Sentences with phrase «contemporary pop culture as»

Contemporary pop culture as expressed for example in R&B occupies both Alexandra Bachzetsis and Claire Hooper in their works.

Not exact matches

Created as part of a collaboration with Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami, they embody an intersection between fine art, pop culture, and high f...

While the script does present a realistic take on the chaos of life with little ones as far as this writer can tell (full disclosure: I am nobody's mother), it still conforms to the tired comedy mandate that at least a half - dozen contemporary pop - culture references must be inserted into the average feature - length script.

However, this is anything but a period piece, as the film retains an early»90s American pop culture feel more than anything else, replete with contemporary references and postmodern sensibilities.

Whether one cares for the films or not, Marvel Studios has created a system with a remarkable hold on contemporary pop culture, and it would be gratifying to be provided some real context as to its working methods.

Wheelhouse represents commercial and literary fiction in the general areas of inspirational, historical, contemporary, military, as well as biography / memoir, sports, political, current events and pop culture non-fiction — all with a values - friendly approach.

Considering Andy Warhol's and Keith Haring's artistry, the New York - based artist Brian Donnelly, or internationally known as Kaws, is a prolific contemporary artist who has pushed the art of appropriation significant steps forward embracing pop culture with a wide range of influential artistic projects from toys, to clothings, graffiti, paintings, sneakers and videos.

Indeed, the relationship between popular culture and Pop Art is explored from all angles, discussing its interpretation as critique or celebration of consumerism, mass production and contemporary graphic art; whether Pop is simply another manifestation of popular culture or subversive criticism of it.

The artists work with impressions from contemporary culture such as cartoon series and graffiti, yet when doing so, also engage with art historical traditions such as Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Neorealism, Pop Art or 1960s Performance Art.

Taking its title from the dark 80s teen cult comedy by the same name, Heathers takes a look at pop culture's (and pop cinema's) co-option of contemporary art and its «impulse to vampirise levity as a cipher for criticality and de-subjectivisation».

The work itself is fun but challenging, as his paintings frequently examine historical and contemporary events in American and Native American history, as well as aspects of pop culture, art history, and Anglo - Indian relations.

In the exhibition we see the subversive creativity and the physical, ironic language used in Hail reflected in the work of contemporaries of Clark and Atlas's day, as well as among modern - day artists active in visual art and dance, music and pop culture, with their rebellious expressions.

In eighty - eight striking paintings and sculptures, Crosscurrents captures modernism as it moved from early abstractions by O'Keeffe, to Picasso and Pollock in midcentury, to pop riffs on contemporary culture by Roy Lichtenstein, Wayne Thiebaud, and Tom Wesselmann — all illustrating the complexity and energy of a distinctly American modernism.

Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei himself has risen as a cultural political pop icon due to the controversy surrounding his arrest by the Chinese government, in turn, artists around the world created politically charged pop artwork to demonstrate for his release, hence bearing witness to unforeseen polipop culture in the making.

Replacing classical icons with symbols of contemporary pop culture such as taco trucks, canned beans, and an alter ego named Spaztek, Ortiz's work maintains a tense relationship with consumerism and his heritage.

No doubt «casual / provisional» does reflect aspects of contemporary culture, all the hopelessness and despair, and maybe this could give it a raw political edge akin to Arte Povera, were it not for the cute as candy colors, pop - art esthetics and urbex - style presentation, trying so hard to be so ironic — don't look at me, look at me!

Addressing the legacy of thinkers, activists, rock bands, contemporary artists and cult figures in pop culture, Hubbard reveals connections between what is perceived to be as more academic or inaccessible, and that which is more popular or widely disseminated.

Worked as a fund - raiser for the New York Museum of Modern Art, before achieving major acclaim as a contemporary Neo-Pop artist, best known for his gigantic sculptures of banal and / or pop - culture objects such as toys, animals and celebrities, made from unusual, highly coloured materials.

In a mix of references to both Ancient Greek and contemporary pop - culture, she tries to balance questions about ideals and gender, as well as our bodies being symbols of power and potential carriers of meaning.

Mayerson's paintings have been described as pop culture narratives, as well as contemporary icons.

Works by such Pop artists as the Americans Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Tom Wesselman, James Rosenquist, and Robert Indiana and the Britons David Hockney and Peter Blake, among others, were characterized by their portrayal of any and all aspects of popular culture that had a powerful impact on contemporary life; their iconography — taken from television, comic books, movie magazines, and all forms of advertising — was presented emphatically and objectively, without praise or condemnation but with overwhelming immediacy, and by means of the precise commercial techniques used by the media from which the iconography itself was borrowed.

During this same time, Fairey also took note of the works of famous Pop and Contemporary Artists — such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg — appreciating the artists» abilities to provide social commentary, hold a mirror to American culture and push the boundaries of art.

Mixing influences such as Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, figuration, Cubism, and Minimalism, Salle is able to present the works as «mirrors» that reflect both the wonders and horrors of contemporary mass media culture, thereby creating in his paintings what Roberta Smith once called «a precarious balance of dystopian and decorative.»