Sentences with phrase «unexpected juxtapositions»

Mill, who studied architecture and fine arts before becoming the dean of graduate studies at the Academy of Art University, treats the interior like an assemblage sculpture, creating unexpected juxtapositions of art and modernist furnishings.

Her appreciation for unexpected juxtapositions comes from her curatorial experience.

A precursor to appropriation artists of the 1980s, Heinecken is known for series like the influential «Are You Rea» (1966 - 67), in which he used magazine pages placed on light tables to create unexpected juxtapositions of advertising and feature photography.

Instead, she combined materials to suggest a dynamic syncopation with unexpected juxtapositions of shapes and color.

They explore the uncanny through unexpected juxtapositions of ordinary ephemera — people, animals and things.

The connections are so neatly laid out that you almost wonder whether Mr. Kertess might have jazzed up the show with more unexpected juxtapositions, like putting side - by - side Terry Winters's densely layered abstractions and Mr. Rhoades's equally dense work.

Taking an experimental approach to the exhibition, the curators — Karen Duffek (Museum of Anthropology, UBC), Helga Pakasaar (Presentation House Gallery), Cate Rimmer (Charles H. Scott Gallery, Emily Carr University) and Keith Wallace (Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, UBC)-- have avoided chronological and thematic categories by placing the diverse works into unexpected juxtapositions.

Although in recent years there has been more effort to give each room a certain stylistic flavour, the joy of the Summer Exhibition always comes more from unexpected juxtapositions than the pairing of like with like, while the absence of descriptive wall labels (a small booklet being the only guide) allows the eye and imagination a rare freedom from experts and pundits telling you what you ought to admire or notice.

Placed exactly at the centre of Mathaf's exhibition space, this installation lies at the heart of a linear but non-chronological presentation of works whereby a number of unexpected juxtapositions echo the complexity through which the artist has managed to challenge, and at times disturb, our experience of the ordinary.

Exploring unexpected juxtapositions between history and the present, and reframing our expectations for the quintessential «19th century French painting» through the lens of contemporary art, Richard Aldrich produces an exhibition reveal the magic of and new possibilities for painting today.

Through roughly chronological presentations as well as unexpected juxtapositions of objects, Carved, Cast, Crumpled explores the notion of sculpture in all its forms.

The exhibition was created, Eccles states, «by the curators» allowing for the contradictory forces that emerged in the selection of works to inform unexpected juxtapositions that in some cases bridge decades of artistic evolution.

Unexpected juxtapositions produce a patchwork organization in which fantastic, psychedelic imaginaries ricochet and mutually inflect.

The notion of «turbulence» as a conceptual framework for the exhibition is derived not only from this key piece, but also from the thematic and formal dichotomies and unexpected juxtapositions within Hatoum's work at large.

In his paintings, installations, and exhibition design practices, he leaves space for unexpected juxtapositions so that his own aesthetic and philosophical positions appear to be constantly on the move.

Nick Mauss frequently stages and animates historical material in his works, which revel in unexpected juxtapositions and recontextualizations.

We invite artists of all stripes to submit work that excites by forging new connections, and surprises by discovering unexpected juxtapositions.

Surrealist sculptors created assemblages from found objects, hoping to tap into the unconscious mind through unexpected juxtapositions.

Blum searches for unexpected juxtapositions and an awkward harmony with undercurrents that can sometimes menace.

These narratives — often loosely related to the artist's own background as an Asian American woman — morph as they are read, creating unexpected juxtapositions and paradoxes.

She welded them into unexpected juxtapositions and worked with artist Toni Putnam, who ran Tallix's patina department, on creating bold colors, as with Looping (1985).

Introverted and stoic, these works are abundant with unexpected juxtapositions, idiosyncratic arrangements, and a subversive visual lexicon.

However, you surely have noted already some unexpected inclusions and even more unexpected juxtapositions.

«Sometimes, the most unlikely and unexpected juxtapositions of frame and focus create the most effective stories.»

The silks are a stand out by far - performed in a leather biker jacket and riding helmet, it is an unexpected juxtaposition of grace and roughness.

Unexpected juxtapositions are great visual gifts.

A belted cardigan over a denim shirt is an unexpected juxtaposition, but it works on Caroline Issa of Tank magazine.

But for this look, Kim conjured up something more refined, picking out an ethereal long skirt for an unexpected juxtaposition against her flannel shirt.

This cyberpunk thriller blends the kind of pixel graphics we've seen in»90s adventure games with loads of modern flourishes, making for an unexpected juxtaposition.

On one end of the exhibition's timeframe are the biomorphic forms, psychological landscapes, and unexpected juxtapositions that owe a debt to surrealism, while on the other are the flat planes of color, bold brushstrokes, and lines liberated from representation that marks abstract expressionism and its contemporary movements.

They all have exquisite detail, and are full of unexpected juxtapositions.

When the build - up has reached a certain density, he attacks it with a power sander, exposing the earlier layers — and various, unexpected juxtapositions — in quasi-archaelogical fashion.

The unexpected juxtaposition of objects — the pigeon on the bare - breasted sister's lap — can be traced to Surrealism.

The weighted and forcefully applied brushstroke and evocative color combinations with contrasting sensuous organic lines transmit complex feelings and emotions; unexpected juxtapositions of universal forms and the ambiguous spatial contingencies foment tensions and debate.

Together, they reveal an innovative artist whose style is distinguished by partial images, unexpected juxtapositions, harmonious collisions, and a dynamic modernist aesthetic that continues to inspire and challenge viewers today.

Blum's work looks for awkward harmonies and unexpected juxtapositions, while simultaneously sidestepping the perils of uninvited associations.

At the same time, specific materials and objects can manifest essential auras that are only highlighted through the unexpected juxtapositions the artist creates.

Often creating elaborate installations restaging icons of modern design and engineering using incongruous materials, from a model Le Corbusier's infamous 1952 Unite d'Habitation made from foamcore to a plywood McDonald's, he creates unexpected juxtapositions that are both humorous and politically - minded.

American artist Joseph Cornell gained renown for his boxes filled with seemingly unrelated repurposed articles, creating meaning out of unexpected juxtapositions.

Hot Mirror will bring together photographs from several collections made over the last ten years, including the celebrated Flamboya and Parasomnia series (2013), shown alongside new photographs and collages, to create image - poems that draw on the Surrealist strategies of collage to offer new and unexpected juxtapositions.

«I'm very interested in four - color offset and how printing is done — my father worked for a printing company — and I wanted to tease out unexpected juxtapositions,» Welling says.

The exhibition gathers together over 30 works that are not shown in chronological order but rather as a series of unexpected juxtapositions that create new meanings.

Using collage as his primary medium, Ortiz combines the whimsical elements of Naïve art with the unexpected juxtapositions of Surrealism — creating a wonderful atmosphere of surprise, charm, and simplicity.

What I see are unexpected juxtapositions that I'm absolutely certain I wouldn't have made on my own.

The unexpected juxtaposition of two exhibits by Wangechi Mutu and Adam Helms creates a parallel universe that is both beautiful and chilling.

The surface is open to drips and chance combinations, not with an expressive intent as in abstract expressionism but instead with a field of unexpected juxtapositions and perceptual shifts.

The surface is open to drips and chance combinations, not with an expressive intent as in abstract expressionism but with a field of unexpected juxtapositions and perceptual shifts.

This medium allowed for more free flowing associations and unexpected juxtapositions.