Sentences with phrase «works upon the theme»

This is Silverman's fourth exhibition with Tomio Koyama Gallery and features new works upon the theme of «blue», with architectural references, natural forms and a sharp sensitivity towards material.

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The poem contains eighteen chapters, each treating of some special theme; one, of the way of salvation by work, another by knowledge — but throughout there is emphasis upon salvation by faith or devotion to Krishna.
By developing the various themes in this first lecture (indeed our entire discussion) under the large figure of Ecology a general intention is clearly stated: to argue that faith comes to exist in the vast and complex totality of a man's life, that faith as engendered by the Word of God works upon, makes use of, reillumines and reinterprets the total geography of existence.
Her work touches upon a number of subjects, including a recurring theme of self - image.
Mansions of Madness is part of the Arkham Horror universe, which is in turn based upon the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and a big theme in his stories was a lack of control.
The fact that the bricks collected from their environment were daily concealed with sand, then uncovered and exposed, highlights the inevitable socio - political and environmental themes inherent to Hackett's work upon a slower read.
This year, Dennis Freedman, creative director at Barneys New York, settled upon the theme of mutation and metamorphosis, selecting six cutting edge works from six generations of designers and placing them around the Herzog & de Meuron designed Exhibition Center.
After setting the stage with some philosophical analysis of the themes and techniques of Expressionist art, Foster engages his main subject — how «the work of several young artists reflects critically upon the language of Expressionism.»
Even in her other works albeit more subtle, the theme of preservation becomes contingent upon the cognitive artistic process that she poignantly captures.
Artists as diverse as Louise Bourgeois, Eric Orr, Ed Ruscha, and James Turrell have all made holographic works that draw on the medium's ability to replicate three - dimensionality and deep space to expand upon themes they so successfully mined in other formats.
Original artworks and commentary by Mark Tansey (b. 1949), whose large scale monochromatic allegories reference the art of photography, a pivotal technology in the reproduction and dissemination of popular images; John Currin (b. 1962), who has referenced the art of Norman Rockwell, and whose provocative figural paintings reflect upon domestic and social themes that were prevalent, though differently portrayed, in the mid-twentieth century; Vincent Desiderio (b. 1955), whose dark intellectual melodramas re-imagine scenes of crime and adventure from pulp fiction; Lucien Freud (1922 - 2011), the painter of deeply psychological works that examine the relationship of artist and model; and Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946), son of noted painter Andrew Wyeth and grandson of illustrator N.C. Wyeth, whose images convey stories real and imagined, among other artists, will be featured in the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue.
AM: This new body of work for your upcoming exhibition seems to build upon the environmental and anti-consumerism themes we've seen in your work previously.
With the nine oil paintings and three works on paper that comprise the exhibition, Miller continues to explore the narrative potential of the animal world by revisiting many of the themes that she has surveyed in her work for the past thirty years, including the relationship between predator and prey, the effect of changing habitats upon both flora and fauna, the folly of our human sense of control over nature, and the passage of time.
The adventure voyages, science fiction, and fairy tales he relays in his work simultaneously touch upon themes of race, gender roles, masculinity, and sexuality.
Living and working in both Lincoln, Nebraska and Brooklyn, New York, Friedman's research - based practice draws from personal, geo - political, and psychological concerns, cleverly layering these themes upon or within one - another.
The paintings typically correspond to the themes and groups of Bleckner's oeuvre, such as his Lifespan Paintings or his Forgetting Paintings, also some from his recent Black Monet Paintings and others based upon the AIDS crisis, which he denoted Molecule, Blood and Disease works.
Over twenty recent works on view build upon the themes of this early important example.
Though Scharf's brightly colored imagery is generally playful, he has remarked that darker themes exist beneath the surface of his works, visible upon closer inspection.
The fair will build upon the success of the original Multiplied model launched in 2010 with exciting new works to be launched, a tailored programme of art events in collaboration with Christie's Education and Art Wednesday, and a themed pop - up cafe by William Norris & Company.
The annual event is aimed at encouraging artists over the age of eighteen to focus upon, and develop, the theme of portraiture in their work.
Be that as it may, we will go along with these politics of surface and proceed by looking into a few themes that both artists» works touch upon.
His work is currently being exhibited in London's prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the science fiction - themed exhibition Memory Palace based upon author Hari Kunzru's futuristic vision of a dystopian London, and next on his agenda is a solo exhibition entitled Controlled Spaces in Portland's Breeze Block Gallery in their main space, alongside UK - based Carl Cashman in Gallery 2.
Further into the exhibit, the works begin to touch upon other themes and topics.
Dead or Alive follows upon themes first presented in the inaugural exhibition of MAD's new home, Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, which featured contemporary works created from multiples of ordinary manufactured items.
While he has developed the concepts upon which his work is based, it's always featured strong geometrical themes, and many of his collections are dedicated especially to exploring certain shapes.
Thus one strand of his recent work would appear to have concentrated upon owls as a new theme.
Her recent sculptural works explore subjects both ornamental and narrative, touching upon themes personal and social in domestic life, child rearing, and labor.
André Guedes (b. 1971, Portugal) advances in his work a social and political critique, exploring subjects (upon researching historic and literary themes) and information (Guedes often incorporates documentation in his artwork) as his artistic media, leading to installations, performances, stage sets and urban interventions.
As a Lieutenant Colonel in the Saudi Army, themes of control and authority can be felt within this work, as well as a desire to preserve and respect the history upon which traditional art is built.
This book documents Marlborough Chelsea's 2012 exhibition of the same name and expands upon its core themes with ancillary texts and ephemera, including interviews and other written works by Alex Waterman, J.G. Ballard, Richard Prince, James Frey, Pierre Huyge and Philippe Parreno, The John Fare Estate, The Anabel Vale Archive, J.T. LeRoy / Laura Albert, Kurt Schwitters, François Aubart, Raimundas Malasauskas, and Mark Flood.
This discussion about the artist's work and legacy will touch upon themes including his inventive use of media such as the collage and found materials within his Combines, his enthusiasm for travel and creative interchanges with other artists including Jasper Johns, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, and Cy Twombly, which defined Rauschenberg's practice and his contribution to art history.
As with the photographs, these works reinforce the exhibition's central theme, replicating traces and references of the imagery featured in Rhode's photographs upon the gallery's walls.
This highly successful annual event is aimed at encouraging artists over the age of eighteen to focus upon, and develop, the theme of portraiture in their work.
The exhibition catalog brings together works, objects, and texts on the theme of the universe with contributions from physicists, painters, writers, art historians, filmmakers, and urban planners: Paul Virilio, Jean - Louis Schefer, Moebius, Anne Diatkine... Each calls upon childhood imagination and reality, thereby combining two essential dimensions — man and play — through which we invent the world and make it our own.
César in Context comprises a sequence of spotlights, focusing and expanding upon the formal themes recurrent in César's work from the 1950s through the 1990s, with each room highlighting a distinctive sculptural series.
His work is multidisciplinary and often draws upon themes of cultural production and identity in relation to history; blurring the distinction between fiction and reality.
In varying media, broadly investigating into a common theme, the ground - breaking works Light Show will bathe their visitors in a continuously changing atmosphere and hypnotise through a play upon perception.
The choice of works is very deliberate with the exhibition broken down into seven themes: Beauty, Power and Space, which looks at each artist's engagement with the sublime, a theme central to English Romantic art but which survived through the modernist movement and is a key feature of Twombly's paintings; Atmosphere, which considers the ways in which the three artists paint land and sea through a filter of atmospheric conditions; Naught so Sweet as Melancholy, named after a phrase in Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, where the theme of loss and memorialisation are central concerns; The Seasons which reflects upon the passage of time; Fire and Water where all three artists evince the power of the elements; The Vital Force which brings together works of a sensual or erotic nature; and finally A Floating World where each artist contemplates mortality and external events that impact on their lives.
Harkness» show - her fourth solo exhibition — builds upon themes and the key symbols in her previous work, but adds, for the first time, the actual lived experience of historical actors.
A common theme that runs throughout his work is that of the mathematical φ Phi, the source ratio which was defined in the 3rd Century BC by Euclid in Elements, and later expanded upon by Luca Pacioli (1445 — 1517) in the Divina Proportione.
With his first exhibition slated for the autumn of 1964, Warhol, who typically preferred to dedicate his exhibition to a single theme or series, embarked upon the creation of a new body of work — resulting in his extensive Flowers series.
The exhibition (14 February — 29 July 2018) comprises a site - specific installation of works touching upon subjects ranging from global topics such as migration and inequality to more personal themes such as identity, relationships and happiness.
Day's work explores themes of feminism and sexuality, while employing various suspension techniques reflecting upon popular culture.
In other works, however, the themes feel like an abstract frame forced upon individual positions, for instance, in Monika Sosnowska's Façade (2013), a hanging steel sculpture of a crumpled architectural grid, or Oscar Murillo's unnecessary monumental installation Condiciones aún por titular (Conditions yet not known), 2014 — 17, taking over the courtyard of Bait Al Serkal with excavations, sawn canvases, paintings and steel structures inspired by morgue tables, picturing the process of a personal archaeology.
One of the book's central themes is that any constitutional order is a work in progress, constantly being created and recreated by its participants and that to understand the operation of the order one has to understand the multiple claims made upon it and the contesting visions projected onto it.
Her second book Mindful Games, offers simple explanations of complex concepts, methods, and themes while expanding upon her work developing activity - based mindfulness games.
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