She started to experiment with photography, pushing the boundary of what photography stood for. ... She dealt with subject matter that was psychological, political, and subversive. ... Today her work, which was the foundation for both feminist and post-conceptual photography, continues to push the boundaries of what photography is meant to be. ... By using dolls, the classic little girl's toy, she launched a critique on the norms of femininity, masculinity and gender boundaries that can reduce women and men to mindless stereotypes. ... The majority of her photos do deal wit...

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There are three types of graffiti - political graffiti, gang graffiti and graffiti art (Phillips). ... The two types of graffiti being referred to as having artistic qualities are political graffiti and graffiti art. ... Phillips writes, "An example of this cross-culturally prevalent genre of graffiti, political graffiti may combine with other artistic and expressive forms such as poster and comic book production, mural paintings, and newspaper and pamphlet productions, and political art exhibitions." ... Graffiti is a form of art because it is also expressive by telling something about the ...

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Andy Warhol was an American artist born in Pittsburgh, during his life as an artist he revolutionised the way people perceived art to be and challenged social, political and cultural ideas in America. ... In terms of artists an influence of his was Roy Liechtenstein who was one of the first Pop artists, another was Ben Shahn who tackled social realism and political views of his time. ... World events and relevant social, political, economic and cultural issues of the time the artist was or is working

During the time of Warhol's artistic career spanning between 1948/9 and 1987 he fe...

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JH then left the world of abstract painting, and engaged with the street in favour of a more direct and politically charged art. ... This statement refers to the use of power, it makes the audience reflect and question political and social issues, How has power been used, they question, is power being abused and reflect on what would they do with such power? ... Despite this, the questioning nature of her public pieces ensures that "her text can not be immediately dismissed as advertisements, politics or art."" (extract 2) Much like the Dadaists, Jenny Holtzer re-evaluates and questions the bo...

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Thus, art is approached and achieved in a variety of ways, appealing to every kind of people "culturally, ideally, politically, and religiously. ... A personal preference rather than a political preference, should be the ultimate deciding factor in appreciating art. ... Freedom entails the liberty of expanding one's boundaries in order to make a creative contribution to society, and terms like decency and respect' and public values' are of no real significance-- considering the incredible diversity of the American people, who house a great number of beliefs and values. ...

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Art for Politics Sake: Art Censorship in Communist China, And The United States We want one single, grand lie which will be believed by everybody - including the rulers, ideally, but failing that the rest of the city -Plato from his Republic Today if an average American was asked if he or she believed that censorship was an important part of the perfect state, they would not only answer "no" but they would say that the perfect state must have no form of censorship in order for it's people to be happy. ... While in the western world we see censorship as "hard- fisted b...

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ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG 1) The Life of Robert Raushenberg Robert Rauschenberg was one of the artists that mainly defined the technical and philosophic art landscape and its offshoots after Abstract Expressionism. This form of art that he and many other artists started was Pop Art. Robert Rauschenb...

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ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG 1) The Life of Robert Rauschenberg was one of the artists that mainly defined the technical and philosophic art landscape and its offshoots after Abstract Expressionism. This form of art that he and many other artists started was Pop Art. Robert Rauschenberg would combine ...

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Humanities are the broad areas of human creativity and the studies essentially involved with values and generally not strictly objective or scientific standards. As I perceive it, humanity deals in all the areas of human creativity. It is the lense through which an individual perceives her or his morals, culture, views and values. Humanities also deals with the emotional side of our consciousness, rather than mathematics and the scientific aspects of life. Humanities, as one would guess by its name, pertains to humans and does not pertain to God, Buddha, Allah or any other higher power or spir...

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 MA Curating Contemporary Design 2014/15 Title: "If the curator's task is to medicate between art and its audience, does her task differ when she deals with decorative arts from what she does when dealing with fine art?" Submitted by: Liu Shengnan + K1153705 Submission date: 07/Jan/15. Tutor: Anthony Burton/Donna Loveday Word count: 6126 words Essay Outline Title If the curator's task is to medicate between art and its audience, does her task differ when she deals with decorative arts from what she does when dealing with fine art? Introduction The definit...

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