In Captain X , Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, played by William Shatner, is limply draped over a large boulder in what looks like a hostile alien environment. However, Kirk’s passive pose doesn’t so much suggest the aftermath of a battle as it does heavy contemplation, depression, or utter despair. Captain X is part of a series of paintings depicting various Star Trek characters who are stricken with human emotion-—a tactic that diminishes the mythological grandeur associated with this heroic captain and his indefatigable crew. Captain X , like much of Butler’s work, investigates the role of the male authority figure and exposes him at his most vulnerable moments.
Luke Butler works with images of masculinity and power. He draws from popular culture to both reflect and challenge existing conceptions and values. Butler not only uses these images in a general way, he creates exact replicas or fabricates new fictitious pieces to resemble existing forms, like falsified transcriptions of George Washington’s letters, and faking his own obituary.
Open Casket IX is an installation by Indira Allegra that combines traditional materials of memorial—tombstones, mausoleums, and caskets—with contemporary expressions of grief...
Barbara Kasten’s Studio Construct 51 depicts an abstract still life: a greyscale photograph of clear translucent panes assembled into geometric forms, the hard lines of their edges converging and bisecting at various points...
Bread and Roses takes its name from a phrase famously used on picket signs and immortalized by the poet James Oppenheim in 1911...
The image is borrowed from protests during Civil Rights where African Americans in the south would carry signs with the same message to assert their rights against segregation and racism...
At first glance, Cityscapes (2010) seems to be a collection of panoramic photographs of the city of Istanbul—the kind that are found on postcards in souvenir shops...
The five works included in the Kadist Collection are representative of Pettibon’s complex drawings which are much more narrative than comics or cartoon...
The five works included in the Kadist Collection are representative of Pettibon’s complex drawings which are much more narrative than comics or cartoon...
At first glance, Cityscapes (2010) seems to be a collection of panoramic photographs of the city of Istanbul—the kind that are found on postcards in souvenir shops...
Dorsky’s pieces included in the Kadist Collection are small still photographs from twelve of his most important films...
Human Quarry is a large work on paper by Leslie Shows made of a combination of acrylic paint and collage...
Final works and a Pokemon mashup: New van Gogh exhibitions - arts24 Skip to main content Final works and a Pokemon mashup: New van Gogh exhibitions Issued on: 06/10/2023 - 16:58 11:53 arts24 © FRANCE 24 screengrab By: Marion CHAVAL | Aline BOTTIN | Magali FAURE | Alison SARGENT In this roundup of cultural news, we kick off with the winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Literature: Norwegian author and playwright Jon Fosse...
Learn How to Draw Realistic Portraits in This Online Class Home / Classes / Academy Discover the Secrets of Drawing Realistic Portraits (Now on Pre-Sale!) By Jessica Stewart on December 5, 2023 Have you ever seen a realistic portrait and wished that you knew how to create something similar? Thanks to My Modern Met Academy's new course, Realistic Portrait Drawing Made Easy , you'll discover all the tips, tricks, and techniques to produce a portrait that looks incredibly real...
Julio Cesar Morales’s watercolor drawings, Undocumented Intervention , show a variety of surprising hiding places assumed by people trying to cross into the United States without documentation...
For Untitled, Caesar encased recycled objects such as scraps of plywood, paper or cloth in resin and then cut and reassembled the pieces into abstract forms...
The five works included in the Kadist Collection are representative of Pettibon’s complex drawings which are much more narrative than comics or cartoon...
Um Al Dhabaab (Mother of Fog) by Farah Al Qasimi addresses the myth of Al Qasimi tribe-instigated piracy in the Gulf, perpetuated by the British Empire and upheld by contemporary western academia...
The Paris Opera Ballet performs Crystal Pite’s "The Seasons’ Canon": Esplanade’s da:ns series 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Julien Benhamou May 20, 2019 By Elizabeth Chan (750 words, four-minute read) The prestigious Paris Opera Ballet arrives on local shores this June as part of Esplanade’s da:ns series, bringing with them a trio of wide ranging works...
The Immense Charm of Miniatures Skip to content Possibly by Streeter & Co., bicycle brooch (mid-1890s), gold, enamel, diamond, and ruby, 1 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 3/8 inches (all photos Julie Smith Schneider/Hyperallergic) BOSTON — From ancient Egypt to the modern day, miniatures have charmed humans for millennia...