Sentences with phrase «by cultural»

Anemic realism at Lind: In new work at Gregory Lind Gallery, Bay Area painter Jake Longstreth extends his vision of the American landscape as made ready for abstraction by its voids and by a cultural anemia diagnosed long ago by photographers such as Robert Adams and Robert Frank and Bay Area painter Robert Bechtle.

The Young Lords in New York was provided by The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York, Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, and Anonymous.

Whether touched directly by the Cultural Revolution or not, many Chinese artists work with that bloody, turbulent time as recent history.

Exhibitions and events are also offered by cultural institutions in Basel and the surrounding area.

Photographs by Lieko Shiga made in the aftermath of the 2011 Tsunami in Japan; a digital 3D matrix by Chia - Wei Hsu of a Chinese deity displaced by the Cultural Revolution; and a large installation featuring a filmed performance along Seoul's Han River paired with a ritualistic ensemble of sculptures transfiguring a broadcast station by Minouk Lim: all explore rapidly changing cosmologies and reverberations of animism and its forms of mediation across different political and technological registers.

The retrospective of more than 150 works, many of them depicting gay subcultures, proved too hot to handle and a number of museums found themselves on the frontline of controversy — the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC canceled their presentation of the show and the director of the Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center was tried for obscenity and acquitted — and some politicians used the ICA show as an example of how federal grants were misused by the cultural community.

The former hairdresser Mr. Bradford makes abstract work that is nonetheless informed by his cultural experience, especially of recent geopolitical events like the Los Angeles riots or the AIDS epidemic in the U.S. in the 1980s.

«Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today explores how all art — whether painting or moving images, sculpture or photography, websites or performance — has been radically transformed by the cultural impact of the internet,» said Respini.

Raoul Müller's project was supported by the Cultural Foundation of the Canton of Thurgau.

The Brazilian painter Adriana Varejão has developed a rigorous practice that is informed by cultural and historical research.

Concepts discussed by cultural analyst Sherry Turkle in her books Alone Together, and Reclaiming Conversation informs these costumes.

Having studied comparative literature and theory at Northwestern University, his work is informed by cultural politics and close readings of Martin Heidegger, Walter Benjamin, Karl Marx, Berthold Brecht.

Over the past couple of years your work has been well supported by cultural institutions in Europe (you were in the same Documenta Schjeldahl couldn't generate much enthusiasm for) and to a somewhat lesser degree by their US equivalents (the most recent Whitney Biennial).

The book is published on the occasion of of the solo exhibition «ÜberBlicke» at Galerie im Saalbau Berlin, as a cooperation by the cultural department district Neukölln, Berlin and Kunsthaus Zug.

Chinese art expert Barbara Pollack curates touring exhibit exploring how young Chinese artists are differentiating themselves from the previous generation who were deeply affected by the Cultural Revolution.

Masters of their primary mediums and inspired by cultural specificity, each artist expands their artistic practice to embrace installation with works that fully engage the audience in constructed objects, the spaces they inhabit, and the concepts they conjure.

She is currently organizing «Non-Participation,» a collection of letters by cultural producers written to decline their participation in events by organizations and institutions for political and ethical reasons.

The layering of these multi-dimensional narrative structures, or what Jafa refers to as «polyventiality,» is the foundation of a re-working of what constitutes Black cinema, which is not necessarily determined by the cultural producer's heritage.

Today, Many artists who work in time - based media are fascinated by the cultural, formal, and theoretical issues surrounding popular cinema.

When interviewed in 1994 by the cultural critic Suzi Gablik, he was quite specific about his point of view.

The exhausted viewer, bombarded and belittled by the cultural gap, is forced to rush onward.

Martin's dreamy, transportive photography has been commissioned by cultural institutions such as the National Theatre in Prague and the Czech National Ballet.

Embattled Cuban artist Tania Bruguera has been tapped by Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl and the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs to participate in a newly created, yearlong artist - in - residence program aimed at educating undocumented residents about NYC's recently established municipal ID program.

Why ZERO dissipated is hard to say, but that its legacy is now being restored is a welcome sign that not everything is swallowed up by our cultural amnesia.

Shonibare and Breitz have been invited to participate in the inaugural FRONT International Cleveland Triennial exhibition (14 July — 30 September 2018) planned by cultural impresario Fred Bidwell, a collector, Cleveland Museum of Art trustee and co-founder of the Transformer Station in Ohio City.

By the 1980s, DeSana became increasingly affected by the cultural changes of the emerging HIV / AIDS epidemic.

Yücelen, being a Turkish - American, is inspired by her cultural history and creates these dresses as a reference to the clothing patterns of Europe and Anatolia during the era of the Ottoman Empire, building a body of work with vital historical importance.

One of the first modern European artists to be acknowledged in Latin America, Lucio Fontana is also one of the first of his ilk to be influenced by the cultural reality of this region.

Further afield, exhibitions and events are offered by cultural institutions in Basel and the surrounding area, creating an exciting, region - wide art week.

All images: The Great Mother, curated by Massimiliano Gioni promoted by the Cultural Office of the City of Milan Conceived and produced by the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi in partnership with Palazzo Reale.

Afrofuturism was coined in 1995 by cultural critic Mark Dery in his essay «Black to the Future,» according to the museum.

Gilliam's style was further shaped by the cultural and social experiences of African Americans in the 1960s; his bold and unconventional works reflect the influence of jazz icons such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

The Young Lords in New York was provided by The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in New York, the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, New York Council for the Humanities, The Rosenberg Fund for Children, Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, and Anonymous.

We will see if the «visual narrative» will be picked up by the cultural institutions in the States.

Cultural Center Curator Jill Johnson will begin with a welcome and introduction, followed with a talk by Cultural Center Program Coordinator Susan Kay: «International Women's Day: Multiple Perspectives,» and an artist talk by exhibiting artist Leila Rastegar.

Born in Houston to Chinese immigrants, Chin was heavily influenced by the cultural diversity of his neighborhood and his art similarly reflects a cross-cultural approach.

Luminous Epinoia, published by the Cultural Society, is his most recent book.

Much of her work takes the form of either postmodern conceptualism or large installation pieces, and is often inspired by cultural and personal fear.

(Amsterdam, Netherlands) The works by Laura Belém, Débora Bolsoni, Cristiano Lenhardt, Matheus Rocha Pitta and Sara Ramo seem to share the same fabric as «The Aleph» since their matter surpasses their individual contexts without surrendering their specificness by exploring local aspects through a complex layering of references grounded by their cultural context.

Raised on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana, Red Star's work is informed both by her cultural heritage and her engagement with photography, sculpture, video, fiber art, and performance.

We are pleased to be hosting Gina Buenfeld, the Exhibition Organizer at the Camden Arts Centre for a one month residency in Tokyo supported by Cultural Affairs.

Buck is an artist who is fascinated by the cultural imagery surrounding his two homes (one in Bozeman, Montana, and the other on the Big Island of Hawaii), current events, popular culture, and the irony inherent in world history.

Although divided by the formal boundaries of the four States, the Samis exist as one group, united by cultural and linguistic bonds and a common identity.

They decided that the best solution to the problem would be to design a selection of icons that could be understood by any cultural background.

The artistic practice of Geoffrey Farmer integrates forms of collecting and scholarship employed by cultural historians, and draws on a diverse repertoire.

This growth was followed by a cultural revolution, personified in Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and many others.

And a profile of artist Jeffrey Gibson, whose beadwork, ceramics, sculpture and paintings are inspired by his cultural heritage.

Having undergone geographical relocation and exile, these artists inhabit an ambiguous and contested space, situated within a contemporary landscape permeated by cultural and historical legacies.

She is interested in understanding the strategic use of space (exhibition space, public space, virtual space) by contemporary artists and by cultural institutions such as museums.

The fair, which is organized by the cultural production company, Candlestar, is doing an admirable job of honoring the city's photography history while simultaneously appreciating the present cultural moment, a notion best examined through one of the five commissioned exhibits on display.