Sentences with phrase «contemporary cultural relations»

Not exact matches

These critics err in their estimate of the contemporary cultural situation, in their understanding of what recreation is, and in their appraisal of the relation between work and play.

The second type of theology is one that wants to explain and justify faith in relation to contemporary philosophical and cultural quest.

Rebel Without a Cause suggests contradictions and conflicts at the heart of the familial relations that constituted contemporary society but also the very means by which society's leading cultural institution had organised and legitimised certain experiences.

One of the few bona fide cinematic sensations of 2017 was this massive hit thriller, reflecting the mood and temperament of the contemporary cultural climate and racial relations in ways director Jordan Peele could not possibly have anticipated when creating his film.

In this guest lecture, Rice will speak from his experience as a curator, critic and cultural mediator in relation to Indigenous presence across the field of contemporary art and culture.

The research project aims to investigate the heritage of documentary practices in contemporary art in relation to the history of film, documentary photography, television and video art, as well as to situate these contemporary documentary practices within current cultural production.

This event focued specifically on the role that contemporary Indigenous artistic practice can and does play in redefining cultural tradition, representation, and the relations between Settler and Indigenous peoples at sites of creativity, community, and dissent.

As always, the symposium takes as its starting point the relationship between art and new media with a series of events examining the «current state of contemporary cultural production in relation to new technologies», with a selection of participating artists, curators, philosophers, and researchers delivering papers, performances and keynotes.

Prouvost is wonderfully, unmistakably French, and her work merges subjects from a challenging diversity of cultural sources: such enlivening pluralism surely helps to make this a «British» prize, which corresponds to the complex composition of art as it is developed in, and in relation to contemporary British society.

«Contemporary African art has been present on the global art scene long enough for imaginary forms stemming from creative minds to be apprehended first and foremost through the intrinsic nature and the intricate relations between form, medium and space, before being loaded with the burden of history and cultural specificity.»

Kara Walker's work is well known for the incisive connections it draws between the legacy of slavery in the United States, the evolution of historical narratives and cultural beliefs, and contemporary race relations.

Sansour's interdisciplinary practice engages with contemporary geopolitics and cultural identity in relation to the unstable situation in the Middle East through mediums including video, photography and installation.

The exhibition marks 130 years of cultural relations between Korea and the UK and «celebrates the vital (and largely unsung) harpstrings of inspiration that connect historic cultural artifacts to contemporary artistic practice.»

The second objective is to make visible contemporary African art in relation to the cultural diversity of the continent, with a large number of different artistic statements, including the Diaspora as a factor in its own right.

The project received a mandate from November 2004 until December 2008 from the Swiss Cultural Programme in South East Europe and Ukraine to undertake a critical examination and evaluation of the questions raised by contemporary artists, curators, architects and theorists in Macedonia, the Balkan region and beyond, in relation to contemporary society and the practice of art.

The gift strengthens the Nasher Museum's growing collection of contemporary art and includes work that engages with issues of gender relations, sexual identity and racial and cultural identity.

Paul Stephen Benjamin's current video installation at Poem 88 in Atlanta, Georgia, God Bless America (2016), is a monument to the ambiguous relations between cultural achievement and state patriotism within the contemporary African American political experience.

This talk is part of research project Tagore, Pedagogy and Contemporary Visual Cultures, a partnership between Iniva and Goldsmiths, University of London, which looks at Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore's legacy in relation to cultural translation, curatorship, education, and historical precedent.

Selection Committee (tbc): Gabi Ngcobo / Thiago de Paula Souza (curatorial team, 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art), Gabriele Horn (director, Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art), Antonia Majaca (Curators Workshop), Sohrab Mohebbi (Curators Workshop), Michael M. Thoss (managing director, Allianz Cultural Foundation), Stefanie Peter (Department of Visual Arts, Goethe - Institut Zentrale), and Alya Sebti (director, ifa - Galerie Berlin, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations).

Rachel Errington incorporates her love for punk music and participation in zine culture, to drive her exploration of the «minor» body in relation to the contemporary cultural and political landscape.

1997 Theories of the Decorative: Abstraction and Ornament in Contemporary Painting, Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburg, Scotland; traveled to Edwin A. Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA (curated by Paul Nesbitt and David Moos) Primarily Paint, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA Pintura, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona, Spain; traveled to Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain After the Fall: Aspects of Abstract Painting Since 1970, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York, USA (curated by Lilly Wei) Intimate Universe (Revisited): Seventy American Painters, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, USA (curated by Michael Walls) Schilderijen: Reinoud Van Vaught, Fabian Marcaccio, David Reed, Jonathan Lasker, Gallerie Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, the Netherlands Wetterleuchten, Galerie Evelyne Canus, La Colle - sur - Loup, France (curated by Günter Umberg) Critiques Of Pure Abstraction, Independent Curators, Inc., New York, USA (curated by Mark Rosenthal)(traveled) Stepping Up, Andrew Mummery, London, England Relations Between Contemporary Architecture and Painting: Greg Lynn, Fabian Marcaccio, David Reed, Jesse Reiser / Nanako Umemoto, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria Some Lust, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA Installations / Projects, Institute for Art and Urban Resources / P.

This restaging offers an opportunity to consider the photographs both in the context of the newly central role photography was playing in 1970s contemporary art as well as in relation to the period's prevailing cultural concerns, such as land use, national identity, environmentalism, and nostalgia.