Snapshots from the Garden of Eden: Photographic
tableaux inspired by the tradition of storytelling
Grab a pencil and let
the tableaux inspire your drawings and ignite your imagination.
Not exact matches
What seemed ingenious, a tad sacrilegious, on the printed page comes off as just plain dopey on the big screen, despite some wonderful Mathew Brady -
inspired tableaux by veteran photog Caleb Deschanel («The Natural») and an amiably awkward performance by Benjamin Walker, who as Lincoln resembles a young Liam Neeson.
With an enduring «capacity for
inspiring genuine delight as well as provoking disquiet,» 3 examples in Western cultures range from the satyrs in Greco - Roman mythology to early medieval church gargoyles to Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights (1490 — 1500), Peter Paul Rubens's two versions of The Massacre of the Innocents (c. 1611 — 1612 and c. 1638), William Blake's Nebuchadnezzar (c. 1795 — 1805), and Goya's The Disasters of War (1810 — 1820) and Black Paintings (1820 — 1823), in which strange creatures, disembodied heads, and diabolical
tableaux meet masterful artistic skill and poignant existential resonance.
The exhibition will include Yinka Shonibare MBE's «The Crowning» 2007, an elaborate sculptural
tableaux of two lovers in a garden setting
inspired by a suite of paintings by Jean - Honoré Fragonard.
The contrast between the lyrical nature of Lundqvist's figures and the economy of her landscapes illustrates her unique balance of the traditional, the folk -
inspired, and the contemporary within succinct, narrative driven
tableaux.
The Polish Village series (1971 — 73) were huge collages of overlapping planes of painted wood, while his «
tableaux» pieces, many
inspired by Herman Melville's Moby Dick, burst sculpturally from the rigid confines of the frame in riots of colour and stylistic tics of past ages of modern art.
These discarded plastic objects have
inspired the two other bodies of work featured in the show: his Assemblage Vivant
Tableaux Plastiques, and his TV Bax.
His famous series of hand - coloured photographic
tableaux vivants from the»70s (
inspired by a trip to India) represent the artist and other young men, alluding to the creation of a personal, sensual and self - reflective mythology.
Inspired by a subset of Japanese manga cartoons known as Boys» Love, they depict homoerotic
tableaux with varying degrees of sexual tension.
Whether you choose a touch of vintage silver, a brand new china pattern or dramatic dark glassware, get ready to be
inspired by our rich
tableaux.