The phrase "artist picking" is not a standard expression in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in a context where someone is selecting or choosing an artist, but it lacks clarity without additional context.
Example: "The gallery is focused on artist picking for the upcoming exhibition, ensuring a diverse range of styles."
Alternatives: "artist selection" or "choosing an artist".
A French film, "The Artist," picked up five Oscars, including those for best picture, best actor and best director.
With great happiness, the artist picks himself up, wraps his arms around the dog, and rushes it off to his studio.
This kind of thing never goes out of style; it has been the essence of painting and drawing since the first cave artist picked up a piece of charcoal and made a mark on the wall with representational intent.
But when Mr. Pierson was asked what he had that best embodied the California spirit, the artist picked a small and humble object: a child's chair made out of plywood and old orange crates that he found in an antiques market near Twentynine Palms.
She complained that all but one of her artist picks (believed to be Rebecca Warren) were so "brutally rejected" by the other judges that she wondered whether she had been chosen merely as a "fig leaf" to cover the machinations of the art world.
Jean Dujardin, the French star of "The Artist," picked up a nomination for best actor, probably prefiguring a long ride for him working on his English this awards season, and Mr. Brooks's inclusion on the best supporting-actor list, for his against-type performance as a gangster in "Drive," could bode well for his Oscar chances.
Did you go to a music festival and see your favorite artist pick up some trash?
With so many artists picking up brushes or at least a pencil, is the idea that real things can be appropriated as art bankrupt?
"A country that's able to support its artists, picking its scars, and putting salt on those scars even, that's healthy," Cohen said.
