As the gallery puts it, «Umbrico collapses the obsolescence and breakdown of new technology with the aesthetic formalism of
utopian Modernist abstraction.»
He transforms
these utopian modernist influences into striking expressions of isolation and confinement.
A room installation consisting of panels covering portions of the floor and walls and a three - dimensional recreation on the floor, the piece blends rigid geometric spaces with more sensual, patterned decoration, representing the family's attempts to reconcile the visual language of their native Morocco with
the utopian modernist vision of Israel in the 1970s.
Not exact matches
Lee Bul, who will be the summer exhibition, is really fascinated by
modernist architecture and by
utopian architecture and she loves this building.
Thirty years after graduating from the School of Art + Design, Julie presents a new series of works that reflect on how the
modernist architecture of the campus and its
utopian ideals influenced her artistic practice.
Tillman Kaiser shares concerns with other contemporary European artists in displaying a fascination with early
modernist design,
Utopian ideology and Futurism redux.
Robert Orchardson's work draws on a range of sources from
modernist architecture and futuristic design, including
utopian manifestos, stage sets and details from science fiction films.
This year's shortlist consists of Knut Henriksen, whose dominating sculptures reference
modernist architecture,
utopian ideals and pragmatic solutions with dazzling visceral results; Vibeke Tandberg who has filled a room with among other things, 119 plaster casts of freezer doors as a comment on recycling; Lars Lauman who has crammed a room with ephemera from an era that seemed chemically obsessed, including E.T dolls and archival science material on acid attacks; while Mattias Härenstam has set up a pulley that drags a birch tree branch around the exterior of a room, blocking people from entering or exiting the doorway.
Many of the forms and compositions recall mid-century Minimalism, Hard - edge painting, and
modernist architecture with its
utopian ideals of living.
His work confronts the failed
utopian dreams of
modernist aesthetics and investigates contemporary social reality as well as the techniques of mass media.
These iconic compositions of complex, skewed angles and radiant, tonal color allude to the multiple narratives coursing through the history of
modernist painting, from the
utopian vision of Russian Constructivism to the hallucinatory images of Op Art.
Through this game he makes a larger comment on the
modernist utopian project.
Using
modernist aesthetics and ideals elucidated by the Russian constructivists and the Bauhaus school — both of which are movements known for their utopian aspirations — Cerrillo makes steel frames that outline empty gallery space, exploring the failure of Modernist abstraction to connote real
modernist aesthetics and ideals elucidated by the Russian constructivists and the Bauhaus school — both of which are movements known for their
utopian aspirations — Cerrillo makes steel frames that outline empty gallery space, exploring the failure of
Modernist abstraction to connote real
Modernist abstraction to connote real meaning.
The Irish artist imagines a speculative live / work environment drawing influence from
Modernist architecture and science fiction, both of which imagine the future as a
utopian space of fantastic social and political potential.
Martin Boyce's sculptures and installations often relate to
utopian,
modernist design.
However, Amm can continue working on the tradition of
modernist art, on the inconsistencies and loose ends, and, devoid of any pathos for progress, exploring afresh -
Utopian life models.
By distributing stickers of commercial logos converted back into
modernist geometries, Vidokle reinserts these once -
utopian forms into the social fabric of the city.
Anton Vidokle engages
modernist traditions in works that explore the persistence and failures of
utopian ideals.
Out of this chaos came the
modernists - a group of
utopian designers with thrilling new visions of what the future could hold.
Born in 1972, the artist witnessed the city's sharp change from its
utopian and
modernist socialist aesthetic — begun in the aftermath World War Two — to a distinctively neoliberal landscape in the 1990s, dominated by new developments.
Drawing on his training as an architect, Jose Dávila reflects on the failure of
utopian,
modernist architectural principles in his assemblages, mixed - media works, photography, and installations.
The extraordinary opportunity, no doubt offered to the young man because of his impressive language skills, Classical education, and rigorous interest in the contemporary arts, allowed Matta to travel throughout Europe and to work on
modernist,
utopian projects like the Ville Radieuse.
Wade Guyton prints red and black lines and crosses on old photographs of
Modernist art and architecture —
utopian plans slyly, almost lovingly, defaced and in the process modestly renewed.
She continues, «Over the past decade, Mai - Thu's installations, paintings, and sculptures have often made use of fluid narratives centered on mythical
utopian communities organized around feminist and
modernist principles» Perret has been working on a new performance that will take place within the museum on June 4.
From the
utopian ambitions of the
modernist movement to the overlooked details of daily experience, Gander's work ranges across a dizzying spectrum of forms and ideas.
«Robert Orchardson's work draws upon elements like
modernist architecture and design,
utopian texts, or details from science fiction films.
Organized by LACMA, the exhibition will bring together more than 100 works and reveal a sculptor whose identification with the working class motivated him to adopt the geometric forms of the constructivist avant - garde (
modernist artists who used hard - edged geometries to express
utopian optimism) from the very first years of his career in the 1930s until his untimely death in 1965.
By overlaying
utopian consumerist imagery with the tropes of
Modernist geometric abstraction, the artist skilfully blends the registers of high and low art while questioning the seductive powers of commercial imagery in today's society.
Björn Meyer - Ebrecht's painting's use
modernist architecture and design as a starting point, using basic geometric form as an alphabet with which to render these utilitarian and
utopian forms into idiosyncratic compositions.
For Into Lattice Sun, South Korean artist Lee Bul drew inspiration from
modernist architecture, transforming this room into a metropolitan, dramatic, and
utopian landscape.