The phrase
"vernacular forms" refers to the everyday or informal way people express themselves in their own language or dialect. It includes the casual words, phrases, and expressions used by a particular group of people in their own region or community.
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Raised in a culturally rich community steeped in
vernacular forms of creativity — bottle trees and fences decorated with eggshells — and characterized by a strong ethos of saving and recycling, Outterbridge was quite literally surrounded by used and discarded objects valued for their potential afterlife.
Inspired by artist Mike Kelley's observation that «the mass art of today is the folk art of tomorrow,» the exhibition examines the role of
vernacular forms in more than two dozen works that run the aesthetic gamut: the hand - crafted work of Aaron Spangler juxtaposes with Lari Pittman's carnivalesque day - glo paintings; Marc Swanson's glittering trophy heads with Rachel Harrison's urban relics.
Adam McEwen (1965) is an English conceptual artist, living and working in New York City, best known for his artworks that
appropriate vernacular forms of everyday consumer products and objects and repurpose them in new, unexpected contexts.
He studied in Los Angeles with acclaimed social realist painter Charles White and is best known for his large - scale paintings featuring black figures and frequent references to art history — from the Renaissance to twentieth - century American abstraction — as well as his forays in
vernacular forms such as the comic book and the muralist traditions.
His work also touches
upon vernacular forms such as the muralist tradition and the comic book, as seen in his comics - inspired Rythm Mastr drawings (2000 — present), in order to address and correct the «vacuum in the image bank» — in other words, to make the invisible visible.
Drawing
on vernacular forms and collaborative and performative actions, the Iraqi - Kurdish artist makes work inspired by political events, chance encounters, oral histories, and his own experiences, including fleeing Iraq on foot in the late 1990s.
It explores the role of
vernacular forms in some 40 works by more than two dozen contemporary artists, which run the aesthetic gamut: the hand - crafted work of Aaron Spangler juxtaposes with Lari Pittman's carnivalesque day - glo paintings; Marc Swanson's glittering trophy heads with Rachel Harrison's urban relics.
Adam McEwen
appropriates vernacular forms, from text messages and obituaries to everyday consumer objects, manipulating familiar items and repurposing them in new, unexpected contexts.
Apply the tools of learning normally reserved for studying a foreign language to
this vernacular form of expression, and make this study a recognized, sanctioned part of the curriculum.
I wasn't trying to imply you were consciously using
the vernacular form of the word theory.
She discovered
a vernacular form of mark - making in the vibrant, color - coded lines and shapes spray - painted across the streets and sidewalks by utility workers.
Nor have outsider or
vernacular forms been included — no painted signs, houses, gold - framed oils made by bored suburbanites, or realistic landscapes made by Sunday painters in their community art, plein - air classes.
Drawing on
vernacular forms and collaborative and performative actions, Iraqi - Kurdish artist Hiwa K (b. 1975, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq) makes work inspired by political events, chance encounters, oral histories, and his own experiences, including fleeing Iraq on foot in the late 1990s.
Phillipson excels in her use of
vernacular forms and the ability to seize the language of spectacle, to produce playful irony and reveal deeper truths by amplification, repetition and saturation.
This universal theme is explored in
vernacular forms and in the all - over paintings.
In an era of virtual neighborhoods and fast - paced Internet communication, The Spectacular of Vernacular addresses the role of
vernacular forms in the work of 27 artists who utilize craft, incorporate folklore, and revel in roadside kitsch to explore the role of culturally specific iconography in the increasingly global world of art.
His practice also touches on
vernacular forms, such as murals and comic books, in order to correct, in his words, the «vacuum in the image bank.»
However, most of this work springs from an expressionistically freeform compositional approach which, in the case of Martin, was unabashedly influenced by
the vernacular forms of black Southern artists like Thornton Dial and Lonnie Holley, who had little choice but to employ the most abject of materials.
Help us celebrate the opening of this group exhibition that addresses the role of
vernacular forms in the work of 26 artists who utilize craft, incorporate folklore, and revel in roadside kitsch to explore the role of culturally specific iconography in the increasingly global world of art.
Glenn Ligon plays with
the vernacular form of the photo - album, combining fetishistic photographs of Black men with family photographs.
Norton's project in PAFA's Historic Landmark Building uses paintings in the collection as sounding boards for a group of new works that reflect variously on issues like the historic portrayal of women in art, paternalism and colonialism, and
the vernacular forms of folk culture.