Tag: Figurative
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Mounir Fatmi, Evolution or Death (Phoebe) 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #254
Mounir Fatmi examines human vulnerability. He constructs visual environments (comprising such objects as saw blades, stereo speakers, construction hard hats, and flags) and plays with language in a way that questions preconceptions of politics and religion and unearths injustices buried by history. In his 2009 work The Machinery, 30 aggressive-looking industrial saw blades are inscribed with…
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Sacha Goldberger; Catarina 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 64
Sacha Goldberger, born in 1968, transforms his sitters from modern day beings into Flemish-style superheroes. His portraits are created using 17th century techniques including the use of light and shadow to highlight the figures. Mixing themes of Flemish paint techniques and modern day models, Goldberger presents his characters in a nostalgic, yet refreshing manner. More on Sacha…
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Nicolas Senegas; Sotto Voce 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 63
The present work features a seated figure with her chest exposed and her face turned away from the viewer. The title of the work, “Sotto Voce” is the action of intentionally lowering one’s voice for emphasis, as if to say something under the breath. “Sotto Voce” is a study in the human form and the…
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Ralph Gibson; SELECTED NUDE STUDIES OF LISA 02 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes #62
Ralph Gibson, (born January 16, 1939, Los Angeles, California, U.S.), American photographer whose work reveals a fascination for geometric elements found in everyday life, such as the meeting of two walls or the curve of a human arm. Gibson grew up in Los Angeles, leaving home to enlist in the U.S. Navy at the age…
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Eugène Narbonne, Menton 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 61
In this scene of Menton, on the French Riviera, the sunny port, and the hilly medieval old town crowned by the Basilique Saint-Michel, with its 18th-century bell tower, are of secondary interest to the large bathing beauties basking on the sand in the foreground. More on this painting Menton, town, Provence–Alpes–Côte d’Azur region, southeastern France. Situated…
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Maurice Taquoy, Deux femmes fumant/ Two smoking women 01 Work, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 60
Born in the Marne region, Maurice Taquoy (1878-1952) spent much of his life in and around Paris, mostly in elegant company and at horse racing tracks. When summer came Taquoy would make excursions to other racing venues, such as Deauville, where his services as program illustrator were valued. And while his biotope was mostly that of the…
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René Magritte, LA MAGIE NOIRE 03 Works, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 59
La magie noire belongs to a group of works Magritte executed in the 1940s, on the subject of a female nude in an unidentified landscape. The woman is depicted in a classical manner. This traditional representation, however, is juxtaposed with the unexpected colouration of the figure, whose upper body gradually acquires the tone of the…
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Helmut Newton, Lisa Lyon 02 Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #244
Lisa Lyon (born 1953) is a female bodybuilder and photo model from the United States, and is regarded as one of female bodybuilding’s pioneers. Born in Los Angeles, California in 1953. Lisa Lyon studied art at the University of California at Los Angeles. There she became accomplished in the Japanese art of fencing, kendo, but found…
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