This parallels the themes of genocide and substandard poverty which are juxtaposed with images from the Egyptian and Mesoamerica civilizations and highlights their further connection to Afro Futurism and
cultural memory loss.
Not exact matches
Guirguis seeks to address problems of displacement, environmental destruction, and
cultural and historical
memory loss through conversations with local artists engaged in political activism, and through workshops with local Santa Monica youth and adult participants.
Guirguis seeks to address problems of displacement, environmental destruction, and
cultural and historical
memory loss in her work, as well as through conversations with local artists engaged in political activism, and workshops with local Santa Monica youth and adult participants.
Touching on themes of urbanity,
cultural memory, and the
loss of childhood, like the majority of works in the show, these deal in the insecurities of young citydwellers.
Homelands cuts to the heart of
cultural relations in the 21st century, exploring ideas of belonging and alienation, possession and
loss, public histories and personal
memories, nostalgic geographies and the intangible terrains of the imaginary.
A few satellite shows, including «Another Part of the New World,» a group exhibition mostly of Spanish and Latin American artists at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, explicitly addressed the dangers of absolute power and the
loss of
cultural memory.
Through his work he explores the human condition, offering a critical perspective on social,
cultural, and political issues and visually eloquent commentary on
memory,
loss, and the difficulty of memorializing the past.
Dealing with
loss and
memory (historical,
cultural or personal) her projects explore notions of past in relation to contemporaneity, expressing the duality in the term revolution (from Latin revolver, «roll back»), a rapture (from the past) and renewal (for the future).
Considering the
cultural and political differences — not to mention the six thousand miles that lie between Tehran and the city she now calls home — it might not surprise you to learn that Bahar Behbahani's paintings and videos explore
memory and
loss.