In her two - dimensional paper construction paintings Christine Morla explores
cultural signifiers through her use of Filipino packaging, giving new meaning to what had formerly been considered trash.
Not exact matches
In the featureless smooth faces, gender is only hinted at; the expression is told
through body language while
cultural signifiers are smoothed over as a way to universalize the figures.
This insecurity about
cultural signifiers filters
through into much of our «abstract» painting as well, which feels compelled to reference the Australian landscape in order to deliver meaning.
Regional artists manuel arturo abreu and Christopher Paul Jordan explore the abstracted visual and emotional cues that influence how a sense of «place» is communicated
through signifiers of the
cultural, economic, and racial influences within inherited identity.
The
cultural signifiers of these places melt together when viewed
through the Colorado - based artist's sunshine - hued lens.
Through re-contextualization, he endows adopted elements of
cultural ephemera with a political charge, attempting to transform a battery of neutral art materials into
signifiers of dissent.
Through abstract painting, Swain can uncouple color from any
cultural signifier and cognitive system and examine the pure affect of color on the human psyche.