Collectors’ Favorites is an episode of local cable program from the mid-1990s in which ordinary people were invited to present their personal collections—a concept that in many ways anticipates current reality TV shows and internet videos. When it comes her turn to “perform,” Bornstein displays mundane and disposable—but elaborately archived or framed—consumer objects such as coffee lids, plastic straws, candy wrappers, and product labels. Through the medium of public broadcasting, then, she makes visual the frequently overlooked but massive cultural penetration of advertising, and its proliferation of “throwaway culture” via images. Further, Bornstein suggests that within a massive and mercurial social network that often places value arbitrarily, any worthless mass-market products can be turned into coveted objects via absurd relations and vice versa.
Jennifer Bornstein’s works range from performance, conceptual photography, film, drawing, and etchings to curatorial practice. By foregrounding the self-constructed nature of narrative and subjectivity, Bornstein’s practice is a constant rethinking of relations, both social and historical—but not so much in terms of negation and rupture, but rather connection, mutuality, and reintegration.
In Studies of Chinese New Villages II Gan Chin Lee’s realism appears in the format of a fieldwork notebook; capturing present-day surroundings while unpacking their historical memory...
30 Proposals of Flag explores the relationships between signs, meanings, aesthetics, and nations...
Unraveling, or “unweaving” sections of fabric, Maria Fernanda Plata arrived at delicate and tenuous-looking forms, both ghostly and gentle...
Wateoma husipe / Larvas de oruga / Caterpillar larvae by Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe exemplify his most abstract work, where he choses particular elements of a living organism to create his renditions...
All about washi: Japanese handmade paper’s ancient Chinese roots, its uses from writing to home decor, and why it can cost US$120 a sheet | South China Morning Post Advertisement Advertisement Asia travel + FOLLOW Get more with my NEWS A personalised news feed of stories that matter to you Learn more Sheets of Hosokawa-shi, a type of Japanese washi recognised by Unesco as an item of intangible cultural heritage...
The title Untitled Passport II was first used by Felix Gonzalez-Torres in an unlimited edition of small booklets, each containing sequenced photographs of a soaring bird against an open sky...
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de montañas submarinas el fuego hace islas [from underwater mountains fire makes islands] , curated by Yina Jiménez Suriel With Juno B + Jonas Van, biarittzzz, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Elena Damiani, Vanessa da Silva, Dalissa Montes De Oca, Jes Fan, Duto Hardono, Taloi Havini, Nadia Huggins, Julius Koller, LeoRD, Laryssa Machada, Arquivo Mangue, loren minzú, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, António Ole, Karthik Pandian, Gilson Plano, Noara Quintana, Madeline Jiménez Santil, Cauleen Smith, Kiran Subbaiah, Thaís Espaillat Ureña This group exhibition at Pivô presents works from the KADIST collection and works by artists coming from different contexts in the American continent and Brazil that reflect on the processes of emancipation for human beings’ perceptual systems...
To make his series Shadows (1980), Gaines subjected 20 potted plants to a uniform procedure...
SDEA Theatre Arts Conference Keynote Interviews: Drama lessons in a pandemic (Part 1) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints May 2, 2021 By Sarah Tang SDEA is holding its first fully online Theatre Arts Conference this year from 22 to 30 May...
The Pantone Color of the Year “Conspiracy,” Explained Skip to content Viva Magenta-tinted dollar bills against a Peach Fuzz background (edit Valentina Di Liscia/ Hyperallergic ) The holiday season has always been more than just a special time to spend with loved ones, as corporations seize the moment to create memorable marketing campaigns that will have the public talking well into the new year...
This untitled ink and pencil drawing by James “Yaya” Hough is made on what the artist calls “institutional paper”, or the state-issued forms that monitor the daily activities of prisoners, of which, each detainee is generally required to fill out in triplicate...
The Art of Fashion and Legacy: Carla Sozzani and Byronesque’s Unique Collaboration – A Shaded View on Fashion https://byronesque.com/fondazione_sozzani/ Dear Shaded Viewers, In a remarkable intersection of art and fashion, Carla Sozzani, the revered figure in the world of fashion, has embarked on a unique collaboration with Byronesque...