Sentences with phrase «unusual sculptures and installations»

The artist is well known for his unusual sculptures and installations.

Not exact matches

Although recognized for their use of everyday materials in unexpected and unusual ways, these artists» sculptures and installations also stimulate and challenge their audiences» preconceptions of material, purpose, and intent.

Chris Natrop's hand - cut paper forest at the Craft & Folk Art Museum is part of the exhibition «Paperworks,» which features sculptures, collages and large - scale installations by 15 contemporary artists working in unusual ways with paper.

The «Paperworks» exhibition at the Craft and Folk Art Museum features sculptures, collages and large - scale installations by 15 contemporary artists working with paper in unusual ways.

David Shrigley: Brain Activity showcases the diversity of the artist's work - seemingly amateurish, crude drawings, hand - crafted sculptures made of unusual materials, and installations characterized by incongruities of scale - offering insightful and often surreal commentary on the absurdities of life, death and everything in between.

(New Orleans, LA)-- Featuring installations, paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings, and video, Lifelike explores how artists from around the globe use scale, unusual materials, and sly contextual devices to manufacture «authenticity.»

Their «New Sculpture» pushed beyond Minimalism and called all previous conceptions of the art form into question by employing unusual materials that had never before been used.Throughout his career, Sonnier has experimented with materials as varied as latex, satin, bamboo, found objects, satellite transmitters, and video.In 1968, the artist began working with neon, which quickly became a defining element of his work.The linear quality of neon allows Sonnier to draw in space with light and color, while the diffuseness of the light enables his work to interact on various architectural planes.Sonnier's architectural neon installations in public spaces have earned him wide acclaim in an international context.

Throughout the 20th - century, as part of the modernist revolt against the use of traditional materials in fine art and the consequent desire to demonstrate that «art» can be made out of anything, artists have been creating sculpture, assemblage, combined paintings / sculptures and installations from an ever - widening range of unusual objects and materials.

Producing work across a variety of media, including silkscreen, drawing, collage, video installation and sculpture, Drain often works with unusual materials including textiles, acrylic yarn, towels, and fun house mirrors.

Hiorns creates arresting sculpture and installation combining unusual materials.