Since the 1960s, Brooklyn - based artist Martha Rosler has offered political and
social critique through video, photography, installations, and performances.
The Scandinavian duo, Elmgreen & Dragset, who are well known for their subtle, aesthetic and ironical way of
social critique through installation works, question the art institution's power positions.
While those authors have done a better job of this kind of
social critique through fantasy, this should not demerit The Black Witch in and of itself either, as it speaks very much to the contemporary reality within which it was published.
Not exact matches
A justified process - rooted philosophical appreciation of
social canons can be taught
through a pedagogical strategy that begins with their
critique, that expunges them from the natural given furnishings of the immediately real in order to rediscover them as the inherited cultural accretions by which we transform the immediately real into a world of enduring meanings and human significance.
Scroll
through your
social media feeds and you'll see biting comments and mean - spirited
critiques.
But when you read
through Ralph Koster's declaration of rights or James Miller's conflict - resolution proposal — and the hundreds of thoughtful
critiques posted in response to each — the online world suddenly feels closer to 1776 in America or 1848 in France, when ordinary citizens struggled to make their revolutionary visions of
social organization a reality.
As students learn to use technology tools to build representations of a
social world's characteristics, they generate reflective critical thought
through their analysis and
critique of the identities, relationships, and values constructed by the cultural practices and discourses in that
social world.
Then it became full - manuscript
critiques, deeper friendships with writers, broader
social reach with readers
through publishing.
The use of
social and political
critique through his work allowed him to capture many people's attention.
From critical analysis to furthering and refining material knowledge, each student will engage in an intense studio experience, strengthening their skills and broadening their knowledge of historical,
social, and critical issues
through seminars, group
critiques, and peer interactions.
From Claudia Hart's
critique of digital technology and the misogyny of gaming and special effects media to Carla Gannis's performance video where the artist competes with her virtual self; from Cynthia Lin's monumental drawings detailing minuscule portions of skin to Laura Splan's mixture of scientific and domestic in molecular garments and Joyce Yu - Jean Lee's challenge of conventional viewing perspectives; from Christopher Baker's examination on participative media to Victoria Vesna's collaborative project on
social networking, identity ownership and the idea of a «virtual body» — the show guides the viewer
through an array of captivating approaches that challenge not only current media ideologies but also conceptual paradigms underlying today's digital art, the question of disembodiment and post-humanism in particular.
This is not surprising since Kienholz» passion for addressing difficult
social issues
through his art has taken the form of uncompromising
critiques of American society.
During the intensive workshop participating artists discuss their practice with the guest tutors in tutorials and
critiques, and extend their professional networks
through attending professional practice seminars, gallery visits and
socials.
Josh Kline's immersive installation, Freedom, addresses the sense of widespread disillusionment and upheaval in a climate of surveillance and builds a
critique through samples of digitally archived political - media content and references to mass data tracking and
social unrest.
Kendell Carter's newest works are multilayered paintings that
critique and acknowledge the
social constructs that exist within individuals and communities
through the physical and aesthetic properties of painting.
The exhibition venue thus becomes the starting point for his works which on the one hand examine the institutional,
social and structural framework of art in the tradition of Institutional
Critique, and on the other go
through a multitude of new, expansive narrations.
Through a combination of Socratic questioning and satire, this exhibition asserts a level of activism and
critique on a collective
social complacency.
This series presents an exploration of the expressive possibilities of fiber
through the work of 27 contemporary artists, while engaging the viewer in broader considerations of the medium's emotional meanings, its connections with ordinary experiences, and its capacity for
critique and
social commentary.
And yet art persists in envisioning a different politics — repeatedly testing whether a revolution in perception, in how we see, might instigate a revolution in the world, in how we live, whether
through history painting or Productivism, institutional
critique or
social practice.
BIOS:
Through her performance art, Alicia Grullón
critiques the politics of presence and argues for the inclusion of disenfranchised communities in political and
social spheres.
Matthew Darbyshire's work explores notions of
social and cultural
critique through playful approaches to urban architecture and design.
He filters challenging,
social subject matter
through visual art tropes that seem to simultaneously
critique and celebrate their subjects.
Maggie Puckett
critiques environmental and
social injustices
through artist's books, maps, and sculptures crafted from handmade paper.
Through printmaking and installation, Sollisch creates emotional environments for self - reflection,
social critique, and humor.
The Community Based Artist in Residence pilot program provides the artist with support and resources within the local Guttenberg community that the artist has proposed to work with, a small stipend, 24/7 access to studio space, group show, three visiting
critiques, promote the work and exhibition
through our
social media platform and art world network.
Artists in this passage of «Revolution in the Making» engage space more aggressively in order to work
through questions of structure and materials, drawing performance,
social critique, and previously untried mediums into their sculpture.
Building on this
critique, Speth goes on to conclude in his book that: (1) «today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor way but in a way that profoundly threatens the planet» (2) «the affluent societies have reached or soon will reach the point where, as Keynes put it, the economic problem has been solved... there is enough to go around» (3) «in the more affluent societies, modern capitalism is no longer enhancing human well - being» (4) «the international
social movement for change — which refers to itself as «the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism» — is stronger than many imagine and will grow stronger; there is a coalescing of forces: peace,
social justice, community, ecology, feminism — a movement of movements» (5) «people and groups are busily planting the seeds of change
through a host of alternative arrangements, and still other attractive directions for upgrading to a new operating system have been identified» (6) «the end of the Cold War... opens the door... for the questioning of today's capitalism.»