Sentences with phrase «vibrant paintings reference»

Based in London but born in Birmingham, UK, to Jamaican parents, Hurvin Anderson's vibrant paintings reference his Caribbean heritage, the history of art and also include representations of black icons, such as Malcom X and Martin Luther King Jr. in works such as Is it OK to be black?

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Inspired by the Caribbean Island of Trinidad and its folklore, the artist blends together multiple and eclectic references to the Garden of Eden, Old Master painting, cocktails and the Italian football star Mario Balotelli in a vibrant collaboration between artist and weavers.

Contemporary heir to the pop artists, Da Corte combines these common consumer objects with pop cultural references, personal family narratives — and even other artists» work — in vibrant sculptures, paintings, videos, and immersive installations.

There's a life - size, stone - carved petrol pump, a cycle of vibrant cosmological paintings by Beatriz Aurora and — this being the Americas, — several references to the European displacement of indigenous peoples, most notably the mismatched assemblages by the irrepressible Cherokee Jimmie Durham.

One of Australia's foremost contemporary artists working today, Barton's distinctive use of line across painting, illustration, video and collage creates a vibrant figurative dream world, rich with personal references and poignant juxtapositions.

Basquiat's work merged figuration, expressionism, and textual references in thick paint, aggressive brushstrokes, and vibrant color.

The Kowloons — a title which references the city in Hong Kong that Dubuffet imagined but never travelled to — are vibrant paintings of blue and red on bright yellow ground.

Referencing time and space, John Clement's sculptures are painted in vibrant, primary colors creating a child - like playfulness in a world filled with imagination, hope and potential.

A master of portraiture, Wiley has traveled to Nigeria, Senegal, Brazil, Israel, Sri Lanka and beyond, hand picking young «urban» men from each destination to sit for formal portraits that reference classic European paintings executed with vibrant - hued, elaborately patterned backgrounds.

Night and Day also included recent paintings featuring vibrant characters, elements of landscape, and mythical references.