Sentences with phrase «african cultures represented»

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New Orleans represents a strong influence of French, Spanish, African Americans, Cajun and Creole and people from many parts of the world which have had a profound impact on its culture.

Powell, 48, has long coveted the seat for New York's 15th District, which represents an area once known as the center of African American culture.

Both Asian and African culture was widely represented and usually characterised by fabulous prints in beautiful colours.

In a strongly worded letter to Superintendent Beth Schiavino - Narvaez, NAACP branch President Imam Abdul - Shahid Muhammad Ansari wrote that recommendations to close schools named for Martin Luther King, former Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner, civil rights pioneer Frank T. Simpson and John C. Clark Jr., the first African - American elected to public office in Hartford, represent a «total disregard for Black and Latino culture and heritage» and are part of a larger pattern of neglect toward neighborhood schools.

The exhibition incorporated a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, and other forms of popular culture and prompts rich discussions about the contested ways that African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts.

Regarded as one of the strongest African Art collections in the United States, the museum's collection spans 2,000 years with more than 100 cultures represented through some 500 works.

Upcoming at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Posing Beauty in African American Culture April 27 — July 26 This exhibition examines the contested ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media, including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the InCulture April 27 — July 26 This exhibition examines the contested ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media, including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Inculture such as music and the Internet.

In concert with the Nasher Museum of Art's exhibition, Building the Contemporary Collection: Five Years of Acquisitions, which includes twelve artists represented in 30 Americans, and reflects the art and culture of the African diaspora, visitors can appreciate the richness and range of contemporary works in two Triangle - area venues.

This exhibition examines the contested ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media, including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Internet.

Owusu interprets Du Bois» notion of double consciousness and creates a third cinematic space or consciousness, representing diverse identities including feminism, queerness and African immigrants interacting in African, white American, and black American culture.

Art, and creative thinking, would become paramount in not only empowering African - Americans to pursue equal opportunities, but allow for a variety of aesthetics to be developed that would represent a population both in and distinctly separate from mainstream culture.

The artist from criticism and visual satire, plays a number of characters already established in his work; sexy and ridiculed girls, East African Islamic bandits basking in a pastel paradise, smiling and joyful war machine... The situations represented are deeply connected with the image of the current television culture.

He is represented in varied collections including the Tate Gallery, London; Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Washington, D.C.; The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, GA; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

A rhythm is formed among the overlaid textures that represent topography, patterns that echo African craft and culture, and saturated, vibrant colors.

Owusu interprets Du Boisâ $ ™ notion of double consciousness and creates a third identity or consciousness, representing the diverse consciousness of women and African immigrants interacting in African, white American, and black American culture.

Posing Beauty examines the contested ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Internet.

Combining works of British and African art, the summer season at the gallery suggests an importance of representing different cultures in art.

Schapiro's work is represented in many private and public collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C.; The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta.

The South African Department of Arts and Culture announced photographer Mohau Modisakeng, along with Candice Breitz, will represent South Africa at 2017 Venice Biennale.

Posing Beauty in African American Culture Through July 27, 2014 Ticketed, VMFA members free Accompanying catalogue Posing Beauty in African American Culture examines the contested ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the InCulture Through July 27, 2014 Ticketed, VMFA members free Accompanying catalogue Posing Beauty in African American Culture examines the contested ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the InCulture examines the contested ways in which African and African American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Inculture such as music and the Internet.

«The subject of repatriation is central to Kader's video installation «Dispossession», which examines the role of Christian missionaries in the colonisation of African cultures,» says Rachel Lehmann, founder of Lehmann Maupin gallery, which represents Attia.

Birmingham Museum of Art Opened in 1951, the museum and sculpture garden has one of the finest collections in the south - eastern United States, with over 24,000 paintings (notably Renaissance and Baroque), sculptures, works on paper, and decorative art representing numerous cultures, including Asian (notably Vietnamese ceramics), African, Pre-Columbian art, and Native American, as well as mainstream European and American.

Andrews» work is represented in over fifty public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL); Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY); Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, VA); Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI); High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC); The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY); Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (La Jolla, CA); Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA); Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY); National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA); Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC); The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York, NY); Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford, CT); and Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY).