Sentences with phrase «mask as a symbol»

As the leader, the dog wore a mask as a symbol of office.

William Villalongo's exhibition features paintings, collages, and prints, along with a film that gives some insight his use of the African mask as a symbol of double consciousness in his practice.

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Both comiXology and Amazon are currently running a 99 - cent sale on comics by Alan Moore, including the iconic V for Vendetta (illustrated by David Lloyd), which gave the world the Guy Fawkes mask as a protest symbol, thus allowing Anonymous to be anonymous.

Both comiXology and Amazon are currently running a 99 - cent sale on comics by Alan Moore, including the iconic V for Vendetta (illustrated by David Lloyd), which gave the world the Guy Fawkes mask as a protest symbol, thus allowing... [Read more...]

On one hand Jones looks to Buddhist practices and meditation as a source of energy in the creation of his work yet everywhere we look we see Wolverine masks and Black Flag logos (originally designed by Raymond Pettibon in the late 70's) which conjure a kind of brash male ego enterprise (the rocker, the comic book character) The use of these two archetypal symbols feel earnest.

Inspired by the notion of an «abstract ancestry,» Harrison focuses on collecting relics and symbols of African culture such as tribal masks, vases and tools, in order to reproduce them with his homemade low - resolution 3D printers.

Presented in sections such as «Landscape and Place,» «Men,» «Women,» «Family and Community,» «Street Life,» «Spirituality,» «Masks and Symbols,» and «Abstraction,» the collection spans a range of mediums by artists from the United States, South America and the Caribbean, including Edward M. Bannister, Dawoud Bey, Eldzier Cortor, Aaron Douglas, Robert S. Duncanson, Richard Hunt, Jacob Lawrence, Al Loving, Kerry James Marshall, Harriet Powers, Joyce J. Scott, Lorna Simpson, Mickalene Thomas and Carrie Mae Weems, among many, many others.

By putting on display these symbols and clichés, which are the signs of African identity and black femininity as constructed by the Western world since colonisation — such as the presence of masks, naked, tattooed, and sexualized bodies — the artist intends to confront the public with these constructions head - on.

As part of their act, each member embodies a different digital currency, and dons a mask bearing the symbol of the one she represents.