In a 2006 series of
wall reliefs made of white sponge stretched over wood, Amado once again references Minimalism — in this case to the white paintings of Robert Ryman — while presenting symbolically suggestive words such as «desire,» «beauty,» and «death» that appear like raised inscriptions on tombstones, which clouds their meanings in mystery and ultimately leaves interpretations ambiguous and open - ended.
This is represented in «Why Pictures Now» by objects Lawler produced while working with, or for, others: promotional materials from exhibitions and events she organized with Levine under the moniker A Picture Is No Substitute for Anything, production stills she took for a film by Lawrence Weiner, a business card she designed for Dan Graham, bronze
wall reliefs she made with Allan McCollum.
The components are found objects as well as shapes she has precisely cut from Lucite, aluminum, wood, cardboard and paper, yielding pieces that are not unlike
the wall reliefs made by Frank Stella beginning in the 1980s.
Navigating this uprooted position has given rise to enthralling recent work, such as Roots, a large triptych
wall relief made from reels of painstakingly twisted cable wire.
Not exact matches
U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, State Senator Daniel Squadron, and Councilwoman Margaret Chin issued a joint statement expressing
relief at the «significant progress» being
made on quality of life issues at the Occupy
Wall Street demonstration in the privately owned Zuccotti Park.
«While Comptroller DiNapoli has been fighting for tax
relief for working and middle - class people in New York State, Hedge Fund Harry Wilson has been focused on ensuring that his fellow
Wall Street millionaires
make out like bandits by opposing President Obama's
Wall Street reform package,» Sumberg said.
At Abu Simbel, the famed Egyptian rock - cut temple 300 miles south of Aswân whose entrance is adorned with four colossal statues of Ramses II, a
wall relief shows the pharaoh
making an offering to Amun, who appears as a man.
With a funky interior sporting seats
made out of car parts, a bonnet and headlamps emerging from the
wall above the stage, live music past 22:30 and a loosely fitting biker's atmosphere Springer Pub is a welcome
relief from the highly charged and sometimes mercenary atmosphere of Central Chaweng.
Beginning in 1961 with Untitled (DSS 25) he began producing three - dimensional
wall mounted
reliefs and the first example was constructed from oil and sand painted plywood with a concave upper and lower edge
made from galvanized iron.
Cheryl Donegan points out that both Polke and Prince were beaten to the punch by the protean Dieter Roth, who
made peg - board and rubber - band
wall reliefs in the early 1960s.
Finishing off the trio were Emilio Lobato's recent
wall relief sculptures
made of found materials.
In his Spatial
Reliefs, Nuclei and Penetrables,
made during the early - 60s, he strove to liberate the abstract coloured shapes from the
wall and from adherence to a particular form by
making them part of the viewer's environment.
There's an eye - catching series of towering
wall -
reliefs by the late artist Terry Adkins, all
made out of stacked drum cymbals.
Louise Bourgeois and Ursula von Rydingsvard
make light - handed, spontaneous drawings distinct from the immense sculptures that are their hallmark, while Catherine Lee's works - on - paper directly recall her repetitious
wall reliefs.
Styrofoam and cardboard packing materials
make the contours and shapes in Keister's recent ceramic
wall - mounted
relief sculptures.
Derrick Velasquez's
wall sculptures from his Untitled Series, create a comforting rhythm in the form of patterned geometric
reliefs made of colored strips of vinyl and wood.
Harnischfeger's three small
wall - mounted
reliefs are multi-layered abstractions
made of stacked pieces of hand - dyed paper and stones embedded in plaster and ceramic.
This
makes them essentially different from Frank Stella's
wall - mounted high
reliefs that are constructed like three - dimensional sculptures (with space in between) projecting directly from the
wall.
Afshar will also debut a large
wall relief installation
made of found Turkish fabrics, tulle, beads, and wire that explore the disintegration of material over time, adding a temporal dimension to her work not present in her woven pieces.
The exhibition pairs stand - alone sculptures and
wall reliefs with installation elements, such as functional seating
made out of hand - cut wood and black wooden
wall sconces holding mint green candles.
His sculptures — geometric
wall objects, façade - like
reliefs, objects and sculptures created from abstract stereometric bodies which take the form of cubes, angles, columns, pedestals, podiums, movable
walls and shelving — are
made of cheap no - frills materials such as particle board, cardboard, linen, molton, Styrofoam, synthetic resin, emulsion paint, fluorescent tubes and other everyday building materials.
After Industry will also feature work by Verginer's son, Christian Verginer, including several
wall reliefs,
made of wood and depicting scenes of forests.
Artist Thornton Dial, who used found objects, fabric, and paint to
make astounding, intricate
wall reliefs and sculptures that harbor nuanced narratives at once grand and intimate, died yesterday, Monday, January 25, at his home in Emelle, Alabama.
Translating the architectural lines into
wall reliefs consisting of various - coloured elements, he produced geometrical works that
make a powerful artistic statement to keep alive the memory of historic buildings destroyed in war.
In the early 1960s, he moved very quickly into
making three - dimensional work, so while the first room in the exhibition is given over to paintings, the second shows his first
wall reliefs and sculpture.
There is an obvious connection between the polygonal cells of these
wall reliefs and the forms within the steel frameworks — indeed the group of 26 drawings was
made at the same time as I began hollowing out lumps of clay.
Here Fitzmaurice displays a series of
wall hung
reliefs made from symmetrical automobile shells, headlights, and fenders that tend to resemble alien facial structures.
Already, however, Flavin had been experimenting with electric light in a series called the «icons» — modestly sized, illuminated
wall reliefs,
made between 1961 and 1964.
The centerpiece in Swedish artist Jacob Dahlgren's latest exhibition is «Subject of Art,» 2012, a series of fifteen small, building block — like
wall reliefs, each
made out of hundreds of yellow pencils.
There are four
reliefs made from curled and dangling copper - clad plastic that brought to mind the
wall - mounted painted sculptures of 78 - year - old Frank Stella, and a floor piece that evoked 75 - year - old Richard Serra's rolled lead works from the 1960s.
These were followed by a brief period in the late 1950's and early 60's of
making boxy
wall reliefs in strong monochromatic colors, to which he attached colored light bulbs and fluorescent tubes.
After receiving Sculp - Metal in a can as a gift in 1955, Samaras used the claylike material to
make proto - minimalist, floor - based objects as well as several
wall - mounted
reliefs that encase disquieting objects such as an exposed double - edge razorblade, an undone safety - pin, and mangled cutlery (here a teaspoon).
Through the saturated hues of site specific installation,
wall reliefs, and undulating, folded sculpture, Pasquali's work redesigns the contours of organic forms through ready -
made inorganic material, rendering elegant, playful designs.
Jungen's new sculptural objects,
wall reliefs, and hanging curtain are
made of cut, spliced and reformatted Air Jordan trainers transformed into abstracted compositions that generate broader interpretations.
During the late - 50s he
made sculptures such as Wave
Relief I (1959, Private Collection), sometimes using cut out flat forms silhouetted against interior
walls.
Paul Lee has one of the best - looking, and also weirdest, booths at this year's Independent: two
walls of
relief sculptures
made of reconstructed tambourines spliced together with quasi-Constructivist black and yellow sculptures.
Although he had first
made wall reliefs from coloured aluminium panels in the 50s, his most ambitious early projects, notably the Statue of Liberty surrounded by gigantic abstract forms, could hardly be realised except in collage.
In Chelsea, Untitled (Sculptural Study, Low -
Relief Wall Construction), 1975/2008, is a single thread of blue acrylic yarn that makes two perpendicular turns to include the width of the wall on its journey between floor and ceiling, while, uptown, Untitled, 1995, is a straight section of copper wire set sheer against the w
Wall Construction), 1975/2008, is a single thread of blue acrylic yarn that
makes two perpendicular turns to include the width of the
wall on its journey between floor and ceiling, while, uptown, Untitled, 1995, is a straight section of copper wire set sheer against the w
wall on its journey between floor and ceiling, while, uptown, Untitled, 1995, is a straight section of copper wire set sheer against the
wallwall.
The exhibition features a selection of recent sculptures
made of reclaimed timber and flat wood panels to which a combination of sawing, chiseling, charring and burnishing with graphite was used to create the
wall reliefs and free - standing sculptures.
In Deodorized Central Mass with Satellites (1991 — 99), an installation sculpture
made from untidy clusters of toys suspended from the ceiling, a dozen monochrome plush - toy spheres, linked by a system of cables and pulleys across the ceiling, orbit around a central, rainbow - colored blob; ten large, geometrically faceted, brightly colored
wall -
reliefs are actually monumental dispensers of pine - scented air freshener, which automatically send their cleansing spray into the room at timed intervals.
Zwirner artist Adel Abdessemed's printed steel
wall relief, a kind of cheeky ode to Boetti, «Mappemonde - olive» (2011),
made a record $ 350,000, even without the boost of a buyer's premium (est. $ 150,000 - 200,000).
While
Wall Street will likely continue to be out of commission next year, commercial banks could eventually start lending again, once the money
made available through the $ 700 billion Troubled Assets
Relief Program (TARP) works its way through the financial system.