Projects tagged
Installation
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‘Alchemy’ Series Spearheads Conversations on Sustainable Art
Read more: ‘Alchemy’ Series Spearheads Conversations on Sustainable ArtFor one artist, the ugly and the beautiful are equivalent concepts. In 2018, designer and artist Choi Jeong Hwa featured an exhibition titled ‘Alchemy’ at The Artling where he uses recycled and non-biodegradable materials in his work that he has…
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333 Hz
Read more: 333 HzWHAT WOULD WE FEEL IF WE COULD HEAR EACH TREE FALLING IN THE WORLD? 333HZ is an installation translating deforestation monitoring data into a sensorial experience. If a tree falls in a distant forest, and no is around? does it…
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Environmental Racism on Display
Read more: Environmental Racism on DisplayTwo children stand back-to-back, but they are facing two very different Chicagos. One child blows bubbles in a park under blue skies. The other wears a gas mask against a backdrop of scrap metal and billowing smokestacks. “The goal was…
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Roots
Read more: RootsA major exhibition by Ai Weiwei this autumn features a new series of monumental sculptural works in iron, cast from giant tree roots sourced in Brazil during research and production for last year’s survey exhibition, ‘Raiz’, at the Oscar Niemeyer-designed…
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George Floyd statues unveiled as cities celebrate Juneteenth
Read more: George Floyd statues unveiled as cities celebrate JuneteenthIt was a quick turnaround for federal employers to recognize Juneteenth as a new federal holiday. But some cities were ready with new statues honoring George Floyd, whose killing by police in Minneapolis last year sparked a nationwide racial justice…
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“Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)
Read more: “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)Felix Gonzalez-Torres produced meaningful and restrained sculptural forms out of common materials. “Untitled” (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) consists of an ideal weight of 175 pounds of shiny, commercially distributed candy. The work’s physical form and scale change with each…
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Women to the Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism
Read more: Women to the Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and ActivismWomen to the Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism is an exhibit that showcases 15 female artists with ties to Utah who infuse their art with activism. The exhibit commemorates the centennial of the 19th Amendment and the 150th…
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“To See If I Could Go Home: A True History Paste-Up”
Read more: “To See If I Could Go Home: A True History Paste-Up”Artist Nathaniel Ruleaux leads a community project called “To See If I Could Go Home: A True History Paste-Up” at the Union for Contemporary Art in Omaha on Thursday. His son, Luca, 3, walks away after handing Ruleaux a print…
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NDSM Manifestation
Read more: NDSM ManifestationFor this edition of ADE, Stichting NDSM-werf invited art- and activist group Tools for Action + Floor to use their terrain as a public practice space for RÆV REHEARSAL. They invite the public to rehearse new forms of assembly. With…
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Long Live Freedom
Read more: Long Live FreedomDecades of institutional corruption, elitist exploitation, and social abuses have been sewn into the political fabric of Iran’s dictatorial Islamic republic and have moulded Kermanshah-born fine art painter Nicky Nodoumi’s satirical motifs. His sleight-of-hand and incisive visual commentaries often vilified…