Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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“For People, Food is the First Necessity: Qiu Zhijie’s Writing in a Market”
Read more: “For People, Food is the First Necessity: Qiu Zhijie’s Writing in a Market”During the public vacation of May Day, also called International Workers’ Day, “For People, Food is the First Necessity: Qiu Zhijie’s Writing in a Market” was launched at the crowded Sanyuanli market in Beijing. The exhibition successfully aroused the enthusiasm…
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Daily Bread
Read more: Daily BreadGregg Segal — a California-based artist who is known for using the medium of photography to explore culture with the “sensibility of a sociologist” — travelled around the world asking kids to keep a journal of everything they ate in…
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7 Days of Garbage
Read more: 7 Days of GarbageGregg Segal — a California-based artist who is known for using the medium of photography to explore culture with the “sensibility of a sociologist” — asked family, friends, neighbors and other acquaintances to save their trash and recyclables for a…
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The MoonGirls
Read more: The MoonGirlsDrama Queens Ghana’s “MoonGirls” is an Afrofuturistic graphic novel series. Through an Afrofuturistic lens, “MoonGirls follows the adventures of 4 African “supersheroes” with varying superpowers to save the world from a diverse range of forces; from patriarchy, rape culture to…
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Song Ta Scandal Puts Art World’s Sexism on Full Display
Read more: Song Ta Scandal Puts Art World’s Sexism on Full DisplayAhead of a recent exhibition at the prestigious modern art museum OCAT Shanghai, the artist Song Ta described the process of creating his multimedia piece “Uglier and Uglier.” After secretly filming thousands of unsuspecting female college students, Song and three…
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In Women’s Rights Battle, a Call to Underarms
Read more: In Women’s Rights Battle, a Call to UnderarmsAs the summer warms up, bringing with it sleeveless tops, Xiao Meili, a women’s rights advocate, is collecting photos of women’s armpits. Her goal: to challenge a growing belief in China that a woman must have hair-free armpits to be…
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Act ii: COWBOY CARTER
Read more: Act ii: COWBOY CARTERFollowing her sensational first ablum dedicated to the Black queer community via house and dance music, act i: RENAISSANCE, Beyonce released act ii: COWBOY CARTER in late March . The album is speculated to have come from her 2017/2018 performance…
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Yoko Ono, Add Colour (Refugee Boat) presented by the Tate Modern
Read more: Yoko Ono, Add Colour (Refugee Boat) presented by the Tate ModernAdd Colour (Refugee Boat) begins as an all-white boat in an all-white room. Ono’s instruction for this collective, participatory work reads: ‘Just blue like the ocean.’ You are invited to contribute your hopes and beliefs in blue and white. Ono…
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The Absurdity of War: Banksy’s ‘Love is in the Air’
Read more: The Absurdity of War: Banksy’s ‘Love is in the Air’Love is in the Air is a quintessential Banksy painting. The image of a masked militant poised to hurl a bouquet of flowers has become synonymous with the artist’s indelible graphic style. One of Banksy’s most coveted works on canvas,…
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She Draws the Urgency of Climate Change
Read more: She Draws the Urgency of Climate ChangeHer name is Zaria Forman, a leading artist in contemporary art with a cause. She is not only an exceptional human being; she is also an incredible American drawer who uses art to convey the emergency of climate change. Zaria’s…