Sentences with phrase «transforms humble materials»

Digging into her collection of domestic and industrial waste — old cardboard boxes, toilet rolls, chicken wire — she transforms these humble materials into grand and colourful abstract sculpture.

Randy Wray recycles and transforms humble materials and imagery to explore ideas about alchemy and faith.

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From the collages of the Cubists and the readymades of Duchamp to the assemblage works of today, humble materials have been transformed into stunning works of art throughout the last century.

Blurring the boundaries between painting and sculpture, Anatsui's work transforms humble recycled materials into glittering drapes and folds.

With its idea that humble «poor» everyday materials — both natural and man - made — can be transformed into powerful, evocative works of art, Arte Povera transformed the landscape and language of contemporary art in the late 1960s and 70s and has become one of the most influential art movements of the past half century, exerting a profound impact on art around the world, including conceptual art, minimalism and the YBAs.

With its idea that humble «poor» everyday materials — both natural and man - made — can be transformed into powerful, evocative works of art, Arte Povera transformed the landscape and language of contemporary art in the late 1960s and -LSB-...]

From the delicate nature of early wall sculptures — including Diary of Flowers (1994), composed with hundreds of doodled paper napkins, and Changing Things (1997), made from disassembled silk flowers — to the large cut - paper photographs of flowering trees, gold - leafed newspaper pages, and light - filled mirror mosaics of the past decade, Hodges» art typically begins as humble, even overlooked materials that are transformed through his touch.

From the delicate nature of early wall sculptures - including Diary of Flowers (1994), composed with hundreds of doodled paper napkins, and Changing Things (1997), made from disassembled silk flowers pinned to the wall - to the large cut - paper photographs of flowering trees, gold - leafed newspaper pages, and light - filled mirror mosaics of the past decade, Hodges» art typically begins as humble, even overlooked materials that are transformed through his touch.

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Through humble materials — including blue paint and a silver paint pen — Cinto works directly on the wall and transforms a single line, repeated at different angles and lengths, into a titanic image of water that expresses both renewal and risk.»

Recently he has collaborated with crafts people such as wool spinners and dyers, transforming materials from their humble beginnings into spectacular objects.