May 26, 2022 · in/stasis, a curated exhibition organized by Daría Sól Andrews, Sally Eaves Hughes, and Klaudia Ofwona Draber for the Whitney Museum of Art Independent Study Program, brings together 13 different artists to explore and challenge our …

DISPLACEMENT is committed to bringing art research and practice to bear on international policymaking addressing displacement related to disasters and climate change. Its activities include art interventions in government meetings, regional artistic dialogues and an …

In 1937, 57 of his works were confiscated by the Nazis in a purge of “degenerate art”. Kandinsky had a strong interest in the relationship between art and classical music and also believed that...

With an opening to its interior, it resembles a nest—a temporary shelter, seasonally constructed and abandoned. As a nest, the artwork evokes flight and patterns of migration, suggesting that “home” is not a single, fixed place but rather a fluid and multilocal space.

DISPLACEMENT seeks to connect artists and cultural actors from around the world who are addressing themes related to the displacement of people due to disasters and climate change. It will amplify and raise the visibility of their work through PDD events, exhibitions, and the online DISPLACEMENT art gallery.

This essay considers images and ideas of displacement in recent works of art. The theme of displacement is examined in the context of the globalist aspect of contemporary art, itself a reflection of globalisation.

By looking at the idea of the ‘ar9st as ac9vist,’ to address these ques9ons, I will begin by drawing on the theore9cal wri9ng of Baudelaire, Greenberg, and Danto. Then I will examine some of these themes through specific works by Ai Wei Wei, Edmund De Wall and Richard Mosse.

Dec 12, 2020 · This chapter examines the representation of displacement in contemporary art. Displacement may involve persons displaced as refugees or asylum seekers, or due to climate change or other social disruption. Contemporary art is largely a global art, exhibiting works on...

Jun 20, 2017 · Since the war in eastern Ukraine started in 2014 until now, experts and ordinary people still try to find reasons why this conflict became possible in Donbas. For sure, the largest share of responsibility lays on the Kremlin which was preparing the ground for its aggression during long years before.

His images of displaced subject matter are painterly, abstract, obscure and enigmatic. The juxtapositions highlight the forgotten and frayed edges of the action, creating a complex narrative from the apparent simplicity of the commonplace.