Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui
Read more: Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El AnatsuiThe first solo exhibition in a New York museum by the globally renowned contemporary artist El Anatsui, this show will feature over 30 works in metal and wood that transform appropriated objects into site-specific sculptures. Anatsui converts found materials into…
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Liberation art from the Church
Read more: Liberation art from the ChurchFrom Black Power to Migrants’ Power BY Robin Cembalest POSTED 01/22/13 As ’60s activist art enters museums, a new generation is creating an iconography of protest for today “There have been the singing nun and the flying nun, but the…
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FUBAR for Valentine’s Day
Read more: FUBAR for Valentine’s DayThis past Valentine’s Day the Fresh Juice Party pulled another “art prank;” this time sending chocolate shaped as dead American soldiers and sent them to U.S. government officials, especially to the previous Bush administration. This prank while very effective in…
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100 Faces of War Experience
Read more: 100 Faces of War ExperienceOn completion the 100 Faces project will consist of 100 Portraits of Americans who have been to the theaters of war in Iraq or Afghanistan (OEF,OIF). Each portrait is accompanied by a placard featuring a statement written by the person…
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Man at the Crossroads
Read more: Man at the CrossroadsIn 1932, Rivera was commissioned by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and her husband John D. Rockefeller Jr. to paint a mural for the lobby of Rockefeller Center. Rivera kept the original, approved plan for the two outer sides of the mural…
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Meet Red Army Statue: Superman and hero friends
Read more: Meet Red Army Statue: Superman and hero friendsThis article was published on the guardian website: -Russia not amused at Red Army statue re-invented as Superman and friends- Clenched teeth in Moscow over 1950s war memorial in Sofia given makeover by spray-painting street artist By Tom Parfitt in…
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Ramiro Gomez, Public Artist Affirms The ‘Human Statement’ Of Hollywood Hills’ Gardeners, Housekeepers
Read more: Ramiro Gomez, Public Artist Affirms The ‘Human Statement’ Of Hollywood Hills’ Gardeners, HousekeepersBy Andrea Long-Chavez The recognizable figure of a Latino gardener is a common sight for most Southern California locals. But if you happen to see the cardboard painting of a gardener propped up against a chain link fence or hedge,…
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I Wish this Was
Read more: I Wish this WasI Wish This Was began in New Orleans in November 2010. It was inspired by vacant storefronts. There are a lot of them where Candy lives in New Orleans. There are also a lot of people who need and want…
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Palas Por Pistolas
Read more: Palas Por PistolasPalas por Pistolas initiated in the city of Culiacán, a city in western Mexico with a high rate of deaths by gunshot. The botanical garden of Culiacán has been comissioning artist to do interventions in the park and my proposal…
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Work of Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei in Princeton
Read more: Work of Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei in PrincetonWork of Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei in Princeton Posted on January 24, 2013 By Susan Wallner State of the Arts Ai Weiwei “No Evil.” Photographs of Ai Weiwei by Sharron Lovell, 2009 “Your own acts tell the world…