Sentences with phrase «often on contemporary art»

Then too, no other local museum bets half so often on contemporary art.

Not exact matches

Allan Cameron's Modular Narratives in Contemporary Cinema, the subject of this review, does something similar — for the most part — to Puzzle Films and seems to sit clearly on the side of the debate that understands there is indeed something unique about the complex narratives of contemporary cinema, arguing that these films are different not only from classical Hollywood films but also from the art cinema and experimental films they oftContemporary Cinema, the subject of this review, does something similar — for the most part — to Puzzle Films and seems to sit clearly on the side of the debate that understands there is indeed something unique about the complex narratives of contemporary cinema, arguing that these films are different not only from classical Hollywood films but also from the art cinema and experimental films they oftcontemporary cinema, arguing that these films are different not only from classical Hollywood films but also from the art cinema and experimental films they often resemble.

«The Square,» Östlund's rich, expansive and often savagely funny new film, begins as a sharp sendup of the goings - on at a contemporary art museum.

That tradition is alive and well at Susan Eley Fine Art on New York City's Upper West Side, where the recent exhibition Vroom Vroom Beep Beep has showcased contemporary artists» often incidental intersection with the culture of cars.

Tate Britain, London, until 4 January 2015 The Turner Prize is the nearest contemporary art comes to a spectator sport, something akin to horse racing: it relies on form but past successes can go out the window when the nags face the conditions on Derby Day — the best contribution to the Tate Britain show often takes the prize.

Too often museum exhibitions of contemporary art rely excessively on the commercial gallery system, a process which risks becoming cliché.

A standby for often conceptual, contemporary art since 2000, Canada is one of the first galleries in the area representing some of the biggest names on the scene like Xylor Jane and Joanna Malinowska.

Pakistani painter Shahzia Sikander puts a contemporary spin on ancient art, often taking cues from traditional Eastern ideas of music, texts, scroll painting, and the Persian art of miniature painting.

Contemporary art is often megalamaniac, but rarely so on point with the way we live and 0ur perception of the world.

«Often times the ideas are consistent, but the materials are reimagined and reapplied as she sees them through a different set of circumstances,» said Nancy on Macuga's work, some of which was lent from their collection to the Museum of Contemporary Art during her 2013 solo exhibition.

While we choose to focus on works from Leap Before You Look, the tour can just as often place a work from the Armand Hammer Collection in dialogue with a piece of contemporary art.

At its opening in 1999, Mass MoCA, which has no permanent collection, was a showcase for large - scale art exhibitions, often commissioned or created on site, and a contemporary performing arts program.

All the while, Copley — working under the name CPLY — made his own highly idiosyncratic, expressive, often erotically charged art, which has in recent years come to be an important influence on contemporary artists like Bjarne Melgaard (who staged a show with his work in 2013).

Perhaps because of the incandescence of the YBAs in the 1990s, British art in the 1980s often gets short thrift in terms of column inches in histories of modern and contemporary art, but — as Ikon's new show on the decade should demonstrate — it was a period of free - wheeling experimentation, in which figurative painting made a comeback, the variety of abstract styles increased, installation art grew in ambition and cut - and - paste appropriation prevailed.

Omar Kholeif is a tireless curator, writer and editor, whose work on modern and contemporary art has often focused on the impact of technology and new media.

Recognizing the shifting centers of the art world, the West Coast Initiative seeks to document the histories of innovative, and often overlooked, contemporary art exhibition venues situated on the West Coast of the United States and extending into Southwestern British Columbia, Canada, by retrospectively collecting their publications.

In today's art world, where the notion that bigger is better seems to be too - often taken for granted, it's refreshing to see that contemporary artists are continuing to produce work on a small scale as well.

At the same time Tate Britain will present a major rehang which will focus first on the visual impact of the Collection, then on holdings and projects which have been less often in the public eye and finally will include many recent acquisitions of contemporary art.

«Many contemporary artists are rejecting the trends of the last three decades that focused on the conceptualization and deconstruction of the art object and often subsumed it in rhetoric, the media, and the marketplace.

The gallery retains its commitment to experimental artists of the 60s and 70s and holds 7 to 8 exhibitions per year, many of which are conceived in collaboration with independent external curators with the aim of providing unique and often unexpected perspectives on contemporary art history.

Baldessari's early works were painted phrases derived from contemporary art theory, painted by sign painters in a standard font often used on signs, thereby changing the «accessibilty» of these texts.

The contemporary art prize is named after Turner because while today he may be considered one of Britain's greatest traditional artists, in his time his approach to landscape painting was controversial, and often reviled, yet had a lasting impact on art.

Warhol's repetitiveness and often banal subjects were only part of his immense and significant impact on contemporary art.

The abstract paintings by China - born, Paris - based Zao (1921 --RRB- sparked a frenzy of bidding each time they came on the block, often pushing prices to several times estimates at Christie's International's auction of modern and contemporary Asian art.

She writes about contemporary culture, art and current affairs, often with a focus on Egypt and the Middle East.

Most often, she can be found at Hill Holliday, an advertising agency in Downtown Boston, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, or on the road to her next adventure.

It also takes into consideration the inclusion of artists from islands on the fringes of the region, or that may often be left out of the larger conversations which usually take place in relation to Caribbean contemporary art.

Rashaad Newsome's multidisciplinary practice, on display in «Mélange,» the artist's recent exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Center, often addresses absence through presence.

Its location in the Park Avenue Armory on the Upper East Side is more undoubtedly central than Frieze (although the building is often derided as decrepit) and in its first year, TEFAF New York Spring has attracted an impressive list of the international contemporary art heavyweights.

The show is described as an examination of «recent African art according to two fluid and often intertwined aesthetic and conceptual frameworks: the impact of the environment on contemporary African life, and the use of found objects and appropriated materials as a recurring presence in current African art.

She is an often recruited guest panelist and moderator on issues around contemporary art practice and cultural planning.

This group exhibition at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Australia, curated by Jacqueline Doughty, tackles the often misunderstood process of making art, with many of the artists playing on the ambitions, anxieties and pressures that filter into their practice.

The three - day contemporary art event introduces emerging and established artists in China to an international audience of collectors, museum curators, art professionals and art lovers, while shining a light on the fact that art is often best experienced in a thoughtfully curated gallery exhibition.

As we were sorting through exhibition histories to collate these statistics, it became apparent that Indigenous artists and artists of colour are much more frequently included in group exhibitions, which are, in turn, often focused on the contemporary art production of these demographic groups, an approach that could risk siloing these artists.

Having spent eight years at the helm of Instituto Inhotim in Minas Gerais, Brazil (just north of Rio de Janeiro), from 2004 — 2012, Volz has a deep knowledge of contemporary Brazilian art, experience that he leveraged to bring together a powerfully evocative group of works that often meditated on the environment and indigenous cultures, conveying a longing for simpler, agrarian lifestyles.

Organized by the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, this exhibition examines recent African art according to two fluid and often intertwined aesthetic and conceptual frameworks: the impact of the environment on contemporary African life, and the use of found objects and appropriated materials as a recurring presence in current African aArt Gallery at Skidmore College, this exhibition examines recent African art according to two fluid and often intertwined aesthetic and conceptual frameworks: the impact of the environment on contemporary African life, and the use of found objects and appropriated materials as a recurring presence in current African aart according to two fluid and often intertwined aesthetic and conceptual frameworks: the impact of the environment on contemporary African life, and the use of found objects and appropriated materials as a recurring presence in current African artart.

«I often describe inIVA as a sort of cultural venture capitalist,» says Tawadros, «taking risks on artists and ideas that are not yet part of the everyday language of the contemporary art world.»

The image is updated each year, and each year, depending on the weather and the water level, the work looks a little different — a nice metaphor for the way contemporary art shifts even as it endures, often seeming a little different every time you catch up with it.

Richter's influence on contemporary art is now often viewed as unparalleled and pivotal to the 20th and 21st century.

Though the artist has shown at institutions like the Guggenheim, MoMA, the Whitney, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, he often collaborates with historical societies and museums in small communities to explore how objects become meaningful in a world that relies largely on mass production.

Environment and Object: Recent African Art examines recent African art according to two fluid and often intertwined aesthetic and conceptual frameworks: the impact of the environment on contemporary African life, and the use of found objects and appropriated materials as a recurring presence in current African aArt examines recent African art according to two fluid and often intertwined aesthetic and conceptual frameworks: the impact of the environment on contemporary African life, and the use of found objects and appropriated materials as a recurring presence in current African aart according to two fluid and often intertwined aesthetic and conceptual frameworks: the impact of the environment on contemporary African life, and the use of found objects and appropriated materials as a recurring presence in current African artart.

Many of John Marin's contemporaries often felt compelled to focus on the artist's powerful deployment of his tools and materials when they spoke or wrote of his art.

As one who often complained to me about being priced out of the contemporary Chinese art market, which Tilton originated, as well as expressing frustration with wealthier dealers who co-opted his artist discoveries (especially Marlene Dumas), Tilton appears to be throwing in the towel on a career of struggle and innovation, a medium - sized tuna biting back at the sharks, at last.

SCOTLAND»S success at the UK's most prestigious, and often controversial, prize for contemporary art has continued with three Glasgow - trained artists on the Turner Prize shortlist.

I often read your articles on Chinese contemporary art.

Every five years the contemporary - art community descends on the small hessian city of kassel to experience documenta, the exhibition whose art - world weight is often matched by its propensity...

They recognized early on that offering contemporary artists the opportunity to «raid» collections could give new life (and perhaps new cultural value) to art objects that are often stored in an institution's tomb - like vaults or sequestered in the homes of private collectors.

Often it takes decades to absorb the profoundly beautiful and insightful when made on terms that do not yield to the systems by which we process, value and evaluate contemporary art.

PAOLO VIRNO»S WORKS ON VIRTUOSITY AND EXODUS Paolo Virno's intricate theorizations of performativity have increasingly been invoked in discussions of contemporary art, but all too often at the...

From the state - sanctioned zeal of religious reformers and the symbolic statue - breaking that often accompanies political change to attacks on art by individuals stimulated by moral or aesthetic outrage, this study aims to present the rationale of iconoclasm and how it has become a productive and transformational practice for some contemporary artists.