Sentences with phrase «whose small canvas»

Oliveira, who is represented in the show by a 1961 oil portrait of his mother, was a friend of Polish - born Waldemar Mitrowski — whose small canvas «Outdoor» is enigmatic and poetic — and a mentor to John Goodman — whose «Figure # 29» is sensual and singular

Not exact matches

Painted on every conceivable kind of surface, from aluminum foil and corrugated cardboard boxes to cotton batting and artichoke leaves, these small works honor artists ranging from Alfred Jensen, who shares Martin's interest in numerology («Good Morning Alfred Jensen, Good Morning,» reads a 2005 - 07 painting whose rainbow of stripes frames, in Jensen-esque colors, a bikini - clad calendar model) to Dash Snow (a messy little canvas of 2006 - 07 titled Dash Snow Bombing, in which the late enfant terrible appears in a tiny blurry photo by Ryan McGinley, spray - painting a wall).

How is it that the late and iconic Ellsworth Kelly, whose canvases towered over seven decades, is represented here by a single, small drawing?

In the downstairs gallery are three smaller and more recent sculptures, two Blu and a Giallo, whose curves develop out from what look like stretchers for canvas paintings.

He happened on the theme in the late 1960's, when he leaned a small painting, its back facing forward, against a larger canvas whose surface had already been painted.

Victoria Civera, a Spanish painter, is making her debut at the Marta Cervera Gallery in SoHo with a series of small abstract canvases whose simple centered motifs conjure up an unusual range of association - variously physiological, astral or simply decorative.

Terre verte also figures in two large single - panel monochrome canvases whose composition — a rectangle or square resting on a smaller rectangle — recalls Marden's early monochromes, the bottom area showing the many layers used to build up the painting.

The works vary in size, from the small 16 x 12 inches canvas from 1961 whose pull cord extends down the length of the painting and dangles several inches below the picture plane, to the large, three paneled, Untitled (triptych), 1961, which features a split shade and measures 54 x 115 inches overall.

This group exhibition showcases the paintings and photography of a select group of gallery and chosen artists from around the globe whose dynamic compositions and narratives are contained with a «small canvas.»