«Not Really»:
Fictive Narratives in Contemporary Art explores the «illusory, fabricated, and contrived nature of our mediated and digitalized contemporary world.»
I like unusual statements that take the form of
fictive narratives (I've written some myself), but they aren't necessarily an indication that the exhibitions will be equally unconventional.
Following a prolific career as a photojournalist, Taiwanese artist Chou Ching - Hui illustrates extant routine woven through
fictive narrative.
But Power Alone also proposes a more
fictive narrative, linked to the myth of Narcissus, a myth that perhaps represents the desire inherent in the discourses on power.
Not exact matches
The volume is also divided into two separate stories, set a century apart: a long first - person
narrative by a Handmaid in Gilead is followed by «Historical Notes on «The Handmaid's Tale,»» a
fictive academic commentary by the urbane male editor of the anonymous woman's tapes discovered in the late 21st century, decades after Gilead's fall.
The Five Gospels purports to offer precisely the opposite: a factual Jesus discovered by scientific methods and disentangled from the
fictive Jesus rendered in the gospel
narratives.
Ventura has developed his own inventive approach to
narrative, blending two forms of storytelling — one inspired by historical events and the other entirely
fictive — with a creative technical approach that has earned him widespread recognition.
On account of her own experiences in life, the artist weaves
fictive events into the post-colonial history related to the countries of her origins and, using this material, constructs fragmentary
narratives.
Vivid and geometrically bold, Mudaulane's mixed - media works produce layers of
fictive and historical
narratives via a plethora of mythology, theology and quotidian motifs.
The artist is working to find a way to introduce non-specific
narrative to abstraction while depicting
fictive landscapes that allow the viewer to participate.