Not exact matches
Video of Chall Lecture: Al Tatum The
photograph showing African American men bound
and face down is one that Alfred Tatum, dean of the College of Education
and director of the University of Illinois - Chicago (UIC) Reading Clinic, regularly
reflects upon.
In his installations, which include
photographs,
videos and sculptures, Hartt explores how physical spaces
reflect the ideas
and beliefs of a particular time
and place.
NEW YORK — Opening Thursday, March 28 at the Studio Museum in Harlem, David Hartt: Stray Light is a presentation of color
photographs, sculptures
and a
video installation by Chicago - based conceptual photographer David Hartt (b. 1967)
reflecting on the iconic headquarters of the Johnson Publishing Company in downtown Chicago.
Focusing on
photographs, collage works, performances, films
and videos produced throughout the 1970s, the exhibition
reflects a moment during which practices of emancipation, gender equality
and civil rights protest movements became part of public discourse.
David Hartt: Stray Light presents color
photographs, sculptures,
and a
video installation by Chicago - based Canadian artist David Hartt (b. 1967)
reflecting on the iconic headquarters of the Johnson Publishing Company in downtown Chicago.
His
video installations are usually displayed across multiple screens
and accompanied by still
photographs, conveying a sense of fragmented narratives
and reflecting on the ideas of memory
and remembrance.
Some of the participating artists include: Abbas Akhavan who will exhibit a water fountain created using stacks of dishes pots
and cooking pans that explores the politics of hospitality; Zineb Sedira whose large - scale
photographs and sugar sculpture references the history of sugar, race, migration
and globalization; Tadasu Takamine
reflects on the consequences of the catastrophic nuclear meltdown at Fukushima in a series of performative
videos; Asunción Molinos whose work in the show originates for a «pop - up» restaurant she ran in Cairo which dealt with issues related to Egypt's export / import policies
and Senam Okudzeto whose work Portes - Oranges features metal sculptures used by Ghanaian fruit sellers to display oranges.
Comprised of a
video in three parts with soundtracks in English
and French, along with dozens of black -
and - white
photographs, Secret
reflects on the artist's experience inhabiting a semi-deserted apartment in Le Corbusier's concrete housing block, Unité d'habitation, located in Firminy, France.
Boers works with several artists who are beginning to experience an upsurge in their market, including Qiu Xiaofei, who makes mural - size expressionistic oil paintings based on
photographs and memories of his childhood (prices are between $ 50,000
and $ 100,000); Chen Yujun, whose collages
reflect the culture of his hometown in Fujian Province (prices range from $ 30,000 to $ 60,000);
and Lu Yang, a young woman who conveys science - fiction fantasies in
videos and digital prints (selling for $ 4,000 to $ 20,000).
The main body of the exhibition features contemporary works including
photographs,
videos, paintings, posters
and installations that employ a wide range of tactics to attack,
reflect upon or at any rate expose modern - day surveillance practices.
The exhibition
reflects the diverse Kala community with a juried exhibition of prints,
photographs, paintings, drawings,
videos, mixed media works,
and sculpture.
The diverse course offerings
reflect the varied backgrounds of the visitors themselves: Blalock works extensively with layered
photographs and Photoshop; Bornstein investigates multiple mediums including
video, etching,
and 16 - millimeter film; Bush specializes in shorter - length stop frame animation.
Other works on view include a suite of watercolors by Guo Hongwei, combining his renderings of American iconography with his father's calligraphy of Chinese classical poems; Chen Wei's staged
photographs in the traditions of Gregory Crewdson
and Cindy Sherman; a thick - imexhibitionso floral - patterned diptych by Liang Yuanwei, exhibitionsly featured in the Chinese pavilion at the 54th Biennale di Venezia; Cheng Ran's romantically staged photos of the Hollywood sign, commenting on the role cinema has played in shaping the image of America in the psyche of younger Chinese generations; the American premiere of Sun Xun's 21 Grams, a four - year long animation project
reflecting on history, social struggles
and dystopia;
and Hu Xiangqian's Art Museum, a
video presentation of the «collection» of Western artworks that have inspired the artist's creative language but that he's never seen in person or fully understood.
Focusing on
photographs, collage pieces, performances, films
and videos produced throughout the 1970s, the exhibition
reflects a moment during which emancipation, equality
and civil rights protests became part of public discourse.
The artist's
videos,
photographs and installations are imbued with a probing intensity, as he invites us to observe political
and corporate structures, male violence,
and reflects on traditional hierarchies
and long held assumptions.
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