Sentences with phrase «surface detail of their subjects»

Not exact matches

In Drive, Only God Forgives, and The Neon Demon, his exacting, tightly realized compositions are often so exhaustingly detailed on the surface as to suggest the shallowness and ugly realities of his subjects in the imagery alone — the underworld, the fashion world, the drug trade, and other such dubious enterprises.

Pushing the paint surface, color and design so that the painting itself was the true subject; not just recording the details of a picturesque view.

Folds of skin, tufts of hair and surfaces of bark are deeply scrutinized and rendered in exquisite, almost excessive, detail so that the subjects can appear both familiar and unfamiliar.

Born in Latvia in 1938, Vija Celmins is best known for her intricate, monochromatic drawings of a select range of subjects; meticulous renderings of the surface of the ocean, the vastness of the night sky or the microscopic detail of a spider's web.

Often cropping the faces of her subjects out of the frame, Craig - Martin instead focuses her lens on the smaller details found at high - society parties and in celebrity circles — such as smeared lipstick or a fur collar — shedding light on an obsession with surface.