Sentences with phrase «within classical landscape»

In jarring juxtapositions of contemporary, modernist and retro - futuristic motifs within classical landscape compositions, Ged Quinn's large scale paintings combine anachronistic references to art and literature with the strong traditions of landscape and still - life painting.

Not exact matches

Among contemporary American photographers, Opie is exceptionally attuned to the histories of representation, and Portraits and Landscapes vigorously embodies the artist's conversation with classical European portraiture as well as the American Pictorialist idiom within landscape photography championed by Alfred Stieglitz in the early 1900s.

While these elements reflect the components of a seemingly classical composition, Carreño portrays the scene within a verdant landscape that evokes an imagined tropical garden inspired by the artist's native Cuba.

Anchoring the exhibition is the stunning Black Mat Oriole video, an ambitious work five years in the making, in which Kang has created an immersive narrative influenced by the flow and movement found within classical Korean poetry, calligraphy, and dance but is firmly rooted in the contemporary landscape.

West Gallery: Su Schnee An exhibition of recent large - scale, mixed - media works on paper by Montreal artist Su Schnee will open at Mercer Union on Tuesday, January 6 at 8:00 p.m. Su Schnee's striking and evocative imagery falls within the parameters of two classical themes: landscape and portrait.

Skyscrapers, a busy café scene, manicured gardens and a classical landscape all feature within the series.