Sentences with phrase «sheer physicality of»

He goes on to say that «the [52] prints are so visually heavy and large that they approach the sheer physicality of sculpture.

Perhaps an image - a door or whatever - may invite thoughts of escape; but the sheer physicality of the means prevents there being an escape from the language of painting.

Perhaps an image — a door or whatever — may invite thoughts of escape; but the sheer physicality of the means prevents there being an escape from the language of painting.

These grotesque but compelling works reveal an artist not only interested in universal themes of sex, violence, and creation, but also reveling in the sheer physicality of art - making.

The installation is further testament to the sheer physicality of Kate Gilmore's practice.

Like them, he takes evident pleasure in the sheer physicality of paint.

The sheer physicality of Mammoth's Tusks weighted into space makes obvious the absence of a body and Covered Unidentified Object presents a creature beneath a cloak, on a coffin - like structure.

Mr. Leroy's work is frequently related to a long line of artists in love with the sheer physicality of paint, from Rembrandt and van Gogh to Chaim Soutine, Lovis Corinth, James Ensor, Jean Dubuffet and Willem de Kooning.

The sheer physicality of this installation, which includes the work being hoisted and thrown forcefully to the ground, viscerally blurs the distinction between figuration and abstraction, while furthering the formal and narrative possibilities of sculpture.

The eye likewise struggles to comprehend the close - value color and sheer physicality of Jensen's Ape Herd VI, 2002 - 03.

But while players didn't perform like rock stars, the sheer physicality of their gameplay was striking.

People told us as much: faces contorted through childish excitement at having seen, heard, and almost felt the sheer physicality of a 599GTO running fast.

The noise, the intimacy, the animalistic engine, the lunging, the noise, the sense of connection, the sheer physicality of the thing.

Contemplating their take on the historic «Battle of the Sexes» — the famous 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs — some writers might be inclined to trot out simple displays of athleticism, emphasizing the tug and pull and sheer physicality of the match itself over a more complicated narrative.

There's a resounding impact to the sheer physicality of what we're seeing, the heaviness of Georges's weary body as he helps Ann in and out of her wheelchair, the delicate way that Riva uses one hand to put on her glasses in order to read in bed or flip through a photo album.

Not exact matches

Rather obviously these are unlikely to be highly skilled fighters but they'd give Cyborg opponents who might be more of a match in size and power, both in terms of striking power and sheer physicality.

In terms of sheer physicality, Captain Carter, a former professional at Sale, was one of the few Blues players who could match their Russian counterparts for size.

The antipathy between Wenger and Ferguson, the animus between the two sets of players which transmitted itself to the fans by extension, and the sheer quality and physicality of it made it a spectacle which even now as I'm writing about can elicit goosebumps.

But the Gunners in particular had big problems competing with the sheer physicality and brute strength of Rovers, struggling to contest any of the many long balls which were hoofed into Arsenal's penalty area in the previous clash.

Founder Teri Lee Steele draws from her 20 years of experience as an athletic trainer, Pilates instructor, dance teacher and choreographer to combine conscious, controlled movements and sheer unadulterated physicality.

Pais, a reliable «working actor,» gives an especially rich performance, using sheer physicality to portray a man incapable of relaxing and letting go.

In the hands of the four canonical artists associated with the movement — Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, and Robert Morris — the work typically consisted of sculptural, bluntly geometrical works created from industrial materials (wood cubes, metal floor tiles, neon lights, thick felt drapes, etc.) that confronted viewers with their sheer, implacable objecthood, revealing nothing but their relation to the viewer's own physicality.

Despite their robust physicality, the absence of traditional gesture, and the sheer uniqueness of their facture, these works can be discussed in terms of process inasmuch as the studio is today more than ever a mediated site that informs the reception of painting.

Even transposed to the museum's main gallery, with small, green - toned canvas studies arranged on an overlooking wall to evoke the forest environs in Kassel, the work did not disappoint, communicating the sheer physicality that goes into the accumulation and composition of materials for Ohtake's collage and assemblage pieces.

Henry Abercrombie described the exhibition's impact on Flanagan's thinking and approach to sculpture, where the sheer tactile physicality of the ancient modeled horses created an aura and majesty.

In Vague Recollection, the surface's sheer physicality lends urgency to Butler's system of dash marks and schematic lines converging in a somewhat perspectival grid that moves across the face of the painting.