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.
Not exact matches
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 socie
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 socie
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 socie
art 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.