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Free sign upThe phrase "a hole in the canvas of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used metaphorically to describe a gap or absence in a broader context, often relating to art, life, or experiences.
Example: "The artist's latest work reveals a hole in the canvas of her past, exposing the struggles she faced."
Alternatives: "a gap in the fabric of" or "a void in the tapestry of".
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A film that addresses the subject of slavery so square on with this potency has been a long time coming and, in the words of McQueen, it fills "a hole in the canvas of cinema".
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The abrupt realism of the procuress's face suggests an actual woman looking out through a hole in the canvas, and the sonorous yellow of the prostitute's dress sets off an eruption of beauty.
"What if I drip the paint instead of brush it?" "What if I poke a hole in the canvas?" "What if I pull this peeling paint off the canvas?" Following questions like these leads to new discoveries, and can even spark entirely new directions for your work.
Smoke was rising from the chimney pipe which protruded through a hole in the canvas.
A splinter of glass ripped a small hole in the canvas of "The Football Players", by Henri Rousseau, and this was the only painting injured by the fire.
By placing a hole in the back of a canvas over the spot where the vanishing point would be, the viewer glances at the scene represented in the painting through the hole.
The Italian artist has long been suspected of turning his studio into a giant camera obscura, punching a hole in the ceiling to help project images on to his canvas.
As it happens, another work of art that Walton has brought to Arkansas is "Excavation at Night," by George Bellows, a dark, gritty canvas depicting the early stages of the construction of Penn Station, when it was nothing more than a hole in the ground.
The desserts wouldn't make Gauguin punch a hole in his canvas.
He took out his box cutter and slit another half-moon hole in the canvas, this time on the top.
Reattach the soft top material ("canvas") to the glass when just part of the canvas has detached so that the glass does not have to be re-centered within the hole in the canvas.
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