Sentences with phrase «seemingly diverse traditions»

As Philippe de Montebello, then director of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, put it in 2003, when the museum staged a major retrospective of his work, «Guston's particular genius was in mediating seemingly diverse traditions, and, with fluent brushstrokes that speak to the artist's hand and brilliant colour, creating works that vigorously defied conventions.»

Not exact matches

Canvases as seemingly varied as his still life Cascos / Helmets (2009), the North African landscape seen in Casbah de Tiout (2008), and the minutely detailed Marruecos triptico / Morocco Triptych (2009) are all imbued with the memories of a lifetime spent across three continents, immersed in diverse cultures, histories, religions, and traditions and finally emphasized through Morocco's vivid hues.

Known and described as a provocative and subversive artist, Delvoye's work celebrates paradox, building on the Belgian Surrealist tradition of combining seemingly unrelated elements and engaging diverse provocative conceptual themes.