Sentences with phrase «contemporary race relations»

explore the attitudes of mainstream youth in relation to key issues in contemporary race relations.
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.
The show is filled with references to contemporary race relations in America, and one of the first works on display is a small, poignant drawing on graph paper entitled An Unarmed Black Man.
ABC's «American Crime» drew near - universal acclaim as an ambitious and complex portrait of contemporary race relations.

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The provocative story of anger, fear, and race relations in contemporary Los Angeles also provides Ryan Phillippe with one of his best roles in years, maybe the best... Read More»
Lee's movies have examined race relations, colorism in the black community, the role of media in contemporary life, urban crime and poverty, and other political issues from his perch at «Da World Headquarters of 40 Acres and Mule Filmworks located in the home of his beloved borough of Brooklyn.
Deon Meyer's engrossing South African thriller pits Detective Benny Griessel against a mystery that unravels like the threads of a complex tapestry... Because the novel is set in contemporary South Africa, race relations and the legacy of apartheid are an inevitable topic, and Meyer works his social commentary into the story while remaining true to his characters... Thirteen Hours draws to a satisfying conclusion, with answers that prove surprising.
The Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) screens director Karen Thorsen's James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (1989), a documentary which compiles archival footage of the writer's time in New York and Paris and links his writing to discussions on race relations in the United States.
This exhibition and event series invited contemporary artists to respond to archival materials and poetry relating to the history of white southerners who migrated to northern cities in the 1960s and 70s and organized cross-racial social movements, while addressing historical and contemporary questions of equity, justice, and race relations.
Goldblatt continues to explore the consciousness of South African society today, looking at the condition of race relations after the end of apartheid while also tackling other contemporary issues, such as the influence of the AIDS epidemic.
Simmons» practice examines race relations with a critical eye towards recent and contemporary history and the iconography of American culture.
The initial curatorial invocation of «personal and collective experiences of race and class» addressed by Simmons's art also flattens the work in a way that feels anathema to his recent subtler, more ambiguous tone, developed with a visible engagement with contemporary art as much as with the symbols of American race relations.
An illuminating essay by Ekow Eshun, the artistic director at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, discusses Mutu's practice in relation to popular culture, femininity, race, anthropology and botanical texts.
Truth: 24 frames per second brings together 24 pioneers of film and video and over six decades of work focused on pressing contemporary themes, such as race relations, political unrest, sexual identity and the media, to explore the nature of truth and reality in contemporary life.
His sculptures and installation tableaux pushed boundaries and made criticisms of contemporary society, touching upon race and gender relations, media, war commentary, and in general, a dissatisfaction with the modern condition.
He then pumps up the volume by employing a sly layering device, giving the viewer brief glimpses alluding to darker contemporary issues as race relations, religion, doubt and dislocation.
The exhibition brings together 24 pioneers of film and video and over six decades of work focused on pressing contemporary themes, such as race relations, political unrest, sexual identity and the media.
The exhibition brings together 24 pioneers of film and video and over six decades of work focused on pressing contemporary themes, such as race relations, political unrest, sexual identity, and the media, to explore the nature of truth and reality in contemporary life.
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