Sentences with phrase «role of artist as»

Primary Views considers the role of the artist as curator, encouraging new readings of the collection, and more partial, polemical and aberrant artistic historiographies.

Jankowski undermines clichés and in a refreshing manner, he uses formats that are ubiquitous in mass culture to provoke reflection on the role of the artist as well as art in contemporary society.

[4] Championing the primitive, he saw the role of the artist as akin to that of the shaman, and remarked upon how disparate cultures have adopted common symbols in their visual languages.

Arranging four panels together on a wall in Long Chart, Large Chart (1977 - 1978), Steir explored the role of artist as creator, activating the negative space of the wall and placing as much emphasis on the relationships between the objects as on the objects themselves.

«Light Painting» is the artist's first solo exhibition in China and it solicits the audience to contemplate the hybrid role of the artist as creator, consumer and animator in today's image - based economy — as well as the networked and mediated nature of images within contemporary art's ecosystem.

From early performances where he explored the role of artist as shaman, Beuys engaged his audience in unprecedented, provocative ways, calling upon art to be genuinely human medium for revolutionary change, «social sculpture» as he described it.

Grey is interested in redefining the role of artist as social sculptor, and provoking us to reconsider the origins and consequences of the forms and frames of our consciousness and to reappraise the contemporary artist's contribution to our primary cultural record.

The title of the show Island Time is a reference to Robinson Crusoe and the hand - made objects that were critical to his survival on a desert island — a metaphor that draws connections between the state of being shipwrecked, to the role of the artist as an outsider, to the artist's personal biography living as an expatriate in a foreign city.

Responding to both the residency and the conditions of increasing globalisation, the projects explore technology's effects on geopolitics, the linguistics and semiotics of maritime shipping, the role of the artist as labourer, individual and collective memory, collaborations with industrial entities, and surveillance, among other themes.

This work explores questions of trust, intimacy and the role of the artist as intermediary between our expectations and our personal histories.

Responding to both the residency and the conditions of increasing globalization, the projects explore technology's effects on geopolitics, the linguistics and semiotics of maritime shipping, the role of the artist as laborer, individual and collective memory, collaborations with industrial entities, and surveillance, among other themes.

His work investigates the performance of leadership, the role of the artist as a public figure, and the effects of class and privilege on institutions in the form of paintings, murals, sculpture, and video art.

Her Lisson debut, which occupied both gallery spaces, interwove these tensions between the scientific and the rational with our desires and instinctual drives, in four ongoing themes: transformation, the unconscious, systems of belief, and the role of the artist as collector and curator.

With a firm belief in the role of the artist as cultural emissary and agent of social change, our goal is to create opportunities for Israel's most innovative artists to expand their practice and reach international audiences.

SAN FRANCISCO — Lynn Hershman Leeson revels in the role of artist as innovator and trickster, though it's not always clear whom she is tricking.

She received her master's degree in Arts and Cultural Management from Pratt Institute, where her research focused on the role of the artist as the administrator and cultural producer through residencies and collaborative programming.

As the set configurations and collage works of von Bonin and Burr invert particular aesthetic styles and art historical doctrines — including the supposed neutrality of Minimalism, the circuitous heritage of negative aesthetics, and the role of the artist as iconoclast, among them — Sullivan and Zmijewski adopt different versions of what philosopher Alain Badiou has argued is constitutive of cinema, namely «a procedure of theatrical sampling.»

Featuring artist Sarah Meyohas, Neal Curley (Essex Street Gallery), and Kenneth Schlenker (Co-founder, Artlist), this panel will address the role of the artist as value producer at a time when the financializtion of the art world is increasingly pronounced.

Michael Asher rejects the role of the artist as a maker of objects.

He rejects the Beuysian role of the artist as guide, preferring to introduce doubt and undermine certainties.

Pam Rogers is a painter / sculptor whose work explores the territory between the nature and the role of the artist as they engage with nature.

On view in the Grey gallery are several works from the Tanager's landmark exhibit, The Private Myth (October 1961), organized by Sidney Geist and Philip Pearlstein, which focused on the role of the artist as a mythmaker.

Complementing the residency and exhibitions will be panel discussions intended for the general public, university students, and faculty in which the exhibiting artists, art historians, and activists will explore topics such as attitudes toward feminist art among women of different generations; the role of artists as agents of change; and the representation of women in the contemporary art world.

Each woman spoke about the inspiration behind their various work, why representation in art matters, the role of artists as citizens, and how they hoped consumers would translate or experience their art.

Not exact matches

The long article is a deep dive into the anxieties of the creative mother and the steps women artists and writers take to manage their dual role as mothers and creators.

Upon careful analysis, at least ten such points become apparent: (1) Blake alone among Christian artists has created a whole mythology; (2) he was the first to discover the final loss of paradise, the first to acknowledge that innocence has been wholly swallowed up by experience; (3) no other Christian artist or seer has so fully directed his vision to history and experience; (4) to this day his is the only Christian vision that has openly or consistently accepted a totally fallen time and space as the paradoxical presence of eternity; (5) he stands alone among Christian artists in identifying the actual passion of sex as the most immediate epiphany of either a demonic or a redemptive «Energy,» just as he is the only Christian visionary who has envisioned the universal role of the female as both a redemptive and a destructive power; (6) his is the only Christian vision of the total kenotic movement of God or the Godhead; (7) he was the first Christian «atheist,» the first to unveil God as Satan; (8) he is the most Christocentric of Christian seers and artists; (9) only Blake has created a Christian vision of the full identity of Jesus with the individual human being (the «minute particular»); and (10) as the sole creator of a post-biblical Christian apocalypse, he has given Christendom its only vision of a total cosmic reversal of history.

But accountants compromised the clarity and integrity of their public role when they defined themselves solely as make - up artists, emphasizing quarterly reports for the sake of stock market prices or annual returns for tax purposes.

At the conclusion of one of her books of philosophy, The Fire and the Sun: Why Plato Banished the Artists, Murdoch summarizes her view of the artist's role in modern life: «To present the idea of God at all, even as a myth, is a consolation.»

Christian journalist Marcia Dixon said: «As a co-founder of the London Community Gospel Choir Bazil has played a key role establishing the UK gospel scene, providing mentorship and opportunities to numerous gospel artists and musicians, and flying the flag for gospel music in general.»

The «Heroes» artist was known for his role as Jareth in the 1980s film Labyrinth and his Ziggy Stardust tour of the 1970s.

The Loisaida Awards were reinstated, and we honored living legends such as Adela, the still - standing Puerto Rican restaurant and community epicenter; CHICO, street artist of storied fame; Melissa Mark - Viverito, newly elected as the first Puerto Rican speaker of the City Council; and Rosie Méndez, the Councilmember who played a pivotal role in keeping Loisaida Inc. alive.

In most conventional Christmas songs children sing backing vocals, supporting famous recording artists, but this time it's a role reversal as Tony Hadley and Paul Young wanted to support this great song by adding their vocals to the children's lead vocals» Kat Stephens of Aspire Arts Academy.

The topic of implant selection can be an emotional one, with tension between the plastic surgeon's roles as «Artist» versus «Engineer.»

Much is written of the woman's role as botanical artist.

Thousands of music lovers gathered to hear artists like The Black Keys, Florence + The Machine and Frank Ocean this weekend in Chicago's Grant Park for Lollapalooza and, as usual, the fashion played just as big a role as the tunes.

The 40 - year - old's latest role saw him starring as James Tom Hardy once harboured dreams of becoming a successful rap artist, and his attempts from the 1990s have resurfaced online.

As such, this movie makes an excellent case for the role of the artist in society being a socially conscious one to which it provides a prime example.

Already respected as one of the best actresses in film, Blanchett raises the bar even higher by playing 13 different roles in Manifesto, embodying some of the most influential and emotional artist manifestos in history.

(Untitled) is funniest when showcasing the «artwork» of its supporting characters, including Ray Park as an artist who uses taxidermy in a unique way, and Zak Orth in a small but absolutely scene - stealing role.

Even as a profile of a singular artist, though, this soft - focus documentary is missing an essential dimension — a critical look at the intramural conflict and public controversy that flowed from its hero's reformist role.

A few years later, after nearly two decades in development hell, it was none other than «Jurassic Park» (1993) that gave Kubrick hope for «A.I.» Christopher Baker came on as concept artist, and Chris Cunningham took the role of effects supervisor.

When news about the project first broke last fall, Ross (The Hunger Games) was attached to direct, and Bullock announced as George Clooney's successor in the role of lead con artist.

Metallica is set to play a pleasantly unexpected role in the festival as his year's artist in residence, with each of the four members of the band presenting a film.

These artists will be developing projects that highlight the role of storytelling in specific aspects of the creative process, show its importance in personal vision and perspective, and present it as a central component in embracing the diversity of our common experience.

Andrei Tarkovsky's work is pure poetry as he dwells for over three hours on the dominions of faith, brutality, and, mainly, the role of the artist in our world.

«It's great that the European and U.K. artists think of me as one of their favorite directors, but there is one thing I haven't done, and that's playing an active role in the U.S. culture scene.»

Carl Van Vechten & the Harlem Renaissance: A Portrait in Black & White By Emily Bernard Yale University Press Hardcover, $ 30.00 372 pages, Illustrated ISBN: 978 -0-300-12199-5 Book Review by Kam Williams «This book is a portrait of a once - controversial figure... a white man with a passion for blackness... [who] played a crucial role in helping the Harlem Renaissance... come to understand itself... Carl Van Vechten has been viewed with suspicion... [as] a racial voyeur and sexual predator, an acolyte of primitivism who misused his black artist friends and pushed them to make art that fulfilled his belief in racial stereotypes... While his early interest in blackness was certainly inspired by sexual desire and his fascination with what he perceived as black primitivism, these features were not what sustained his interest... More important [was] his conviction that blackness was a central feature of Americanness... Van Vechten's enthusiasm for blacks may have catapulted many careers, but at what cost to the racial integrity of those artists, and to the Harlem Renaissance as a whole?

Life Lessons features a young Steve Buscemi in one of his first big movie roles as performance artist Gregory Stark, who performs comic monologues (written by Buscemi himself) on abandoned subway tracks, falling far short of Dobie's definition of art, which is «you make art because you have to,»cause you got no choice.»

ALICIA VIKANDER, «THE DANISH GIRL» The long - suffering wife isn't much of a role, so it's to the credit of director Tom Hooper and Vikander that her performance as artist Gerda, married to Eddie Redmayne's Lili, is so vibrant.

Lee Pace has been cast as DeLorean, and Jason Sudeikis will take on the role of a con artist - turned - FBI - informant who led one of the most scandalous FBI sting operations of the 1980s.