Sentences with phrase «art society functions»

The choice of the Contemporary Art Society as adviser was motivated not only by their undisputed expertise in the field of international contemporary art, but also by the way the Contemporary Art Society functions as a non-profit organisation.

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Smalley and other officials have pointed out that the Art Institute of Chicago, the Field Museum and other major cultural facilities routinely appoint directors from the highest ranks of industry and society whose sole function is to produce donations.
What a magnificent destiny for the arts is that of exercising a positive power over society, a true priestly function, and of marching forcefully in the van of all the intellectual faculties...!
These artists questioned the entire practice of art making, the nature of the art object, and how art functioned within society.
Willats» practice suggests a new way for artists to work in society, opening up the function of the art gallery and encouraging productive and meaningful dialogues between galleries and their surrounding communities.
This ventriloquism manifests itself in the artist's ability to take the basic, intrinsic and intended use of a material by its manufacturer, as defined by the requirements of a society and transform these into art - works that function on several levels simultaneously, without relinquishing its original, newly found or potential, future identity.
The meaning of language, the function of artwork, immediacy, and participation were of great importance, with the belief that art must become an integral part of society.
So much pious pontificating rubbish is spouted about the function and value of the arts in society that I was delighted last week to catch the great sculptor Anthony Caro putting the subject into wise perspective during an interview with my colleague Alastair Sooke on the latter's BBC Four series Romancing the Stone.
Inspired by cybernetics and communication theory, Willats has utilized architecture, photography, and abstraction to explore how the meaning of art functions and shifts in society.
This exhibition, entitled Effects of Good Government in the Pit, presents Faldbakken's works and preoccupations from the last decade, during which he has developed his project of questioning the function of objects and images in contemporary art and society.
The exhibition examines the social, political and formal functions of art at a time when individualisation, capitalism, neoliberalism, and privatisation — which benefit few, whilst disadvantaging and alienating many others — hegemonise our society.
Notable writings include: A propósito de arte espectáculo... (With regard to spectacle art...); Función social del arte en la sociedad contemporánea (The social function of art in contemporary society); Color 1959 (Colour 1959); and El artista en el context social actual (The artist in the present social context).
File recently graduated from Chelsea College of Art and will be discussing his performative practice that reflects on the function of institutions and networks in society drawing principally on governmental, legal, corporate and media structures and ideas of individual identity and authenticity within these.
«All the better to see you with: Fairy tales transformed», the Ian Potter Museum of Art's 2017 upcoming show, traces the genre of the fairy tale, exploring its function in contemporary society.
From 1968 to 1972, he operated the Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles (Museum of Modern Art, Department of Eagles), a traveling museum dedicated not to his work as an artist but to the role of the institution itself and the function of art in socieArt Moderne, Département des Aigles (Museum of Modern Art, Department of Eagles), a traveling museum dedicated not to his work as an artist but to the role of the institution itself and the function of art in socieArt, Department of Eagles), a traveling museum dedicated not to his work as an artist but to the role of the institution itself and the function of art in socieart in society.
By combining high art and popular culture in his distinctive way he is able to examine a different depiction of the way society functions.
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