This gradual rejection of
traditional sculptural practices led to a total avoidance of depicting subjects that exist in the natural world.
Not exact matches
Harrod writes and makes work that employs
traditional and contemporary craft and
sculptural practices.
In her work Frei Njootli synthesizes Indigenous land - based systems of knowledge and
traditional practices through
sculptural works, residue, printed images, and sound - based performance.
While Walter de Maria (1935 - 1913) established his
sculptural practice in New York during the heyday of Minimalism in the 1960s, his work quickly superseded all
traditional boundaries of sculpture as he established himself as a pioneer who would have equal influence on Minimalism, Installation art, Land Art and Conceptualism.
In these artists» hands, the
traditional practice of drawing is transformed into an exploration of time and space manifest in forms beyond
traditional linear representation in photographic, painterly, and
sculptural work.»
Taking vast, remote landscapes and the ephemeral conditions of nature as their
sculptural canvas, these and other artists staged their own protest by rejecting
traditional sculptural forms and
practices, rigid modernist theory and the commercial confines of the museum - and - gallery system to create frequently massive land art works that heightened awareness of our relationship with the earth and challenged accepted definitions of art.
Hudson's
practice involves
sculptural assemblages made from various materials including
traditional building stock and found objects, carefully composed in precarious, expressive or humorous ways.
Born in Washington, D.C., Puryear is based in Hudson Valley, N.Y. Over the past half century, he has established a unique
sculptural practice utilizing
traditional craft, carpentry, and boat building skills to create modernist abstract works that are inspired by nature and draw on a range of cultures, histories and motifs.
Her multidisciplinary
practice includes photographic and
sculptural - based works, video, installation, performative and participatory works, text / audioworks, and printed projects, and is presented in diverse contexts such as public sites, social network platforms, and
traditional galleries and institutions.
Curator Christian Dominguez notes, «Hudson is one of the few contemporary sculptors of his generation capable of redefining
traditional sculpture... his works mainly consist of an efficient mechanism conceived to revise the present time of occidental
sculptural practice in its long tradition [as] generator of beauty, and in a more specific way, essentiality.»
In these artists» hands and through their bodies, the
traditional practice of drawing is transformed into an exploration of time and space manifest in forms beyond conventional linear representation in photographic, painterly, and
sculptural work.
Illustrating the revolutionary influence of Arte Povera upon
sculptural practice in America and Europe at this time, the exhibition highlighted a rejection of sophisticated methods of construction and
traditional materials.