Sentences with phrase «urban scenes including»

Van Gogh's Outskirts of Paris (1886) portrays the depressing effects of Haussmannisation and urban sprawl, notions evident in Lowry's urban scenes including Blitzed Site (1942) and Industrial Landscape (1955).

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Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

Underneath the survivalist narrative of its gritty urban drama is an unabashedly sentimental coming of ager, including opening scenes reminiscent of «Stand By Me».

With Table Mountain and the Cape of Good Hope both in close proximity, nature is never far away, but within the city itself, you'll find plenty of urban charm, such as a world - class restaurant scene, fashionable shops, and modern art galleries, including the newly opened Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa.

When evidence of man's presence in the wilderness is included, or when more urban scenes are depicted, the view remains consistent.

The May 6 — July 15 Main Gallery exhibition features portraits of waterway users and inhabitants, shipping and barge scenes, urban and industrial landscapes — including views of Evansville and the Ohio River — and paintings of wildlife inhabitants.

The images reveal experiences of homelessness and poverty in Houston; portraits of artists; artworks and studios; the punk rock, local and underground music scenes, including Urban Animals; and EPA Superfund sites.

Specific painting movements included the Ashcan School (c.1900 - 1915); Precisionism (1920s) which celebrated the new American industrial landscape; the more socially aware urban style of Social Realism (1930s); American Scene Painting (c.1925 - 45) which embraced the work of Edward Hopper and Charles Burchfield, as well as midwestern Regionalism (1930s) championed by Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry.

Highlights of the early twentieth century include paintings by Henry Ossawa Tanner, landscapes by Milton Avery and Arthur Dove, still lifes by Dorothy Dehner and Marsden Hartley, and urban scenes by George Ault, Marjorie Ryerson, and Charles Sheeler.

His numerous books, monographs and catalogs include: TRESPASS: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art, Beautiful Losers: Contemporary Art and Street Culture, The Downtown Book: The New York Art Scene 1974 - 1984, and Dondi White: Style Master General.

He has moved fluidly between genres, including portraiture, street shots, studio shots, still lifes, urban scenes, close - ups of mundane details and abstract photos.

Harrison paints urban wildlife scenes that include cloying blooms, insect infestations, the occasional hare, the occasional skull and bleak views across the London skyline.

It was quite shocking: a naked woman on a sofa and a bodybuilding he - man holding an oversized lollipop labelled «Pop» in a prominent position, lots of domestic gadgets including a TV, the cover of a comic presented as a framed painting, an all - too - urban scene through the landscape window, the ceiling covered with a space - age photo of Earth.

Chase was a leading member of the international artistic avant - garde and was best known for his mastery of a wide range of subjects in oil and pastel, including figures, landscapes, urban park scenes, interiors, and portraits.

Though he is primarily based in New York City, where he has painted numerous cityscapes and urban scenes such as his series of four paintings, entitled «Four Spots Along a Razor - Wire Fence», [4] Downes has traveled widely, creating a significant number of landscape paintings on site in Maine and Texas, of subjects including the harbor of Portland, Maine and the Donald Judd structures in Marfa, Texas.

Previous exhibitions have included: numerous workshops, performances, talks and tours for children; paintings by Colin Martin alongside a projection installation by Clare Langan; works by Johanna Connor and Gabrielle Byrne, two West Cork - based artists; a collaborative showing of mixed media works by Cork - based artists Sandra Minchin and Chris Hurley; an exhibition of paintings exploring cityscapes and urban scenes; an exhibition of drawings and works on paper by Dutch artist Arno Kramer; a series of video works exploring an interest in the precarious balances that exist between the human body and mind; a selected show by invited curator Sarah Foster, linked to the West Cork Craft and Design Guild's 10th Birthday Celebrations; and much more.

However, by including such figurative works as «Figure at Window with Boat» (1964) and the later mythic paintings, «Figure, Boat, Clouds» (1971) and «Figure with Tree» (1972), the exhibition suggests that there are more sides to Bischoff's figurative paintings than his urban scenes, and the full extent of what he did between 1952 and» 72, is still unknown, particularly on the East Coast.

Focusing on the best of Lowry's urban scenes and industrial landscapes including Tate's Coming Out of School 1927 and The Pond 1950 alongside significant loans, this timely and carefully selected exhibition aims to re-assess Lowry's contribution to art history and to argue for his achievement as Britain's pre-eminent painter of the industrial city.

Jeff Speck, an urban planner and author of «Walkable City,» said Lancaster has a lot of things going for it, including numerous downtown anchors, great restaurants, a thriving arts scene, history and other cultural activities.