Throughout Know Yourself, banality unifies dissimilar works that range from found images to recontextualized readymades, acting as a point of entry for more substantial discourse about authenticity, ownership of art objects, and
the complex identities of artists.
Not exact matches
Firelei Báez's
Complex Studies
of Female
Identity Show Why She's an
Artist for Our Time — Jared Quinton Artsy, 02.09.2016
Rirkrit Tiravanija's use
of Annlee — the manga character, whose rights have been bought by
artists Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno — in his video Ghost Reader, captures the
complex issues
of copyright,
identity, subject - hood, and emotion in our changing society.
To us, her superbly intellectual approach to a variety
of media suggests a remarkable affinity with fellow gallery
artists Roni Horn and Zoe Leonard, as well as Rashid Johnson, Mark Bradford, and others tackling
complex issues
of identity.
Collectively, these
artists explore notions
of culture,
identity and the
complex colonial histories
of Indigenous people using photography, film and new media.
Replete with mystical symbols, the painting shows a blue teacup atop a checked tabletop, with the word «MOI» written boldly beneath, addressing the respective
identities and
complex friendship
of the
artist and sitter.
Known for exploring issues including cultural
identity and individuality, the
artist's
complex relationship with his native South Korea underpins much
of his practice.
Born in Tucson, Arizona, the
artist has been a chronicler
of his country's heterogenous
identity through an equally
complex visual and textual narrative, merging text and imagery under an ironic and humorous tone.
Culled from around the globe, the
artists in this exhibition utilize character studies as a means
of exploring the increasingly
complex concept
of identity.
In this exhibition curated by Modou Dieng, these
artists come into conversation with one another, providing a space in which to explore
complex systems articulated around design and execution that have been employed in the cultural realization
of identities as they continue to emerge in new transcultural and hybrid forms.
While inflatable objects are typically associated with advertising, children's entertainment or holiday decorations, the format has been appropriated by a diverse group
of artists to explore
complex subjects such as
identity, materialism and war.
, 2013, Tiravanija uses the manga character Annlee — who appears on the
artist's Berlin billboards — to explore the
complex issues
of copyright,
identity, status and emotion in our rapidly changing society.
An Israeli
artist, Matalon is also interested in conveying the
complex identity of this unique sociological, geographical, and political entity.
Sama Alshaibi has been awarded two production grants, Visual Arts AFAC Grant - Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (2017) and
Artist Research and Development Grant - Arizona Commission on the Arts (2018) for her forthcoming project «Carry Over», a multimedia series that, according to the artist, «recalls, decodes, and subverts familiar images while questioning their ability to inform nuanced understanding of complex identities.&
Artist Research and Development Grant - Arizona Commission on the Arts (2018) for her forthcoming project «Carry Over», a multimedia series that, according to the
artist, «recalls, decodes, and subverts familiar images while questioning their ability to inform nuanced understanding of complex identities.&
artist, «recalls, decodes, and subverts familiar images while questioning their ability to inform nuanced understanding
of complex identities.»
Unburdened by
complex narratives the
artist's work presents us with our own
identities filtered through the lense
of media intervention, it is in fact the way that we now present our own image to ourselves.
The resulting works reflect the «
complex identities of the women as feminists and
artists.»
The
artist's work addresses
complex and often uncomfortable questions
of race, imperialism, colonialism and
identity.
While the works by these
artists reveal traditional themes, including impersonation, reinvention, self - consciousness, vanity and the
complex game
of seeing a mirrored image, the exhibition will also explore how issues
of identity and self - portrayal were bent in new directions in the 20th century as if refracted through a prism.
All
of these
artists employ the undeniable beauty
of their materials and abstract compositions to convey
complex ideas about art history, social issues, and
identity.
Of all the artists in the 1980s, he was the one who really broke out and established a new and complex identity for his generation,» says Paul Schimmel, expert on Kelley's work and principal of Hauser Wirth & Schimme
Of all the
artists in the 1980s, he was the one who really broke out and established a new and
complex identity for his generation,» says Paul Schimmel, expert on Kelley's work and principal
of Hauser Wirth & Schimme
of Hauser Wirth & Schimmel.
Byron Kim is a critically acclaimed
artist whose work balances formal ingenuity with conceptual sophistication; beginning with his breakthrough work Synecdoche (1991 - ongoing), Kim's work has become synonymous with
complex series
of paintings that deconstruct the ways we organize and define contemporary
identity.
The book «provides a new approach to understanding the range and impact
of this
artist's practice, as well as its
complex relationship to several key artistic and ideological debates
of the late 20th century, including the instability
of identity, the role
of appropriation, and the boundaries
of expressionism.»
In this conversation, both
artists and curator will discuss the ramifications
of the racialization
of ethnic
identities through national campaigns such as Speak Mandarin and the
complex social positioning that those
of Chinese ancestry have been negotiating in multiracial Singapore and Malaysia through the years.
In his video Ghost Reader, 2013, Tiravanija uses the manga character Annlee — who appears on the
artist's Berlin billboards — to explore the
complex issues
of copyright,
identity, status and emotion in our rapidly changing society.
«
Of all the
artists in the 1980s, he was the one who really broke out and established a new and
complex identity for his generation.»
«Putiferio» at the DESTE Foundation's Project Space in the former Slaughterhouse on the island
of Hydra is a major exhibition by Italian
artist Roberto Cuoghi who works in painting, drawing, digital animation, and sound to explore issues surrounding transformation,
identity, death, memory, and time — what he describes as facing «
complex ideas iconographically»