Sentences with phrase «contemporary global concern»

No question, much of Mr. Dial's paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints carry you into a darker place — «from reflections on race and class struggle in America to haunting meditations on events of contemporary global concern» was the rather sanitized view of the High Museum, when it mounted «Hard Truths,» the traveling Dial retrospective, organized by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2011.

Thornton Dial's highly original works provide compelling commentary on the most pervasive challenges of our time — from reflections on race and class struggle in America to haunting meditations on events of contemporary global concern.

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In the same way, as I argued in the introduction to Stepping Stones to a Global Ethic, the contemporary concern for human rights, even if expressed in the thought forms of the Enlightenment, is grounded in faith traditions.28

But wandering over to Brussels» pioneering contemporary art centre (fittingly housed in an old art deco brewery) ArtReview gets a dose of the art concerns of a time when the global contemporary art world was just coming into being.

Neto's work is not suggestive of an illusory attachment to some invented past utopia, but is rather concerned with the contemporary negotiation of space, place, social relations and the role of the local in the global.

Art Basel hosts a series of conversations on topics concerning the global contemporary art scene.

Art Basel hosts a series of conversations on topics concerning the global contemporary art scene with a range of speakers including artists, gallerists, curators, collectors, and many other cultural players.

While an expressly national platform, «New Contemporaries» also crystallises global processes and concerns, and succinctly shows young UK artists to be pretty clued up about the world around them.

Joselit writes, «There is an entire political economy of image circulation, which should be of major concern to contemporary art,» adding, «It's very important to remember that what we recognize as global is a tiny subset of world art.»

Unorthodox Presents Work by 55 Contemporary Artists Global, Multigenerational Exhibition Opens November 6 at the Jewish Museum New York, NY - This November, the Jewish Museum will present Unorthodox, a large - scale group exhibition featuring 55 contemporary artists from around the world whose practices mix forms and genres without concern for artistContemporary Artists Global, Multigenerational Exhibition Opens November 6 at the Jewish Museum New York, NY - This November, the Jewish Museum will present Unorthodox, a large - scale group exhibition featuring 55 contemporary artists from around the world whose practices mix forms and genres without concern for artistcontemporary artists from around the world whose practices mix forms and genres without concern for artistic -LSB-...]

Art Basel hosts a series of conversations on topics concerning the global contemporary art scene with a range of speakers...

introduces 12 contemporary African artists — including Halida Boughriet, Amalia Ramanankirahina, Gopal Dagnogo, and Beatrice Wanjiku Njorige — who are working in a variety of media and dealing with global concerns that transcend issues of national identity.

There's no compelling scientific argument for drastic action to «decarbonize» the world's economy By 16 concerned scientists (see end of article) A candidate for public office in any contemporary democracy may have to consider what, if anything, to do about «global warming.»

Employing a political ecology framework, I endeavor to articulate the multiple levels at which this issue unfolds, describing the correlation between the circulation of climate change discourse and the resurgence of hydroelectric power at the global level; how this situation has been engaged at the national level within contemporary Costa Rica; and how all of this plays out in contestation concerning dam construction within specific sites in the country, particularly the controversial Río Pacuare in the eastern highlands, where the merits of a major dam proposal have been questioned for more than two decades.