Sentences with phrase «issues of race»

Pluralism dominated the 1970s, and the subsequent decades have brought about an even richer diversity as artists have forcefully explored issues of race and gender.

An emotionally charged exhibition curated by the late Noah Davis in collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles brings together works that explore issues of race and violence.

Sonya Clark's craft and design practice explores issues of race, culture, gender, identity, and class, through the cultural power of hair.

Issues of race were not just at the forefront, but were inflaming the nation.

First, that women should make feminine art, and second, that African American artists should make figurative and «activist» art, works that confront issues of race, inequality, injustice and the long history of violence against black people.

In a new exhibition at Conduit Gallery, hearts, hands, and other members, of his latest textile works, Brackens continues his exploration of issues of race, tradition and gender, but with a new, looser hand.»

In these collaborations, public art, prints and installations are ways for Arai to use the cultural specificity of her experience as an Asian American as a personal space in which to locate broader issues of race, gender and cultural equity; a space in which she believes a glimpse of common ground can be made possible.

These abstract paintings examine issues of race, sexuality, and identity, responding to events like the riots in LA in 1992 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

The blurred boundaries of the letterforms and subtle tonal shifts ask the viewer to reconsider their visual acuity, and in turn, the nuanced issues of race, gender and identity.

MS. MARTIN: Well, there were issues of race brought up in the Guerrilla Girls, but the forum was a little different - it was - with Godzilla, in my opinion, it was just - oh, I don't know.

For Fade to Black, he uses the technique to make a statement about pop culture as well as issues of race, class and the fragmented, fleeting nature of memory.

The exhibition's title is an ode to African - American poet, activist and scholar, Amiri Baraka's (1934 — 2014), «Something in the way of Things (In Town)», a poem that underscores the quest for social justice and explores interrelated issues of race, national oppression, self - determination and national liberation for Black people.

Part of their account of those years and the early stage of their marriage dealt with issues of race.

Issues of race, gender and class are covered from a so - called intersectional perspective, an approach that works to bring to the fore the combinations of discriminatory practices and the dynamics they engender.

Over the past decade, she has been exploring the theme of idealized female imagery as a means to investigate the issues of race, culture, identity, and perception in today's pluralistic societies.

Yinka Shonibare MBE explores issues of race and class through painting, sculpture, print, photography and film.

Organized by the Arnika Dawkins Gallery, On Being Black explores issues of race, colorism and racial identity.

Coming late July 2018, Invisible Man and the Masque of Blackness is a monumental installation of 40 identical figurative sculptures that speak to contemporary issues of race, politics and identity

Not quite as intense is the conversation about Jordan Wolfson's virtual reality piece Real Violence (2017), that also addresses issues of race.

Her use of multi-layered staging of paradoxical dualities within the theme of idealized female imagery investigates the issues of race, culture, identity, and perception in today's pluralistic societies.

In «Smell the Roses,» the artist's first museum show in Los Angeles, Gaignard tackles the big issues of race, class and, especially, identity.

Issues of race, gender, and representation in art have taken on a sense of urgency as of late, although they are certainly nothing new, especially for artists of color and female artists.

Issues of race and the division of wealth have arisen in my recent work.

Sonia Boyce's early figurative pastel drawings and photographic collages address issues of race, ethnicity and contemporary urban experience, questioning racial stereotypes in the media and day - to - day life.

This exhibition faces critical issues of race head - on, exploring and engaging issues of identity for black Americans as explored by an emerging generation of innovative artists,» said Amy Sadao, Director of ICA.

By using her body to work through issues of race, culture, religion and gender, Benedict sets out a unique set of DIY parameters to explore.

Among the galleries exploring feminist issues, Salon 94 (New York) will feature works by three women artists — Huma Bhabha, Francesca DiMattio, and Katy Grannan — offering commentary on issues of race, gender, class and sexuality; and Galleri Magnus Karlsson (Stockholm) will present a thematic stand curated around the question of what it means for works of art to be designated as «female».

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.

Through this framework of collaboration, Arai uses the specificity of her experience as an Asian American as a personal space in which to locate broader issues of race and gender; a space through which a glimpse of common ground is made possible.

Symposium subjects included, among other things, discussions of Alfred Stieglitz as a major proponent and supporter of early American Modernism, the ways in which art critic Clement Greenburg's definition of Modernism shaped thinking about this issue for generations yet was exclusive to issues of race, gender and politics, the role of photography figured prominently into the dissemination of the term «modern,» and the many ways photography has played a major role in shaping the history of Modernism in America.

Cole's work addresses social and political issues as they relate to the past and how we deal with issues of race through the use of sight, sound, and color.

Employing a dense and intense drawing style, she creates elaborate, quasi-narrative compositions that address issues of race, gender, sexual identity, religion and historical record.

It refers to issues of race, of right and wrong, of life and death.

Even as teenagers, they, in their writing, dealt with profound issues of race, mortality, and, as Avedon wrote, «the future of humanity» as World War II closed in on them.

The program will focus on Muholi's work as a «visual activist» dedicated to issues of race, gender, and sexuality, and will reflect on this year's 20th anniversary of democracy in South Africa — still a work in progress.

Beginning with researching at the Armistad Research Center, the history of African American blacksmiths and ornamental ironworkers in New Orleans and then applying this research to my current work addressing issues of race and gender and creativity.

Simone Leigh uses objects, both found and created, to address issues of race and gender.

She creates a personal and contemporary fiction within her works, bringing to light issues of race and representation throughout the history of traditional figurative painting: «My work is a form of tribute, analysis and intervention: tribute out of sincere admiration for the figurative tradition; analysis, by making something vast,» the role of race in the history of figurative painting «comprehensible to both myself and to my viewers; and intervention, by positioning a woman - of - color as primary picture - maker, in whose hands the figurative tradition is refashioned.»

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.

Opening: «Hew Locke: The Wine Dark Sea» at Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art An Anglo - Guyanese artist who's well known for work dealing with issues of race and colonialism, Hew Locke makes his New York solo debut with an installation of 35 boat sculptures suspended at various scales from the gallery's ceiling like a magnificent fleet.

While James T. Green also uses language and image to critique the dominant culture, he concentrates on the perception of «the other,» often raising issues of race through familiar and accessible technologies.

The writer and translator Anya Berger has passed away — Tom Overton profiled her extraordinary life and work for frieze last year: «In different countries, under different names, she shaped the horizons of the English - speaking left on issues of race, gender and class, and it's time this was recognized.»

Newsome's cross-cultural appropriation of European and American status symbols critiques issues of race, politics and consumer culture.

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.

In London, Adriana Varejão just closed a show at Victoria Miro Gallery where she presented a series of individual female portraits centered on issues of race.

Hairstyles and shoes are among his favoured subjects with work often subtly alluding to issues of race, ethnicity, culture, gender and sexual equality.

His powerful works cover issues of race and social justice, and he was featured in our past exhibition US IS THEM and also visited us during the exhibition for an artist talk.

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.

Often my work has been critically framed around issues of race 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.