Sentences with phrase «subject more contemporary»

Traditionally, the reclining nude has been one of the most recognizable subjects, but beginning in the 20th century artists have been seeking to make this traditional subject more contemporary and relevant.

Not exact matches

As to obligations of a more personal nature I have many people to thank — colleagues who have advised me, students at Union Theological Seminary who have stimulated me with their responsive interest, members of the congregation of The Riverside Church, New York, who, by their attentive listening to mid-week lectures on the subjects handled in this book, have kept alive my confidence that even difficult and recondite problems concerning the Bible are of vital, contemporary importance.

There can be no doubt that there will be more dissent and more pluralism in the church than there have been in the past, and that there will be more gray areas than ever before, especially since the methodology, as well as the subject matter, of contemporary theology points in this direction.

But in her selection of subjects — Promise Keepers and porn stars, ex-shipyard and aircraft workers, Vietnam veterans and militiamen, notorious street gang figures and members of the Spur Posse — Miss Faludi shaped her conclusions before she had conducted her interviews, revealing more about contemporary journalism than about the reality of men's choices.

An ethnographic study by Timothy Hallett, Donna Eder, and Brent Harger of Indiana University, published in the October issue of the Journal of Contemporary Ethnology, suggests several ways an individual can «subtly derail gossip,» including changing the subject, making the target of criticism less personal and more indirect, and pre-empting criticism with positive comments.

A change in the historical Catholic population share that produces a 10 - percentage - point increase in the extent of contemporary private school competition generates an improvement of about 5.5 percent of a standard deviation in both science and reading — or more than one - fifth of a grade - level equivalent in these subjects.

Contrary to contemporary pedagogical thinking, we find that students score higher on standardized tests in the subject in which their teachers spent more time on lecture - style presentations than in the subject in which the teacher devoted more time to problem - solving activities.

Through her use of subtly articulated line and negative space, Ku references East Asian artistic traditions, while her focus on figurative representation through a predominantly female - centric subject matter, suggests a more contemporary Western perspective.

None appear more contemporary in their approach than Kogelnik, whose paintings and drawings from 1964 to ’70 were the subject of this exhibition.

One of America's pre-eminent contemporary sculptors and a pioneer in the history of African - American art, Edwards» work has been the subject of more than a dozen solo exhibitions including at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Los Angeles County Museum.

More recently, Abramović was the subject of a major retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2010) and at the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, Russia (2011), as well as the recent exhibition 512 Hours at The Serpentine Gallery, London, England (2014).

Throughout his life, his subjects became more extreme, such as his direct references to the Vietnam war, which, once depicted on large canvases — in the Mercenaries series, for instance — become symbols of the paramilitary conditions of contemporary life.

A pair of new works takes a rather more contemporary incident as its subject matter — the London riots of 2011.

From 2013 to 2015 Hodges was the subject of a major touring retrospective, «Give More Than You Take», which started in Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas and toured to Walker Arts Centre, Minneapolis; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA.

Of the large supply of concrete subject matter available to contemporary painters, nothing is more literal than text.

The subject of more than one hundred solo exhibitions worldwide, Nara has been the subject of solo exhibitions at The Diary Art Center, London (2014); Asia Society Museum, New York (2010); 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2006); Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (2004); and the Orange County Museum of Art (2003 — 04).

Murray's work has been the subject of more than 85 solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since her New York City debut in the 1972 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting at the Whitney Museum, where she participated in six Whitney Biennial exhibitions from 1973 to 1991.

The subject matter of the contemporary video works feel unattainable, while the more relatable handmade objects are relegated to the space shuttle's storage.

Saints are more often associated with traditional sacred art than with contemporary work, but Michael Landy, current Rootstein Hopkins Associate Artist in residence at the National Gallery, has been inspired to revisit the subject for this exhibition.

In this survey of contemporary artists taking on the age - old subject, bodies are often more cultural product than gateway to the soul.

Stacey Gillian Abe's installation at 1 - 54 Contemporary African Art Fair, which runs May 4 through 6 at Pioneer Works, the cultural center in the borough's Red Hook neighborhood, would be provocative in any context, but given the patriarchal traditions of her native Uganda, its subject matter is all the more challenging: the objectification of women, and the sexual satisfactions of women.

Now, her long career, from her earliest sculptures of animals to the more recent suspended sculptures — big, airy assemblages of wire and bits of mesh and porcelain — is to be the subject of a full - scale retrospective at the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, opening the fifth of next month and traveling to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in February 2004, and then on to the Museum of Modern Art in New York next summer.

Peopled with subjects from both past and contemporary history, the work weaves together historical documents of slavery with more recent racial issues.

In drawing inspiration from the rapidly changing world around them, Pop artists sought to be more inclusive in their subjects, and more aware of the day - to - day conditions of contemporary existence.

The book connects everyday experience, social critique, and creative expression with classroom learning, and includes color reproductions of artworks; statements in English and Spanish from more than fifty contemporary artists; lesson plans for using art to explore subjects such as American identity, changing definitions of the family, AIDS, discrimination, racism, homophobia, mass media, and public art; and resources, including annotated bibliographies for further study.

West was more consciously heroic in his style, but like Copley firmly believed in choosing subject matter from contemporary events, for his history painting.

Albert Oehlen has established himself as one of the leading figures in contemporary painting thanks to a continually evolving practice that focuses more on overcoming formal limitations and on experimentation than on the subject of the work.

Nicolai has been the subject of more than fifty international solo exhibitions since 1987 at institutions including the the Städtische Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany (1993); the Konstmuseum Ystad, Ystad, Sweden (2000); Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (2002); Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany (2005); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany (2005); Stedelijik Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Gent, Belgium (2006); and Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Japan (2006 and 2011).

As his work progressed, Wesselman began to use more contemporary subjects, like consumer goods and, early on, managed to keep them soft and textured.

In the 1970s and»80s, DeSana was part of the flourishing East Village art scene along with contemporaries including Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin and close friend Laurie Simmons, and his work was the subject of more than a dozen solo shows during his short life — he died in 1990 at age 40, after contracting AIDS.

Since 2010, Dr. Dolan has curated and co-curated more than twenty - five photography exhibitions at the Portland Art Museum including Contemporary Native Photographers and the Edward Curtis Legacy: Zig Jackson, Wendy Red Star, Will Wilson (2016), Subject / Object: Modernist Photography from the Bluff Collection (2015), Richard Mosse: The Enclave (2014), and Blue Sky: The Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts at 40 (2014).

After a Fashion is an exhibition featuring more than 20 contemporary artists» use of clothing as a medium and subject; a genre that has been explored by many artists and exhibitions since the 1970s, through the»80s and»90s, and into this century.

He has been the subject of more than 40 solo exhibitions, featured in countless group exhibitions, and his work is in the collections of major museums, including the High Museum in Atlanta, Studio Museum in Harlem, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia.

Join Laura Castagnini, Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary British Art, for this in - depth tour of the All Too Human exhibition, and learn more about how painters Freud, Bacon and Rego strove to capture the most intimate of subjects: the human form.

American Scene Painting rejected contemporary Parisian aesthetics, and instead sought truth from a more meaningful American subject matter.

Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris, gave Francis his first solo exhibition in 1952, and he has been the subject of dozens more at institutions that include the Pasadena Art Museum (1959); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (1967); Centre national d'art contemporain, Fondation Rothschild, Paris (1968); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1972); Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (1979); and Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan (1988).

At times her subjects are more topical, merging socio - political themes with personal experience and art - historical antecedents to reflect unique perspectives on the most salient and controversial issues facing contemporary society.

TreeHugger usually focuses more on eco-design and sustainable technologies than art, but with Simon Starling and his fuel cell powered bicycle recently winning the Turner Prize the environment is becoming a big subject in the contemporary art world.

If the meaning of bestiality, or any other provision of the Criminal Code, is not fixed and is instead subject to «contemporary Canadian values» (as determined by the court), then the liberty of all Canadians will be subject to little more than judicial whim.