This is how
symbolic reference works.
Not exact matches
To summarize, the theory of
symbolic reference supports the view of a percipient event as a
working through of various (potentially creative) imaginative interpretations.
In similar fashion Whitehead's theory of
symbolic reference implies that Picasso, as a master of visual experience, knows how to control the
symbolic medium of the canvas to create desired visual effects on the viewers of his
work.
Whitehead's account of
symbolic reference shows us that the alleged directness of the expressive surface in art
works hides operations of transmutation from our view.
How does his theory of
symbolic reference affect our understanding of the artist's creative
work?
While these sort of heavy - handed
references might
work in the knowing artifice of one of the Matrix movies, as a real - world premise for our near future, it seems a bit too rooted in self - awareness to not continuously take us out of the moment for extended ruminations of
symbolic reflection.
Whether or not you catch every
reference or understand every choice in the video, however, it has a greater
symbolic meaning than even the messages it's packed into that short running time: black artists are gaining - creating for themselves - increasing freedom to explore and articulate controversial (read: threatening to white America) themes in their
work.
Floral
references abound, and discreetly placed amongst Sutton House's historic Tudor rooms are other
symbolic floral
references, including the
work Sanctuary (after van Aelst), a drawing cut form acrylic paint and contained within a fire - screen.
With autobiographical
references, the artist's body of
work to date has been developed into a vocabulary of forms and objects that convey certain messages in an almost
symbolic way.
Buskova's
works explore a personal mythology with
symbolic references to liberation, sexuality and Eastern European Folklore.
El Anatsui, Sanford and Hank demonstrate
symbolic bricolage by
referencing their knowledge of culture, history, spirituality and their experiences as black men living and
working within dominant society.
His
work is characterized by the use of materials charged with historic and
symbolic meaning, articulated in a language that
references minimalism as well as pop art.
Dario Escobar's
work is characterized by the use of materials charged with historic and
symbolic meaning, articulated in a language that
references minimalism as well as pop art.
Their practices are useful parallels to Love's; her
works in the accompanying exhibition produce social critique in
referencing hegemonic
symbolic structures — like certain fashion or religious iconography — while being composed of expressive, powerfully raw mark making.
Still has referred to this linear force, which assumes increasing importance in later paintings, as a «life - line,» the only
symbolic reference he will volunteer about his
work.