Sentences with phrase «historic narrative»

As Henig describes, opponents of reform can (and often do) leverage historic narratives about race and class in their favor by claiming that reform is just the latest grab for power by whites and minority middle - class allies.

JACOB LAWRENCE COMPLETED «The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture,» his first series of historic narrative paintings in 1938.

Colescott, Marshall, and Thomas marry appreciation of these traditional forms of representation to a deep understanding of contemporary American culture to create insightful works that disrupt historic narratives and read canonic art history against the grain.

Binion channels this personal and simultaneously historic narrative through the idea of DNA — the most basic starting point for human existence that exemplifies our shared uniqueness.

Art After Hours: Talk with Curator Lisa Henry who will discuss the power of social media to reimagine and recontextualize historic narratives

A natural extension of the racial, cultural and historic narratives explored in her practice, the sugar - coated work was commissioned by Creative Time and is on view at the old Domino Sugar refinery in Brooklyn.

Whether subverting artists» original works — including their own — twisting historic narratives or peeling back the surface of consumer - driven culture to reveal the horror and humour that lies beneath, the Chapmans compel us to confront the nagging fears that lie at the dark heart of the Western psyche.

The What's Out There Toronto guide from The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF) derives from our profusely illustrated and extensively researched What's Out There database of significant landscapes, collected by geographic region, coupled with maps and overarching historic narratives.

The blend of realistic action; historic narrative; and online, multiplayer capabilities made it a quick success.

The project will engage experts to teach photography and creative writing skills to youth in the community to create a historic narrative of the town.

The workshop, led by Curator of Education Lynn Stanley, also explored the recent developments in the historic narrative of the white line print.

The main exhibition space will feature an immersive installation, in which the viewer is surrounded by documentation of a reenactment of a historic narrative: the 1909 polar expedition of Robert Peary and Matthew Alexander Henson.

Curated by Jean Crutchfield and Robert Hobbs, Tavares Strachan conceived an immersive installation that includes different media such as neon signs, video, sculpture, and painting, and surrounds the viewer by documentation of a reenactment of a historic narrative: the 1909 polar expedition of Robert Peary and Matthew Alexander Henson.

The main exhibition space featured an immersive installation, in which the viewer is surrounded by documentation of a reenactment of a historic narrative: the 1909 polar expedition of Robert Peary and Matthew Alexander Henson.

These pieces make a simple yet effective statement about the need to redesign cultural objects» historic narratives — an issue well - placed in Hull, a city with strong historical links to the abolition of slavery.

And I was aware that her space would imbue some of these historic narratives and myths as well.

This exhibition, originally organized by the Studio Museum in Harlem but presented... read more... «Jacob Lawrence: Painting as aesthetic object or historic narrative?»

Gardner Cole Miller's work in fiber and tarpaulin subvert the traditional, repetitive process of quilting while drawing material inspiration from the historic narratives associated with the places they inhabit.

RECOGNIZED FOR HIS RAPT ATTENTION to the historic narratives of African Americans, Jacob Lawrence (1917 - 2000) envisioned a series of paintings about the history of the United States that would encompass all of the nations's people.

His work reflects on mythology, historic narrative, media cultures amongst many themes and is manifested in installation, photography, performance, tapestry, video, large sculpture, works on paper and painting.