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Lisa Hoke
Lisa Hoke (born 1952) is an American visual artist based in New York City and Hudson Valley, New York.Sisto, Elena"'Unmitigated, Unknowable Joy': A Studio Visit with Lisa Hoke" ''artcritical'', June 16, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2021.Butler, Sharon''Two Coats of Paint'', May 21, 2018. Retrieved August 18, 2021. She is known for colorful, immersive installation art, installations and abstract sculptures characterized by labor-intensive working processes and inventive use of repurposed consumer detritus as raw materials.Johnson, Ken"Lisa Hoke,"''The New York Times'', February 12, 1999, p.E39.Princenthal, Nancy. "Lisa Hoke", ''Art in America'', March 2009, p. 147.Grissom, Wesley. "Material Girl Lisa," ''Arbus Magazine'', December 2011/January 2012, p. 26–33. Her work has often challenged notions of mastery, permanence and fixed meaning, embracing qualities such as contingency and transience.Horodner, Stuart. "By the Dozens: Lisa Hoke," ''Surface Magazine'', March 2001, p. 92–4.C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is an independent city (United States), independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the List of cities in Virginia, most populous city in Virginia, fifth-most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, ninth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast and the List of United States cities by population, 42nd-most populous city in the U.S. Located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach is the largest city in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. This area, known as "America's First Region", also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Virginia, Chesapeake, Hampton, Virginia, Hampton, Newport News, Virginia, Newport News, Norfolk, Virginia, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia, Portsmouth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitney Museum Of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), a wealthy and prominent American socialite, sculptor, and art patron after whom it is named. The Whitney focuses on 20th- and 21st-century American art. Its permanent collection, spanning the late-19th century to the present, comprises more than 25,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, films, videos, and artifacts of new media by more than 3,500 artists. It places particular emphasis on exhibiting the work of living artists as well as maintaining an extensive permanent collection of important pieces from the first half of the last century. The museum's Annual and Biennial exhibitions have long been a venue for younger and lesser-known artists whose work is showcased there. From 1966 to 2014, the Whitney was at 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio González (sculptor)
Julio González i Pellicer (21 September 1876 – 27 March 1942), born in Barcelona, was a Spanish sculptor and painter who developed the expressive use of iron as a medium for modern sculpture. He was from a lineage of metalsmith workers and artists. His grandfather was a goldsmith worker and his father, Concordio González, a metalsmith worker who taught him the techniques of metalsmith in his childhood years. His mother, Pilar Pellicer Fenés, came from a long line of artists. Julio attended Circol Artist Sant Luc, a Catholic school whose model of education was based on the medieval art guilds and influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement in England. Biography Youth Julio González Pellicer was born in Barcelona, on September 21, 1876. He came from a line of metalsmith workers; his grandfather was a goldsmith in Galicia. González's father, Concordio González, owned a workshop and as a young boy, González learned from him the techniques of gold, silver, and iron meta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
