Sentences with phrase «american utopian communities»

Francis Cape, Utopian Benches, 2011 Sculptor Francis Cape's twenty unpainted poplar wood benches, are each a replica of seating used by American utopian communities.

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The methods of teaching developed at the BMC — such as an emphasis on interpretation and dialogue in the form of the student critique (or «crit»)-- are still present in many of our most advanced art schools; the language of interdisciplinarity began at BMC and the mixture of disciplines and mediums gave way to what is largely regarded as the first «happening»; and the aspirations of intentional communities, utopian ways of thinking, bridging the gap between art and life, and the creation of a counter-culture that are characteristic of American culture in the 1960s all flourished at the college in the preceding decades.

Questioning the utopian nature of suburbia, Brian Tolle's colorful sculptures from his Levittown series reveal that the once idyllic perception of these middleclass communities is fading as fast as the American dream.

Justine Kurland is known for her utopian photographs of American landscapes and the fringe communities, both real and imagined, that inhabit them.

Kurland has become known for her utopian photographs of American landscapes and the fringe communities, both real and imagined, that inhabit them.

A set of low, sprawling boxes in glass, brick and light wood, it exemplified utopian Modernism and the aspirations of American Jewish communities after the war.

Kurland, known for her utopian photographs of American landscapes and their fringe communities, has spent the better part of the last twelve years on the road.