist's head nestled, as if sleeping, inside the skin of his arm.
Gokita continues his monochromatic series that explores the traditional
portrait format on a range of
scales, using source material
from vintage postcards, magazines, found photos, and classic film stills.
Portrait - oriented and primarily small -
scale, the works in this series represent a new direction for the artist — a shift in focus
from the natural world to the deeply personal.
His sculptures range
from large -
scale public commissions to intimate sculptural
portrait heads and studies of the human figure.
Moving to New York in 1985, Bill Jacklin has concentrated on painting «Urban
Portraits» of «the city» in all its guises;
from large
scale canvases of crowds in flux to intimate moments in Seurat - like etchings.
British artist Marcus Harvey made his name at the groundbreaking «Sensation» show at London's Royal Academy of Arts in 1997 with his unforgettable large -
scale portrait of serial killer Myra Hyndley, made
from child - size hand - prints.
In his latest experiment of contemporary re-visioning of the classics, Bidlo creates large -
scale murals of Picasso's and Matisse's heads, appropriated
from Matisse Self -
Portrait (1906) and Picasso Self -
Portrait (1907).
On exhibit will be a rare large -
scale collage measuring 3» x 5», Eastsider Collage, a narrative of scenes and
portraits of people
from East Los Angeles.
«Like Phaidon's excellent volumes on painting (Vitamin P) and drawing (Vitamin D), this is a comprehensive effort, representing artists
from all fields (documentary,
portraits, video, etc.) and 30 countries... The
scale of the project and the talent of those chosen is undeniable.»
The exhibition includes a selection of large -
scale posed family
portraits from his first one - person show The Good Life in 1994 along with images
from his Ektachrome Archive, which the artist photographed between 1986 and 2000.
The New
Portraits images, which originally debuted in Gagosian's Madison Avenue location in New York City in 2014, are large -
scale reproductions of Instagram posts taken
from largely unknown (non-celebrity) strangers that Prince found on the social media platform.
Experiencing firsthand both the grandeur of this privately created museum and the impressive
scale of the life - size
portraits Henry E. Huntington collected, which as a child Rauschenberg had seen reproduced on his mother's playing cards, he understood that becoming an artist could be a viable career choice.2 After his discharge
from the Navy in summer 1945 Rauschenberg settled briefly in Los Angeles, eventually relocating to Kansas City, Missouri, in January 1947.
Richard Phillips has achieved international fame for his large -
scale hyper - realistic
portraits that appropriate material
from a range of cultural sources: porn, advertising spreads
from the»50s,»60s, and»70s, photographs, and Pop paintings.
Further selected works include a number of self -
portraits from different eras and a large -
scale installation with mirrors.
Entitled Iconic, the presentation at The Art Show will mark the debut of these intimately
scaled portraits which use the visual language and gestures of 15th century icons to depict contemporary subjects selected by Wiley
from the streets of New York City.
The exhibition features 14 large -
scale portraits of Israeli youths,
from diverse ethnic and religious affiliations, alongside 11 works — papercuts and textiles — chosen by the artist
from the Museum's collection.
From large - scale portraits of wooly buffalos to scenes of travelers traversing distant lands to images of Midwestern choir singers, Furnas's new paintings exude a sense of nostalgia that simultaneously feels at the brink of rupture — at any moment those idealized views will crack from the energy and emotion underne
From large -
scale portraits of wooly buffalos to scenes of travelers traversing distant lands to images of Midwestern choir singers, Furnas's new paintings exude a sense of nostalgia that simultaneously feels at the brink of rupture — at any moment those idealized views will crack
from the energy and emotion underne
from the energy and emotion underneath.
Gideon Mendel: Drowning World Premieres New Series of Large -
Scale Works Created
from Personal Effects Gathered
from Flooded Landscapes Across the Globe Alongside «Submerged
Portrait» Photographs and Video Work
The power of Katz's
portraits, said Dana Miller, Curator, Permanent Collection, of The Whitney Museum of American Art, ``... comes
from their color and their
scale.»
Grünes Kleid mit Rot («Green Dress with Red,» 1979) inflates a vaguely - familiar excerpt
from Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini
Portrait to a full image motif; the large - scale work Stoff 1 («Fabric 1,» 1981) quotes the folds of a dress in a saint portrait by Francisco de Zurbarán while Landschaft mit Architektur («Landscape with Architecture,» 1981) cites an arbitrary painting snippet from a neoclassical allegory by Nicolas
Portrait to a full image motif; the large -
scale work Stoff 1 («Fabric 1,» 1981) quotes the folds of a dress in a saint
portrait by Francisco de Zurbarán while Landschaft mit Architektur («Landscape with Architecture,» 1981) cites an arbitrary painting snippet from a neoclassical allegory by Nicolas
portrait by Francisco de Zurbarán while Landschaft mit Architektur («Landscape with Architecture,» 1981) cites an arbitrary painting snippet
from a neoclassical allegory by Nicolas Poussin.
Upcoming projects for The Drawing Center include: a collaboration with the Ecole des Beaux - Arts Paris on an exhibition of 400 years of
portrait drawings and Runaway Girl, a new video commission by Turkish artist Inci Eniver (both April 2015); an exhibition of Richard Pousette - Dart's drawings
from the 1930's (September 2015); a large
scale installation by Louise Despont and an exhibition of Jennifer Bartlett's Hospital 2012 pastels (both January 2016).
«Tulkus 1180 to 2018,» a tremendous survey - in - progress by Paola Pivi of over 1,100 photographic
portraits of tulkus, or officially - recognized reincarnations of Tibetan lamas, includes the large -
scale portraits of Tibetan exiles
from David Zimmerman's One Voice series.
The works on view are a series of recent charcoal, pastel, pencil, and chalk drawings, ranging
from wall - sized flower «
portraits» to sketchbook -
scale, intricate compositions.
The thirty - one photographs exhibited in Pop Shots: Polaroid
Portraits by Andy Warhol, also curated by Hilger, come
from the large body of images the artist took in the 1970s and 80s as studies for his large -
scale silk - screened renderings of elite clients and anonymous sitters alike.
In this, Restrepo's second solo exhibition at Steve Turner, the artist will present works
from two series: three large -
scale drawings
from A Land Reform as well as a group of
portraits from a new series, Los Caprichos.
From the artist's bio: Chuck Close (b. 1940, Monroe, WA) is renowned for his highly inventive techniques of painting the human face, and is best known for his large -
scale, photo - based
portrait paintings.
On view are iconic works
from key moments of his career,
from his student days in the 1960s to the present, including his large -
scale double
portraits of the celebrity friends of his youth; the collaged Polaroids through which he examined new possibilities within Cubism as well as the artistic use of photography; his later forays into painting the landscape on location in his native Yorkshire; and finally, his experimental works using iPad apps.
Highlights
from the show include Royal College of Art graduate Jodie Carey's eight foot chandeliers made out of fluff
from a hoover, Tom Price's animated, small
scale sculpted plaster heads, Emma Puntis's mesmerizing miniature
portraits, Tatsuya Kimata's ironic sculptures of everyday objects sculpted using traditional marble and stone carving skills, Doug White's majestic palm trees crafted
from thousands of abandoned car tyres retrieved
from road sides in Belize, Michael Lisle - Taylor's army uniforms crossed with straight jackets, which play to his 19 years in the Navy, and Boo Ritson's large -
scale photographs of people she transforms into characters caked in thick paint, which have sold out in her second solo show only a year after graduating.
Traveled to: Denver Art Museum, January 25 — March 22, 1992; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, April 9 — March 31, 1992; Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, July 5 — August 23, 1992; The Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, September 5 — October 11, 1992; Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Inc., Savannah, Georgia, January 5 — February 21, 1993 (Catalogue) Group exhibition, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, September 7 — 28, 1991
Portraits on Paper, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, June 25 — August 2, 1991
Portraits, Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, May 1991 Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, May 15 — June 9, 1991 In Sharp Focus: Super-Realism, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, April 14 — July 7, 1991 (Catalogue) 1991 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 2 — June 30, 1991 (Catalogue) Selected Prints
from Spring Street Workshop, Tomasulo Gallery, Union County College, Cranford, New Jersey, March 8 — 28, 1991 Academy - Institute Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, March 4 — 30, 1991 Louisiana: The New Graphics Wing, Louisiana Museum, Humlebæck, March 3 — 31, 1991 (Catalogue) Large
Scale Works on Paper, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, February 21 — March 16, 1991 (Catalogue) Image & Likeness: Figurative Works
from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown at Federal Reserve Plaza, New York, January 23 — March 20, 1991 Artist's Choice — Chuck Close: Head — On / The Modern
Portrait, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, January 10 — March 19, 1991.
On view will be three large -
scale charcoal on paper self
portraits ranging
from 2009 - 13.
Katz's most recent, large -
scale intimate
portraits of family, friends and still lifes of flowers purchased
from street vendors near his New York studio, are self - evident of the artist's mastery of his medium.
Katz does not use photographs for his
portraits but instead works directly
from the sitter, exploring a variety of angles and poses in small drawings and oil studies before
scaling up.
This handsome volume features 100 works
from Tseng Kwong Chi's pioneering series of large -
scale black - and - white self -
portraits, produced
from 1979 to 1989, many of which have never been published.
The scenes, most easily viewed
from across the room, are of something like an Edenic carnival:
portraits rendered in gray
scale of larger - than - life women against a tropical backdrop, all printed under the same watermarked pattern of the diamond - arrayed, shiny, chain - link fence that rings the room.