New Wave band DEVO and the iconic «energy dome» hats worn by its members are perhaps the epitome of 80s sprightly extravagance, highly - memorable relics of a highly -
specific cultural moment.
It is a tempting and largely justifiable sentiment to apply to Black Panther, given both the lamentable societal state and the slightly more
specific cultural moment.
The pages of these magazines represent
specific cultural moments that are often obliterated and forgotten.
Not exact matches
Featuring 28 works by 19 artists — both black and white — the exhibition explores how visual perspectives of blackness «have been influenced at particular historical
moments by
specific political,
cultural, and aesthetic interests, as well as the motives and beliefs of the artists.»
The artists explore constructions of personal narrative,
specific moments of
cultural upheaval, the complexity of human psychology, and the physicality of the body itself.
A highly
specific chronology charges these works not only with a certain absurdity, but also an unexpected poignancy: the Lakes act as poetic sarcophagi, cementing bygone
moments in recent pop
cultural history as well as the technology which helped generate them.
Every image is rooted in a
specific moment of attention, and while her work is contemporary in terms of its fragmentation and
cultural references, it is perhaps more traditional in its commitment to the most fundamental aspects of picturemaking: drawing, colour, and texture.