The photographer and his crew are furiously painting a backdrop in time for the photo session, but they needn't have worried.
A girl who had spent the past five hours painting a backdrop for a Red Grooms-inspired kinetic sculpture wandered in, idly picking at a rose that had been fashioned from a strip of bacon.
Focusing on the musical's themes of home and family, the elementary-school students did research projects about Kansas, drew maps and built cardboard houses modeled on Dorothy's, while also rehearsing songs and dances and painting a backdrop for the set.
He says concerns about inflation paint a negative backdrop to trading ahead of the Federal Reserve's rate-setting meeting one week from today.
Representations of the city, countryside, and building interiors are essential to Balzac's realism, often serving to paint a naturalistic backdrop before which the characters' lives follow a particular course; this gave him a reputation as an early naturalist.
All four walls in the room have decorations painted on a backdrop of yellow — it is known as the "House of Gold".
Its people wander through a strangely artificial landscape, and the ideas hover in the air above them like clouds painted on a backdrop.
Stefano Pilati added art-world references: a Twombly-style chalk painting as a backdrop, the motorcycle leather worn in a portrait by Robert Mapplethorpe, a sweater with one of his razor-blade motifs.
Their breathtaking interpretation of "The Wind begun to knead the Grass... .. performed in dance, music, song and visual art (with their painting as a backdrop projected behind the stage) formed the centerpiece of iO's first GET VERSED, and Mr. Bonner kindly reminded me of his appreciation for his children's participation.
Among other virtues, the spaciousness allows a scenic artist to paint an entire backdrop in one place.
