With the excesses of
modern consumerism in mind, Hong Hao, who trained in printmaking, digitally scans the bases of everyday objects to visually deconstruct their functional properties.
Not exact matches
Paradoxically, this process frustrates the spiritual desires of many
modern secular people, who are unsatisfied with thin
consumerism and wish to participate
in something greater than themselves.
The surge of disposable capital
in post-World War II
consumerism gave impetus for the debate over
modern society.
Examined Life (Unrated) The current mindset of America is the subject of this documentary, directed by Astra Taylor, which takes a number of leading academic intellectuals like Cornel West, Peter Singer and Anthony Appiah away from academia and into the streets of America where they weigh -
in on cultural issues ranging from
consumerism to individualism to
modern morality.
In a time of stress, uncertainty, rampant
consumerism, and divisive politics, one could easily succumb to the
modern dog - eat - dog mentality.
The exhibition spans Warhol's iconic career from his early illustrative works of the 1950s, through Pop Art's 1960s heyday, until his untimely death
in 1987 — addressing the artist's exploration of every facet of
modern life, from
consumerism and commissions to Communist politics.
His pieces are well - known for exploring the ways
in which
modern American and Europea culture has cast the female body as interchangeable with beauty and
consumerism.
Alloway's theory of art reflecting the concrete materials of
modern life gave way to an interest
in mass - media and
consumerism.
Sooke protested a bit too much, doing down the previous big deal
in modern art, Abstract Expressionism,
in order to enhance the revolutionary nature of Pop
in its fascination and appropriation of the tropes of advertising and
consumerism.
J. Morrison's show title and theme are a play off the «12 Days of Christmas» and
in modern commercial times the «25 Days of Christmas,» giving an artist's alternative view of holiday
consumerism.
Shot
in Sian Ka'an, a UNESCO World Heritage site and biosphere reserve
in Mexico, the project depicts the pervasiveness of the environmental impact of
modern consumerism.
«Through a variety of surreal, often grotesque sculptures he examines the rapid rise of
consumerism in modern - day China and the fraught relationship with its more austere Communist past.»
Coinciding with the rise of
modern branding and the onset of the information age, artists» focus on commodities and
consumerism began as satire but came to be much more complex: commodities and associated phenomena, such as advertising, now served as vessels for ideas, politics, and personal relationships
in «brand - new» types of painting, sculpture, photography, installation, and performance.
At once hypnotizing and unsettling, Chagas» photographs of people dressed
in modern clothing, yet with their heads covered
in traditional african masks or plastic bags, critique
consumerism in modern society.
In «Young and Innocent», Hill combines folk artist's depictions of children as innocents in bucolic settings in a series of portraits of urban children who have embraced modern living influences including materialism, consumerism and drug us
In «Young and Innocent», Hill combines folk artist's depictions of children as innocents
in bucolic settings in a series of portraits of urban children who have embraced modern living influences including materialism, consumerism and drug us
in bucolic settings
in a series of portraits of urban children who have embraced modern living influences including materialism, consumerism and drug us
in a series of portraits of urban children who have embraced
modern living influences including materialism,
consumerism and drug use.
Sourcing prevalent facets of
modern Japanese culture like anime, Manga, and yokai horror films, Kenichi Yokono's meticulous carvings contrast rampant notions of globalization and
consumerism with the overwhelming «cuteness» (or kawaii) found
in his country's commercial vernacular.
In his signature style of
modern art, Rosenquist is noted for his immaculately painted canvases whose complex layers and juxtapositions of banal imagery commented sharply on the values of American
consumerism.
But with the rise of cheaply mass - produced plastics, increased levels of
consumerism, and planned obsolescence
in many products, our
modern culture now creates waste on an unsustainable scale.