As a counterpoint to norms of categorization and distinction, the exhibition places James Castle in the context
of art historical discourse by enabling the viewer to connect the artist's soot - and - spit drawings and found - object constructions with the work of contemporaries, many of whose practices were (or are) firmly rooted in the art world.
Luscious colors, complex compositions, transcendental narratives and an ability to seamlessly work across media: Marshall is shifting expectations on racial identity and
art historical discourse by declaring himself and his culture Invisible No More.
And by its inclusion of Vancouver - based artists like Liz Magor, Brian Jungen, Geoffrey Farmer, Stan Douglas, and Amber Frid - Jimenez, MashUp makes a legitimate effort to enter its home city into the
dominant art historical discourse.
In his essay the film historian, independent curator and art critic Marc Glöde is engaged with the
ongoing art historical discourse of film, cinema and film installations in the museum.
However, Dornfeld's approach to painting pre-eminently involves a deliberate «unlearning» of
such art historical discourses — as well as the academic training derived from them.
Triming continues «It is this sense of relatedness and dialogue, where paintings work on each other in ways both consistent and inconsistent with established lines
of art historical discourse, that builds into a satisfyingly complex weave as the show progesses.»
Pryde's exhibitions — which often feature sculptural forms as well as photography — connect and flatten signifiers from political, pop cultural, and
art historical discourses.
The artists in the exhibition made their initial «point of entry» into
the art historical discourse during the 1990s and reflect the increasingly heterogeneous nature of the art world during this time when many women artists and artists of color attained unprecedented prominence.
This way of thinking will reorient their compass toward different and vibrant centers of artistic production that are too often kept at the margins of
the art historical discourse.
These once influential paintings, with only a few notable exceptions, vanished from view, omitted from critical and
art historical discourse.
The once influential paintings she created during the previous decade, with only a few notable exceptions, disappeared from view, omitted from critical,
art historical discourse for more than forty years.
«Museums were forced to face artists» demands for justice and equality,» states Cahan in her introduction, setting the stage for an exegesis of a subject that is woefully undocumented and rarely addressed in
art historical discourses.
She works within the space of
art historical discourse and dialogue, in attempts to add new perspectives on art by actually appropriating and reproducing them in novel ways.