Sentences with phrase «contemporary consumerism»
"Contemporary consumerism" refers to the current cultural and social phenomenon where individuals prioritize buying and consuming goods and services as a way of expressing their identity and fulfilling their desires. It signifies the importance placed on material possessions and the constant desire for acquiring new things in our modern society. Full definition
This dichotomy simultaneously evokes a return to nature and inherited heritage, while also making a critical remark on contemporary consumerism.
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The installation juxtaposed the history of commerce in pre-colonial Africa with contemporary consumerism and features a colorfully printed garment, gilded shopping cart and editioned prints and wallpaper displayed in a glass vitrine made to look like a shop window.
Samara Scott (b. 1984, London) revels in the emotional resonance of contemporary consumerism, the glut of imagery on the internet and ephemeral urban materials; addressing head - on our complex and conflicted contemporary experience of the body.
The film is essentially a dark satire of contemporary consumerism, but to describe it as such is to hide just how incredibly bizarre it is.
The duo's signature ceramic sculptures serve as a bold contemplation of past art and present culture and, on occasion, a critique of contemporary consumerism.
Jerez's installations use digital and material presences — mummified plumbing systems, abstracted computer animations, sand, plastic, fragments of decoration — and the vocabulary of the Internet and advertising to evoke an uneasy landscape of contemporary consumerism.
Samara Scott (b. 1984, London) revels in the emotional resonance of contemporary consumerism, the glut of imagery on the internet and ephemeral urban materials; addressing head - on our complex and conflicted...
This narrative reveals a lamentable disconnect with the reality of contemporary consumerism.