Sentences with phrase «thick brushstrokes»

Slowly combining thick brushstrokes of cobalt, swirls of brilliant white and explosive bursts of greens, yellow and reds, in her process we can witness the materialisation in paint of «memories that appear, disappear, overlap, forget themselves and one day resurface»

In one of only four financial guarantees in place for the evening, Kazuo Shiraga's Ab - Ex inspired abstraction «Koujouka» from 1990, imploded with thick brushstrokes in burning shades of yellow and red, sold for # 1,565,000 / $ 2,263,146 (est. # 1.2 - 1.8 million).

Morales» playful figures, rendered in thick brushstrokes and appealingly rounded shapes, fizz with movement against textured scenes with pops of neon, while fantastic background details enliven the atmosphere — check out Thunder Boy's mom on a cool motorbike, and his pudgy sister exuberantly playing along.

He uses thicker brushstrokes against black, like Abstract Expressionism as street art.

And the overt sophistication extends to the illusion of thick brushstrokes on classified ads — or knots of paints that stand for birds and bees.

Kerlidou writes: «Bonnefoi's strategies seem to condense a few aspects of the work of his American contemporaries: the objectification and theatricalization of a gesture devoid of pathos of David Reed; the deconstructing strategies of Jonathan Lasker — even if Lasker's use of exaggeratedly thick brushstrokes seems closer to Dunoyer; the collaged elements in Philip Taaffe's paintings; and the interplay between the front and back in the work of Craig Fisher.

Bonnefoi's strategies seem to condense a few aspects of the work of his American contemporaries: the objectification and theatricalization of a gesture devoid of pathos of David Reed; the deconstructing strategies of Jonathan Lasker — even if Lasker's use of exaggeratedly thick brushstrokes seems closer to Dunoyer; the collaged elements in Philip Taaffe's paintings; and the interplay between the front and back in the work of Craig Fisher.

Mr. Nara's works have always been characterized as graphically spare, the faces of his lonely, tough children outlined with thick brushstrokes so they appear mask - l

She was a prolific and versatile painter, writer and teacher whose paintings featured loose and thick brushstrokes made in bold hues and executed in an energetic, improvisational style.

In them he used thick brushstrokes rhythmically applied in Neo-Impressionist style to create the heavy cloud and mountain shapes that remained as central motifs of his work.

Thick brushstrokes mark out black faces that stretch and oulge in works with acerbic titles such as Too Black for Words, and Loose Lips Sink Ships.

ZURICH PIA FRIES GALERIE MAI 36 Pia Fries typically crosses broad, white grounds with thick brushstrokes, furrowing and altering the picture plane with blots, traces of drops, superimpositions,...

Using thick brushstrokes, he conveys their volumetric aspect, their powerful vitality, and their ascending motion.

Richter applied the paint in thick brushstrokes, or with rollers and an aggressive sweep of a squeegee (ironically, a tool commonly used for window cleaning and clarifying one's scope of vision).

Short Circuit is made of classic Combine ingredients: thick brushstrokes, a lace curtain, a scrap of polka - dotted fabric, postcard images of a Renaissance painting and Abraham Lincoln, a word scramble, a program from an early John Cage concert, and a Judy Garland autograph, all affixed with paint to a chassis made of scrap wood and cupboard doors.

Leslie has a particular fondness for de Kooning's green, but the thick brushstrokes cling to the surface, as if barring one's way into the light.

In some, thick brushstrokes are scrawled across the canvas, suggesting familiar organic forms or indecipherable letters.

Using bright, matte colors and thick brushstrokes, Casteel creates images that contrast with stereotypical depictions of black men in motion — whether as star athletes, swaggering rappers, or baleful hoods.

With thick brushstrokes and broad gestures, the canvases showed themselves as dense, yet luminous, surfaces.

Thick brushstrokes, limited color palettes, and uncomplicated form give way to an immersive openness that renders the subject of these paintings the paint itself and, more importantly, the mere fact of their painted - ness.

In his recent large - scale paintings, images of his garden in Los Angeles are obstructed by images of thick brushstrokes, connecting the space of art with his own personal one.

Her palette is seductive yet muted, applied in both soft washes and thick brushstrokes, with blank areas sometimes left on the surface of the painting.

As in the paintings of Wayne Thiebaud, many of Oinonen's faces cast stark shadows; and also like Thiebaud, each brushstroke seems «hot» with the bright underpainting, while the thick brushstrokes on top are cool with soft, coastal light.

He favored heavy layers of acrylic and oils with small, thick brushstrokes to emphasize luminosity and distinctive colors.

Reducing the plane to thick brushstrokes, arranged in tessellated brick red blocks, Sean Scully's Grey Red is a minimal and poetic composition from his allegorical practice.

But in the background is a classical - looking musician with two women, a trope of the Baroque, and the whole thing is given a sense of drama and precarity with its diagonal lines and thick brushstrokes.

Thick brushstrokes and uncomplicated form give way to an immersive openness that renders the subject of these paintings the paint itself and, more importantly, the mere fact of their painted - ness.