Sentences with phrase «issue of identity politics»

Lately there have been a lot of revisitations to the 1993 Biennial and its core issue of identity politics.

The questions of assumptions about male heroes and female heroines, about the issues of identity politics and gender studies, coinciding with deconstructivist views of art history and more, are tackled in Kass's wide repertoire of silkscreened and painted imagery.

Her thesis explored the issues of identity politics and the politics of adat in post-Suharto Indonesia after the decentralisation policies implemented in 2001.

Not exact matches

The twentysomethings below are some of my personal picks who are helping to determine how we talk about issues such as politics, culture and identity in the 21st century.

«I do think there are better alternate ways to fight injustice [than identity politics] and have pushed a model of conversation rather than confrontation as it concerns racial issues,» says Prof Yancey.

Moreover, in the Church the threatening schisms are often related to identity politics: race, colonial history and cultural issues such as gay marriage and the role of women.

Finally, I think that the move towards abstraction has been catalysed by the need to overcome what people see as the dead end of identity politics and its parochial focus on particular group experiences to the exclusion of wider issues of democratic solidarity.

In a previous work, I proposed a theory of international relations called Symbiotic Realism, which goes beyond state - centrism and gives due recognition to the role of individuals, multinational organizations, transnational corporations, gender issues, reactive actors such as the environment and resources and, importantly, the emotionality of states and large collective identities as distinct actors weighting in global politics.

Brexit is a fundamentally very boring issue - a technocratic conundrum squeezed into an identity politics straightjacket, a constant churn of processology and esoteric trading jargon.

Like it or not, immigration, crime, welfare fraud, the dependency culture, and the politics of identity are much more pressing issues for prospective Tory voters.»

By seeking constantly to divide people up into smaller and smaller groups, identity politics forestalls the creation of a sense of unity around issues of economic justice.

Feminist Gloria Steinem has said she will withdraw her endorsement of Quinn if the speaker remains an obstacle to the measure, and out bisexual actor Cynthia Nixon endorsed de Blasio, saying her concern over the issue trumps «identity politics.»

Thus, beyond the possibility of moving us past the toxic Akan / non-Akan identity politics, an Akufo Addo / Bawumia victory on December 7 and, for that matter, an all but certain Bawumia leadership of the NPP presidential ticket in the near term, holds the best promise yet of ushering us into a new kind of politics, one in which «kenkey and fish» issues and other developmental concerns define and drive the content of our politics and governance.

Tom Gjelten covers issues of religion, faith, and belief for NPR News, a beat that encompasses such areas as the changing religious landscape in America, the formation of personal identity, the role of religion in politics, and social and cultural conflict arising from religious differences.

Even workers» rights divided liberals: with the rise of identity politics, and the shift of blue - collar voters to Nixon in protest of liberals» anti-Vietnam war and pro — affirmative action stance, trade union issues lost their pristine value to many liberals.

Indeed, in many large cities during the 1960s and 1970s, the problems facing minority high - school students actually worsened, as their schools became battlegrounds for such issues as busing and identity politics, issues that overwhelmed more routine efforts to improve the quality of education.

Gilliam's formalist dialogue with the politics of the times has always resonated with the 35 - year old artist Rashid Johnson, whose work often deals directly with issues of black identity.

In making the announcement, the museum described her practice thus: «Youngblood explores the iconography of public and private suburban experience, issues of identity, ethics, and representation, and the politics of abstraction using photo - based collage, painting, assemblage, and sculpture.»

For over a decade, Helen Johnson (b. 1979, Melbourne, Australia) has used painting as a tool to investigate issues around the legacy of colonialism, the construction of national identity, personal history, and contemporary politics in her native Australia.

Their projects have encompassed a range of mediums — sound, video, performance, sculpture — and often deal with issues of politics, cultural identity, and authorship.

Using recent technology, Rachel Maclean constructs fantasy narratives set in computer - generated landscapes that play on thorny issues of identity, social life and politics.

The narrative structure of these writings provide the framework to explore issues like personal history, identity, gender politics, human nature, and many other topics.»

At this moment I would say many artists feel the responsibility to engage directly in issues of identity and politics.

For our Art and Design issue, New York has been examining the art world's recent past — tracing the identity - politics revolution; catching up with Richard Prince, the Warhol of the Instagram age — and it's present, as we sit down with James Franco to let him make a case for his art and get a crash course in today's market from a Sotheby's advisor.

Investigating the hybridization of Mexican - American identity and the culture of consumerism, Mondini - Ruiz» sculptural installation will further focus on issues surrounding border politics, racial and class interactions, and cultural tourism.

As it turned out, Melgaard tried playing both the «art as critique» and the identity - politics card in his defence: in a joint statement issued with his dealer Gavin Brown, the artist declared that the sculpture existed «to destabilize and unhinge our hardened and crusty notions of race and sex and power.

Exhibitions include: a group exhibition curated by artist Nayland Blake that investigates queer identification through new communications technologies; the first comprehensive career survey and solo museum exhibition dedicated to Cary Leibowitz, whose bold text - based works address issues of identity, sexuality, and queer politics; and a focused exhibition on broadcast and video work, organized in partnership with Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), that focuses on how artists have engaged with the legacy of broadcast media.

At the heart of his work lies a strong interest and commitment to social issues of race, gender, identity and post-colonial politics, whilst maintaining a valuable self - critical perspective on the role of the artist in contemporary culture.»

Since then, using a wide range of media including video, sculpture, performance, installation, and works on paper, she has generated an artistic practice centered around issues of ritual, race, consumerism, and the politics of identity.

From 1980 to 1986, the women of Toxic Shock worked collaboratively to produce a body of work that addressed the complex issues of politics, power, gender, and identity.

Since the late 1960s, Adrian Piper has forged a unique artistic practice that infused classical Minimal sculptural form with explicit political content and introduced issues of race, gender and identity politics into the vocabulary of Conceptual art.

Throughout his career, Erizku has created a unique visual language and distinctive iconography that address issues of race, identity, politics and cultural history, while drawing from myriad references ranging from urban culture to advertising to the art historical canon.

Behind the playful and surreal façade of Kaga's misleadingly simple and faux crude works, there lurks much darker issues of cultural politics and personal identity.

David appropriates elements from modernist design and contemporary culture in order to deal with issues of identity, queer politics, and complex emotional states.

Whether addressing issues of race, gender, sexuality, politics, or history - or seemingly remaining silent about them - the works featured offer powerful interpretations of cultural identity and artistic legacy.

One of the most celebrated American conceptual artists, Barbara Kruger is best known for layering photographs with provocative statements on issues surrounding commercial culture, feminism, and identity politics.

With the pitch and timbre of an accomplished storyteller, Carrie Mae Weems examines issues of race, gender politics, and African - American identity in her photography.

Shirin Neshat works with subjects that raise issues of gender, identity and politics in Muslim countries through photography, film installations and feature films.

«As an institution dedicated to exploring new forms of knowledge and modes of communication, we look forward to presenting DuBois's distinct artistic perspective, which challenges us all to consider complex issues of politics and personal identity,» added Frank Goodyear, Bowdoin College Museum of Art Co-Director.

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One of the most important and celebrated contemporary American artists, Carrie Mae Weems has for over thirty years investigated issues of race, gender, and class, and her artwork continues to raise important questions about cultural identity and the politics of representation.

She investigates contemporary art that mines issues of cultural identity, politics, immigration, and the commingling of varied cultural influences.

Many artists now use portraits to comment on larger issues, such as individual identity, social inequities, politics, celebrity obsession — and the genre of portraiture itself.

Rather than being passive subjects and surveyors of photography, these artists engage issues of gender identity and politics through the medium photography.

Hershman Leeson, who is perhaps best known for her unconventional and almost spy - like tactics of uncovering early feminist identity politics issues, here titles two photos of a woman who may or not be Leeson herself, as Tubal Invasion and Shutter.

Diverse in culture, identity and age, the artists selected for ONE YEAR: The Art of Politics in Los Angeles have been addressing issues like immigration policy, race, gender discrimination, and environmental concerns well before the current administration.

Touching upon many different struggles that women have to go through, Hershman Leeson's persona Roberta Breitmore is a telling representation of a female identity and the issue of not being seen caused by the politics of (in) visibility.

The exhibition will also include other works of the 1990s from the IMMA Collection by artists such as Kiki Smith, whose presence references a central focus of the period on issues of identity, gender and the politics of the body and Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, whose works imply stories which must be imagined by their audience.

Painting in the late 1980s, much of his work addresses the AIDS epidemic and issues of gay identity politics.

Ceramics Finds Its Place in the Art - World Mainstream Lilly Wei writes... From the first generation of modernists who worked in clay to contemporary practitioners, all have made breakthroughs: in scale, in single objects as well as expansive installations; in technical experimentation; in increasingly original formal resolutions from the abstract to the realistic; and in content, exploring issues about the body, identity, politics, history, feminism, domesticity, means of production, and beauty... more