Sentences with phrase «sewn pieces of canvas»

In the decades that followed, Loving explored new directions, creating more organic abstractions from torn and sewn pieces of canvas, trading in a restrained formalism for an unbounded, exuberant aesthetic.

Not exact matches

His early dyed - and - sewn canvas pieces, which sold for $ 450 in the 1960s, now bring $ 200,000, while wood works that sold for $ 450 in 1965 are reaching $ 450,000, and a 1966 installation of the 26 letters of the alphabet, composed of soldered tin, sold at auction to MoMA for $ 1 million.

When she first arrived, the first body of work she created was with ribbon pieces sewed onto canvas.

sewn in the same way as Suh's «hubs», these pieces are immersed in water, during which a gelatin tissue canvas leaves an impression of fabric threads that appear as a skeletal framework against the colored form of an object.

sewn in the same way as suh's «hubs», these pieces are immersed in water, during which a gelatin tissue canvas leaves an impression of fabric threads that appear as a skeletal framework against the colored form of an object.

He turned to more relaxed, loquacious works made from torn strips of canvas stained with paint, pieced together using a sewing machine and hung on the wall like raggedy, rich - hued banners.

After sewing each fragment onto a piece of canvas, Cloud cuts the canvas into the shape of the clothing, and then sews the resulting items into a larger, oddly shaped patchwork «quilts.»

Another canvas inspired by Renaissance paintings of self - flagellating saints was made by striking canvas with paint - soaked whips, then cutting it into pieces and sewing it back together in a quilt pattern.

Often stitching and adhering fragments and strips from earlier painted pieces onto larger canvases, he summons the memory of his mother, a seamstress who parlayed her talent at sewing dresses, hats, and Indian saris into a successful business.