Sentences with phrase «contemporary visual culture such»
Ganesh draws from a broad range of material, including the iconography of Hindu, Greek and Buddhist mythology, 19th century European portraiture and fairytales, archival photography, and song lyrics, as well as contemporary visual culture such as Bollywood posters, anime, and comic books.
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Many contemporary artists such as Nan Goldin, Catherine Opie, and Wolfgang Tillmans have utilized the conventions of portraiture to record their own individual communities, giving visual form to subcultures that have often gone unrepresented in mainstream culture.
Ruang MES 56's aim is to «develop contemporary art discourse and visual culture, while also optimize art network in the South East Asia region» through initiatives such as residencies, discussions, exhibitions and projects.
She has contributed to numerous books on contemporary visual culture with essays on artists such as Maurizio Cattelan, Luc Tuymans, Douglas Gordon, and Marina Abramovic.
Through these exhibitions and other activities, such us talk, workshops and performances, the Fondazione Memmo aims to support these institutions, which are considered vital in the maintenance and development of the contemporary visual arts and culture in Rome.
A preeminent authority on contemporary visual culture, she has organized exhibitions and written extensively on conceptual photography, Matthew Barney's Cremaster cycle, and on artists such as Joseph Beuys, Tino Sehgal, and Richard Prince.
Halsband's 1985 iconic portrait of Jean - Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol no. 143 in boxing gloves became such a staple of popular culture that its appropriation by contemporary visual artists and street artists continues thirty years on.
Light was also shed on sociohistorical and historico - cultural subjects such as «Shopping — A Century of Art and Consumer Culture,» «Privacy,» the visual art of the Stalin period, or New Romanticism in contemporary art; other presentations revealed the influence of Charles Darwin's theories on art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, or the intriguing causalities between artists of the modern era and self - proclaimed «prophets» of this period.
The appetite for visual stimulation in our contemporary culture — precipitated by internet technology and globalization that has produced infinite numbers of artists of all sorts in the last decade or two, while disempowering the monopoly of the few in mainstream media by giving rise to endless writers and critics who feel an urgent need to respond to such vast production — has paid greater attention to its temporal condition than any art of the past; I would argue that in the end it's the great work of art and thoughtful writing that compels multiple viewings and readings, hence rendering both immortal.
In addition to such formalist aspects, Hoelscher explores the recombinant aspects of contemporary visual culture, where once - specialized forms like painting become acclimated to everyday viewers trained on the quick - read of corporate iconography and TV fast - edits, while advertising firms create campaigns designed by fine artists.
Ganesh's works harness a broad range of visual referents, drawing equally from German expressionism and Japanese woodblock prints, and contemporary visual idioms such as psychedelic print culture, anime, and comics.
Tameka Norris (b. 1979, Guam) is a New Orleans - based visual and performance artist that utilizes a variety of media including performance, painting, video, photography, and installation to investigate such themes as the legacy of art history, the fictions of the past, and the contradictions inherent in contemporary society and culture.