Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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Cruel
Read more: Cruel“Cruel” is a book written by Sue Coe, an activist illustrator known for her dedication to animal rights. It continues her mission of shedding light on how animals are mistreated in the food industry. The book is filled with striking…
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Hot Exhibition
Read more: Hot ExhibitionHOT ART EXHIBITION — is a series of visualizations following the question: What would happen if there would be no air conditioner during an extremely hot summer? This might be the result. In this unique exhibit, Dostal captures the gradual…
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American Indian artist Brian Larney uses a mix of art, activism to chronicle Indigenous history
Read more: American Indian artist Brian Larney uses a mix of art, activism to chronicle Indigenous historyBrian Larney is an AI.tivist or American Indian artist. He is also an Artivist where he performs Artivism, a concept that includes art as a form of activism. Larney uses his unique artistry to tell the stories of American Indian…
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Ringgold’s art – a visual symphony that harmonizes activism
Read more: Ringgold’s art – a visual symphony that harmonizes activismFaith Ringgold is a successful painter, sculptor, mixed-media artist, author, feminist, and political activist. She is particularly known for her narrative quilts, as she explores identity, race, family ties, as well as cultural and political topics through her many different…
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Tracey Emin’s “My Bed” Ignored Society’s Expectations of Women
Read more: Tracey Emin’s “My Bed” Ignored Society’s Expectations of WomenWhen Tracey Emin aired her dirty laundry in the 1999 Turner Prize exhibition at Tate Britain, she set a new standard for confessional art. She conceived of the installation, titled My Bed (1998), after a long, bedridden bender following a…
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Marta Minujín’s The Parthenon of Books: A Living Elevation of Social and Cultural Relations
Read more: Marta Minujín’s The Parthenon of Books: A Living Elevation of Social and Cultural RelationsA collective endeavor of Greek antiquity — no less than eighty different artists worked on the frieze alone — the Parthenon was built between 447 BC and 438 BC under the orders of Pericles, following a democratic debate, and overseen…
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Beirut Graffiti Artist Uses His Murals to Unite A Fragmented City
Read more: Beirut Graffiti Artist Uses His Murals to Unite A Fragmented CityYazan Halwani is a young Beiruti artist who paints murals of revered Lebanese and Arab figures on prominent walls in a bid to help overcome sectarianism in this fragmented city. “What I try to do,” he explains down a fuzzy…
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Marcela Cantuária: The South American Dream
Read more: Marcela Cantuária: The South American DreamThe work of Marcela Cantuária (b. 1991, Rio de Janeiro; lives in Rio de Janeiro) often portrays female figures who navigate regional, international, and social boundaries. Often highlighting symbols from tarot and astrology as well as themes that reflect political…
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Art as a Mirror: Zhang Huan’s ‘Family Tree’ and Its Reflections on Cultural Identity
Read more: Art as a Mirror: Zhang Huan’s ‘Family Tree’ and Its Reflections on Cultural IdentityOne of the most critical artists on the contemporary art scene is Zhang Huan. His works are of great social insight and unique in how he applies his artistic expression. He thus makes them an almost visual feast with a…
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China urges Japan to treat “comfort women” issue in honest, responsible manner
Read more: China urges Japan to treat “comfort women” issue in honest, responsible mannerPhoto taken on Oct. 15, 2020 shows a “comfort women” statue in Berlin, capital of Germany. The statue was built to commemorate the more than 200,000 girls and women from 14 countries and regions, so-called “comfort women,” who were sexually…