Sentences with phrase «provocative political works»

Not exact matches

A provocative new report from Sentier Research gives us insight into what might be the key factor in the Trump phenomenon: A secular decline in the financial well - being of white working class males and what we can infer as the resulting anger directed at the political powers that be.

In recent political thought, the most considered and provocative discussion I know of the freedom which waits upon public participation is found in the work of Hannah Arendt.

Yet its art curator, Peter Millard, has assembled a collection of provocative works which, taken together, capture the essence of British political life.

Come Jump With Me is a daring, provocative and witty work that examines the relevancy and significance of creating art in the urgent political reality of Israel.

While his sculpture and drawings — primarily of indigenous women of Mexico — are widely celebrated, the political aspect of his works was initially viewed as provocative, as he dared to depict the indigenous women of Mexico as fundamentally heroic.

This type of provocative Dada-esque imagery functions as satirical, socio - political commentary in Hull's work, reflecting on contemporary culture, blending humor and pathos.

British artist Tracey Emin takes a sexually provocative stance to her work, as a way of locating it within a feminist tradition — the personal as political.

In the last two decades, Indonesia has experienced major political change and globalization, resulting in more provocative, challenging and critical work from its artists.

Her internationally produced and exhibited work typically involves interactions with a group or community that result in performances, films, videos, audio recordings and books, and involve sometimes provocative reflections of social, political, institutional and aesthetic power relations.

This is the first time a work from the artist's immigrant series has been shown in a gallery — evidently Turkey's current precarious political situation did not deter galleries from bringing provocative works to the fair.

While Geers» career has long been defined by the provocative and the political, his more recent works interweave the poetic and address the personal salvation he has found in art.

Often taking as his starting point the urban environment and therefore architecture — particularly those of Havana and Madrid, the two cities where the artist both lives and works — Garaicoa documents city landscapes, creating works steeped in provocative commentary which reflect a frustration with social, economic and political issues.

Expressing issues that defined the political, social, environmental, and economic crises of the era, the Chicago Imagist artist used luminous color, silhouetted figures, stylized natural forms, and dramatic shifts of scale and perspective to create provocative works of art.

While many of the artists featured in the exhibition are known for art they created in the Works Progress Administration programs, The Left Front brings their more provocative, political work to light.

Erika Rothenberg is a conceptual artist whose provocative and humorous work about social and political issues takes many forms, from paintings and photographs to museum installations and large - scale outdoor works.

As one of the most important performance artists in Turkey with her political and provocative works, Þükran Moral's works are hosted in the exhibition B [R] YZANZ which opened on May 18, at Edith Russ Haus für Meidenkunst, Oldenburg, Germany.

The motif of the tank is used throughout Hamilton Finlay's work, often seen in his gardens — sites viewed by the artist as provocative of poetic, philosophic and political thought.

While his Pop and political works were intentionally provocative, even this last series could be surprisingly controversial: In 1988 the Metropolitan Museum of Art's acquisition committee was horrified by Saul's 10 - foot long version of Leutze's «Washington Crossing the Delaware» (they acquired his «View of San Francisco # 2,» 1986, instead).

A marble statue of a heavily pregnant disabled artist, a scale model of Nelson's HMS Victory with African print sails inside a huge bottle and a giant cockerel in striking blue are just some of the controversial and political art works that have added a modern and provocative element to the famous square.

And it is this incisive criticism that has made her work so provocative, especially in charged political periods, such as the 1980s and our own current moment, when her «statement» pieces often come roaring back into fashion.

Daniel Heyman, whose previous work dealt with provocative social and political issues, collaborated with Lucy Ganje, who has family ties to tribal nations in North Dakota, to produce the portfolio under the guidance of master printer Kim Fink.

They created transgressive, provocative work, while more broadly seeking to present art as a means of social and political change.

Sometimes confrontational or sexually provocative, Emin's work resonates with the «personal is political» legacy of feminist art while at the same time maintaining a universal accessibility that speaks to relationships in general.

Wojcik, Sarah, «Political, provocative: Harper's work in Sloan,» The Eagle's Eye, November 14, 2007 Illustration

Artists in these exhibitions put social engagement at the center of their work to raise provocative questions and create political change.

Poetic and Political explores two realms of perception often considered oppositional but more likely to work in tandem to make a rich, provocative and compelling visual impact.