Different
generations of artists explore the photographic and its manifestations.
This fall, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (ICA) will present Speech / Acts, a group exhibition bringing together the work of a new
generation of artists exploring how the social and cultural constructs of language have shaped black American experiences.
Not exact matches
Lewis was the sole African - American
artist of his
generation who became committed to issues
of abstraction at the start
of his career and continued to
explore them over its entire trajectory.
A key
artist of his
generation, Parreno
explores the borders between reality and fiction and is known for investigating and redefining the gallery - going experience.
With a frame reflecting the New Museum's approach to its own triennial — whereby it focuses on emerging
artists — the show offered a platform upon which to
explore a new
generation of contemporary practices.
EXHIBITION «Black Eye,» a group show that
explores the shifting dynamics
of race and identity over the past two decades, opens May 3 featuring 26 Black contemporary
artists, a who's who among two
generations — Sanford Biggers, Nick Cave, David Hammons, Deanna Lawson, Simone Leigh, Steve McQueen, Toyin Odutola, Gary Simmons, Xaviera Simmons, Hank Willis Thomas, Kehinde Wiley and Nari Ward, among others.
Experiments in Abstraction: Art in Southern California, 1945 to 1980, addresses a
generation of California - based
artists who
explored the possibilities
of abstraction.
But due to this great prize
artists of different
generations have been given the opportunity to spend formative months
exploring Italy; and the resources to create a major new commission that situates them on the world stage.
The use and depiction
of everyday items allowed Pop
artists to challenge the nature
of marketing,
explore identity representation and counter the heavy - handed emotional intensity
of previous
generations, such as the Abstract Expressionists.
The exhibition will be on view from November 20th, 2014 through January 10th, 2015 at Steven Kasher Gallery,
exploring the connections / dissonances
of artists from the Studio School across
generations.
Explore Pablo Picasso's potent legacy and persistent impact on several
generations of artists in this vibrant exhibition occupying all our galleries this fall.
Building Material
explores the ways in which his innovations have found echoes and responses in the work
of artists from subsequent
generations: Rodrigo Cass, Ivens Machado, Paulo Monteiro, Nuno Ramos, Celso Renato, Lucas Simões, and Erika Verzutti.
Highlighting
artists from across the globe and
generations, Self Proliferation
explores female identity politics and the construct
of «self» as modern culture has defined women, but with a common backdrop
of varied landscapes.
Bringing together
artists working in various media, from multiple regions, and
of different
generations, this exhibition focuses on the lyric — the poetic first - person account
of lived experience — to
explore the complexities
of being in the world.»
Casting a light on the diversity
of contemporary approaches to abstraction, the works
explore the
artists» impact on the landscape
of art and American culture, across
generations and disciplines.
Spring Fellow Nicol Mocchi visits «Munch and Expressionism», an exhibition at The Neue Galerie that
explores the mutual influence and intense dialogue between Edvard Munch (1863 - 1944) and the
generation of German - Austrian
artists from the early 20th century.
This exhibition
explores the influence
of Michael Jackson on some
of the leading names in contemporary art, spanning several
generations of artists across all media.
With this comes a critical redefinition
of pattern: These
artists explore iterative
generation of form, using a framework more akin to a mathematical pattern or a computer pattern than to a purely visual process focused on decoration or ornamentation.
Indeed, the social histories and identity politics
explored in work made during the Civil Rights, Black Power, and Black Arts Movements is being investigated by a new
generation of scholars and curators, bringing attention to overlooked
artists central to the era, AfriCOBRA
artists in particular.
Double Take is an exhibition which looks at the theme
of appropriation and how it has been
explored by different
generations of artists using photography.
Featuring major
artists of different
generations, this year's Frieze Film programme
explores themes
of surrealism, popular myth and the carnivalesque.
Gaines» groundbreaking work over the period
of 40 years serves as a critical bridge between the first
generation conceptualists
of the 1960s and 1970s and those
artists of later
generations exploring the limits
of subjectivity and language.
Parkview Green Art 798 is focusing on discovering,
exploring and presenting younger
generation of excellent Chinese
artists
Connection, Reflection is an exhibition curated by Nikki Pressley that features emerging
artists based in Los Angeles using a range
of media and approaches to
explore ideas surrounding the reality and
generation of personal and cultural narratives.
In this installation,
explore a sampling
of his work — from neon signs and video to fiberglass sculpture — which has influenced several
generations of artists across the world.
This panel
explores the politics and legacy
of African American
artists, both
of Charles Gaines's
generation and after, who use strategies
of conceptual art to investigate identity, representation, and American culture.
His groundbreaking work
of this period serves as a critical bridge between the first
generation conceptualists
of the 1960s and 1970s and those
artists of later
generations exploring the limits
of subjectivity and language.
As one
of Idaho's most important living
artists, second
generation Abstract Expressionist, Robert S. Neuman is known for
exploring regional, historical and metaphysical themes.
Group Exhibition in Tribeca
Explores Black Identity «Black Eye,» a group show that explores the shifting dynamics of race and identity over the past two decades, features a who's who among two generations of black contemporary
Explores Black Identity «Black Eye,» a group show that
explores the shifting dynamics of race and identity over the past two decades, features a who's who among two generations of black contemporary
explores the shifting dynamics
of race and identity over the past two decades, features a who's who among two
generations of black contemporary
artists.
Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice will be the first exhibition since 1956 to
explore the drawing practice
of this major figure
of the Venetian Renaissance and will offer an entirely new perspective on Tintoretto's evolution as a draftsman, his individuality as an
artist, and his influence on a
generation of painters in northern Italy.
This book
explores parallels in thought and strategies between Italian Conceptualist Giulio Paolini's (born 1940) work, especially
of the 1960s and the «70s, and the work
of a younger
generation of artists based in New York City today: Sebastian Black, Kerstin Brätsch (with Boško Blagojevic), Seth Price and Antek Walczak.
Aftermath: Art in the Wake
of World War One at Tate Britain
explores how
artists responded to Europe's physical and psychological scars, while
Generation Hope: Life after the First World War at IWM London takes visitors from 1918 to the heart
of the «roaring» twenties, showcasing developments in art, literature, film, fashion and technology as people tried to shape a new world.
Exploring and questioning contemporary life through visual imagery, the approach
of Pictures
Generation artists is particularly relevant in understanding our current image - oriented culture and decoding the roles that images play as forms
of representation, as icons, and as symbols.
At its core, «Red» also
explores the uncertainty and futility Rothko feels as a new
generation of artists is taking center stage.
Renowned visual
artists Shirin Neshat and Pratt alumna Mickalene Thomas (B.F.A.» 00), and Heidi Zuckerman, director
of the Aspen Art Museum, will
explore the qualities that define a new
generation of female
artists and leaders in art, as well as the many different ways in which they have achieved success, despite obstacles and prevailing inequalities.
Opening on 23 August, Mapping the Contemporary II
explores how a
generation of multi-media
artists has artistically engaged with the cities where they either live or work.
Against the backdrop
of these questions, the group exhibition presents pieces by
artists who have grown up with the Internet as well as those produced by an older
generation and brings together works that
explore, unclose and question pictorial worlds in addition to ultimately creating individual original works with the tools
of the digital cosmos.
As a new
generation of Southern makers
explores the joy
of creating, this exhibition celebrates the
artists who have lived in our midst, inspired by their life experiences, their faith, their communities, and the landscape around them.
The Joyner Giuffrida Collection
of Abstract Art is widely recognized as one
of the most significant collections
of modern and contemporary work by African and African Diasporan
artists, and Four
Generations draws upon the collection's unparalleled holdings to
explore the critical contributions made by black
artists to the evolution
of visual art in the 20th and 21st centuries.
This is the first exhibition to
explore Calder's significance for an emerging
generation of sculptors, reconsidering his influence and his innovation through a presentation
of his own work alongside the work
of contemporary
artists.
On the occasion
of Frank Stella: A Retrospective, this roundtable discussion with
artists Walead Beshty, Keltie Ferris, Jordan Kantor, and Sarah Morris
explores key aspects
of Stella's heterogeneous approach to painting and its significance for younger
generations of artists working today.
Four
Generations: The Joyner Giuffrida Collection
of Abstract Art draws upon the collection's unparalleled holdings to
explore the critical contributions made by
artists to the evolution
of visual art in the 20th and 21st centuries.
The exhibition catalog notes that the painter «was the sole African - American
artist of his
generation who became committed to issues
of abstraction at the start
of his career and continued to
explore them over its entire trajectory.»
Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface, companion book to the exhibition
of the same name,
explores and documents the unique traits
of the phenomenologically engaged work produced in Southern California during those decades and traces its ongoing influence on current
generations of international
artists.
Curated by Anika Meier, the show
explores the contemporary
generation of women
artists who use new media to
explore gender, sexuality and identity in the digital age.
Complementing the residency and exhibitions will be panel discussions intended for the general public, university students, and faculty in which the exhibiting
artists, art historians, and activists will
explore topics such as attitudes toward feminist art among women
of different
generations; the role
of artists as agents
of change; and the representation
of women in the contemporary art world.
Norman Lewis was the sole African - American
artist of his
generation who became committed to issues
of abstraction at the start
of his career and continued to
explore them over its entire trajectory.
Exploring a cross section
of art made during a period marked with revolution and socio - political tumult, this exhibition also will embrace five interventions by a current
generation of artists whose work reflects the concerns
of 1969 and brings the exhibition into the present.
His art developed in the London art scene beginning in the 1960s, when a dynamic
generation of young
artists took painting into a new direction by
exploring impulses from both the figurative tradition and popular culture.
De Kooning / Dubuffet: The Women (1991) was the first full - scale exhibition to pair both
artists» series
of women, painted almost simultaneously on each side
of the Atlantic; De Kooning / Dubuffet: The Late Works (1993)
explored affinities in the final works
of the
artists, and Willem de Kooning and John Chamberlain: Influence and Transformation (2001) examined two Abstract Expressionists working across
generations and mediums.