Sentences with phrase «themes of consumerism»

Like Warhol, Lichtenstein and Johns, her commercial design background served to immerse her in the powerful American cultural themes of consumerism and pop iconography.

The four nominated artists — Spartacus Chetwynd, Luke Fowler, Elizabeth Price and Paul Noble — explore themes of consumerism, social and cultural spaces and performance through technical drawings, film installations, and mixed media of imagery, texts and music.

The Atlanta series is ripe with Parr's recurring themes of consumerism, social mores, and an overall appreciation of the banal, conveying a relatable and revelatory tongue - in - cheek glimpse into the lifestyle choices of his subjects.

Hamilton's work, addressing themes of consumerism, contemporary culture, politics and war, continues to be hugely influential and respected internationally.

The works thus comprising Alvi's oeuvre not only reconsiders the worth of disposed paper products, but it also points to the importance of neglected quotidian objects — logs, tree trunks, and coins, among other items, combine with the collages and subsequently meditate on themes of consumerism, economy, desire, and commercialism.

Not exact matches

Similarly, other productions, such as Billy Elliot, focus very much on the reality of the politics at the time of the Miners Strike in 1984 and shows such as We Will Rock You and Chicago The Musical looked at consumerism and mass identity and the power of the media respectively to focus on just a few of their themes.

Regular readers of Boyle's fiction will recognize a few of his pet themes at work here: the consequences of thoughtless consumerism, the obsession with youth and physical beauty, and the precariousness of mental stability.

Raising questions of beauty, consumerism, and the rise of image perfectionism Sara imitates the slickness of advertising, whilst provocatively subverting its themes.

In the selection of the mixed media on paper included in the exhibition, the theme of the car - often used by the artist as a provocation against consumerism - starts to appear.

Since then, he has transposed some of his most provocative themes and motifs concerning race, sex, gender, consumerism, and religion into photographs, montages, and sculpture.

Through bursts of colour and a myriad of characters, the work touched on a range of themes, often channelling the ecstasy and anxiety of consumerism.

PRESENCE features work by 19 artists that address a range of themes including consumerism, technology, connectivity and the individual's place in the world today.

Wider themes of gender inequality and consumerism are suggested.

J. Morrison's show title and theme are a play off the «12 Days of Christmas» and in modern commercial times the «25 Days of Christmas,» giving an artist's alternative view of holiday consumerism.

Highlights of the exhibition include Liu Jianhua's work in porcelain, which responds to Chinese cultural history while addressing themes of globalization and consumerism.

On view through April 7, After Industry will immerse audiences in an aesthetically rich experience, while also providing a platform to engage with important underlying themes, including consumerism, human impact on the environment, and the effects of mass production.

They also boldly took on subversive topics: Hartigan's work, for instance, explored themes of sexual identity and critiqued bridal imagery and consumerism decades before it became fashionable to do so.

The exhibition was the last project Hamilton directly participated in and illustrates the array of mediums, genres and themes the artist employed and approached over the course of his career: from photography, drawing and prints, to industrial design, advertising and the digital manipulation of images; from portrait, self - portrait and interiors, to metalinguistic investigations — for instance on the limitations of different forms of representation and the relationship between vision and movement — via a political critique and a reflection on consumerism and mass culture.

Taking its title from Laing's 1964 exhibition at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, Source and Stimulus highlights certain themes that recur in the works of all three artists, including the Space Race, sexual liberation, mass consumerism, and politics.

Through a wide variety of media ranging from installation to performance and ceramics, Pia Camil explores themes of art history, consumerism and the Mexican urban landscape.

A prime example where Goodman's themes of excess, consumerism, vanity, and sensuality emerge.

The Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) is organizing an international conference on the theme of «The Future of Consumerism and Well - being in a World of Ecological Constraints» on June 12 - 14, 2013, at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

Departing from a number of important historical works, the exhibition presents a network of interdependent topical themes such as consumerism, value circulation, trade routes, and also how these abstract notions influence the individual's experience within a natural and urban environment.

Julie Ault is an artist, curator, and founding member of the artist collective Group Material, which has organized exhibitions on themes such as the U.S.'s involvement in Central America, AIDS, education, and mass consumerism.

Beninese conceptual artist Meschac Gaba explores themes of globalization, consumerism, and the Western museum through acts of artistic appropriation.

The theme of production will be examined further in February, when Liverpool Hope University fabricates and construct everyday objects from previous exhibition materials produced by Tate Liverpool and discuss sustainability, ethical consumerism and eco-systems.

In his practice, Thasnai Sethaseree explores themes of memory, migration, consumerism and modernity.

Ryan Trecartin writes, directs, and produces movies that explore themes of identity, consumerism, and post-millennial technology.

Brooklyn - based Afghani / Indian - American artist Baseera Khan is most known for her multi-media process - based works that deal with themes of exile, spirituality and consumerism, and the kinship shaped by economic, pop cultural and political situations.

When Warhol unveiled his Flowers, the lushly colored canvases took many by surprise who had become accustomed to Warhol's obsession with themes of celebrity, consumerism and tragedy.

The themes of xenophobia, consumerism, military conflicts and gender seem to be dominating through their practices, so it can be said that Rosler and Steyerl tend to disseminate a different kind of visual and theoretical discourse in order to penetrate and dissect our social reality, and furthermore to challenge and disrupt existing political and ideological hegemony.