Sentences with phrase «current sociopolitical»

In order to redefine the nature of events that have led this planet to it's current condition, artists Paul Insect, Bast, Rostarr and Saber, literally took an «Intermission» from current sociopolitical issues to offer new perspectives for an optimistic future.

Rather than responding to specific events, Mark's installation points to how a seemingly distant battle has continued to resonate for more than 130 years, including our current sociopolitical moment.

Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont: The viewers can expect to be challenged by their own idea of what collage is as well as by how the artists have chosen to respond to the current sociopolitical climate as it relates to their individual lives and practices.

Spurred by the continued struggle for women's liberation as well as by the current sociopolitical climate in both the USA where she resides and in her native Middle East, Amighi's new works explore ideas of femininity through a series of female archetypes from history as well as the artist's personal experience.

The exhibition, consisting of a series of large - scale vivid hyper - coloured canvases spread around the luminous gallery space, intends to extend the artist's ongoing exploration into current sociopolitical affairs, stretching the boundary between the obscene and the humorous.

And the timing, considering the current sociopolitical climate (and the current American tendency for echo chambers) couldn't really be better.

Pedro Vélez rips and shreds the canvas to create flags and banners referencing current sociopolitical issues.

Sometimes an exhibition articulates our current sociopolitical state so precisely that the advancement of the artist's work barely matters.

On view from September 13 through December 23, 2017, Speech / Acts brings together recent work and new commissions by six artists: Jibade - Khalil Huffman, Steffani Jemison, Tony Lewis, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Martine Syms, who reflect upon experiences growing up through the social upheavals of the 1990s and draw on the current sociopolitical climate and the preceding Black Arts Movement in their work.

It will look at how we engage with our current sociopolitical climate and will explore / debate the tools and strategies needed to «radically challenge and provoke change.»

Lauren Adams (Baltimore, MD) Lauren Adams creates artwork that explores the histories of power, labor, and material culture to make connections that resonate with current sociopolitical issues.

For Ballroom Marfa's screening of 9-11/9 -11, Chile / USA, the artist will present a lecture giving further context to the film, discussing his role as an artist in the current sociopolitical climate and will introduce some of his upcoming projects including one based in New Orleans.

This year's festival will directly address several pressing issues that are part of America's current sociopolitical landscape through performances and accompanying events, with highlights including an artist talk with dancers Jon Boogz and Lil Buck centered on dance as a tool for social justice and prison reform.

Moreover, as she is a curator from Istanbul, she is very much interested in the country's current sociopolitical issues.

I like to think that I have had at least a little to do with this current stance, while not ideal but reasonable given the current sociopolitical circumstances of my state.

The more movies he makes, the more Paul Greengrass's have - it - both - ways m.o. as a filmmaker becomes clearer, aiming to craft high - octane action spectacles that also thoughtfully address topical events and current sociopolitical realities without becoming overly didactic.

There were, of course, films in the program not quite as interested in America or the current sociopolitical climate.

Not exact matches

For the New Critics the literary text was considered an autonomous work of art, to be studied independently of its authors intentions and of the sociopolitical currents of the time in which it was produced.

Addressing current global sociopolitical issues, it deals with the anguish and confusion of individuals and social groups.

The 42 - year - old Ali, whose work is often inspired by current events and often has a sociopolitical bent, will deliver the College of Fine Arts Contemporary Perspectives Lecture tonight at 6 p.m.

Notable galleries for 2014 include: Kevin Kavanagh (Dublin), presenting a storytelling series by Sonia Shiel, current ISCP NY artist - in - residence and recipient of Ireland's 2014 Arts Council Project Award; Laura Bulian Gallery (Milan), highlighting career Conceptualist Vyacheslav Akhunov, whose cultural investigations were featured in dOCUMENTA (13) and the 2013 Venice Biennale's Central Asian Pavilion; contemporary Bahamanian art hub Popopstudios (Nassau), spotlighting «everyday» assemblages and mixed - media works by founder John Cox; Frederieke Taylor Gallery (New York), revealing environmental concerns of downtown stalwart Christy Rupp, whose seminal public art projects factored into the 2012 exhibition Come Closer: Art Around the Bowery, 1969 - 1989 at the New Museum; Galerie Heike Strelow (Frankfurt am Main), combining sociopolitical commentary and black humor via Florian Heinke, who curated System of Diplomatic Chaos at Kunstverein Wiesbaden last year; and CONNERSMITH.