Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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HEARD•NY
Read more: HEARD•NYPublic arts advocator, Creative Time, and the MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design (AFT) partnered to present Heard NY, a public art dance and music installation facilitated by artist, choreographer, and fashion designer Nick Cave. Heard NY was created…
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John Heartfield’s Anti-Nazi Photomontages
Read more: John Heartfield’s Anti-Nazi PhotomontagesJohn Heartfield began to make photomontages as a member of the Berlin branch of international Dada around 1920. Schooled in graphic arts and having worked briefly in animated film, Heartfield (who had anglicized his given name, Helmut Herzfeld, in 1917…
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The Disasters of War
Read more: The Disasters of WarFrancisco Goya created “The Disasters of War” from 1810-1820. These 80 etchings and aquatints show scenes from the Spanish struggle against the French army under Napolean Bonaparte, who invaded Spain in 1808. When Napolean tried to install his brother Joseph…
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NJ Hero David McCauley & Rise Up Gallery Empowering Disabled Artists from JC to Miami
Read more: NJ Hero David McCauley & Rise Up Gallery Empowering Disabled Artists from JC to MiamiBy Summer Dawn Hortillosa Jersey City’s got an art scene of movers and shakers but few can say they’ve done what David McCauley has in the past two years. McCauley (seen at right), the head of Rise Up Gallery, has…
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Three Weeks in May
Read more: Three Weeks in MayIn May of 1977, artist Suzanne Lacy mapped every reported rape in LA for a period of three weeks. This project, aptly named “Three Weeks in May”, was part of an extended performance which Lacy utilized as a means to…
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Maya Lin’s Eco-Art at Pace Gallery
Read more: Maya Lin’s Eco-Art at Pace GalleryArtist Maya Lin first burst onto the scene in 1981, when her design was selected for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while she was still a senior at Yale. Since then, Lin has turned her focus to environmental issues, with her…
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‘Women on Walls’ campaign empower women via street art
Read more: ‘Women on Walls’ campaign empower women via street artMaha ElNabawi Amid the bleak backdrop of a revolution-riddled Egypt, a beacon of positivity shone on downtown Cairo Friday during the launch of one of the most exciting, social-conscious street art collaborations to happen this year. “Women on Walls” or…
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Wrinkles of the City
Read more: Wrinkles of the CityI think this is a very interesting project that is intended to pay hommage by showcasing portraits of survivors of the Cuban revolution. They are displayed in the streets of Havana and, as the artists explains, this is a place…
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NYPD Drones
Read more: NYPD DronesOn Sunday, September 16th at around 1am, a white van—labelled with “Van Wagner’s” blue logo and topped by a yellow strobe light—circled through permanently lit Times Square. Inside the vehicle, the driver and passenger, both dressed as construction workers, were…
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Teilchenbeschleuniger
Read more: Teilchenbeschleuniger“Teilchenbeschleuniger” ist ein investigatives Kunstprojekt des Künstlerduos 431art, welches Atomenergie kritisch reflektiert. Der “Teilchenbeschleuniger” verteilt Teilchen namens “Jülicher Törtchen”, “Brokdorfer Mürbchen” oder “Muffins Fukushima” an die Bevölkerung. Eine Petition an die Bundesregierung und ein Mailing an die Kanzlerin sowie die…