While the country's longstanding former President Robert Mugabe was being ousted through a military - led coup, Chiurai was exhibiting his politically - driven work, which combines art historical imagery with references from popular culture and archival material to explore the visual language and tropes that help construct myths, history, and ultimately power. (goodman-gallery.com)
Perspectival Space and the Forbidden Desires of Artemisia G.), 1979, and, third, the deconstruction of art historical imagery from a feminist and psychoanalytical standpoint, exemplified by R.S.I. — Dürer, del Sarto, Parmigianino, 1983. (deborahschamoni.com)
Artists Lisa Wright, Emma Vidal, Penny Byrne, Aaron Smith and Henry Hussey reference historical imagery and objects in a selection of new works, ranging photography to porcelain figurines. (aestheticamagazine.com)