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Category Archives: Contemporary Art

1. Women Artists in Seattle Part II

   Women Photographers with roots in South Asia and Afghanistan show challenging work about cultural contradictions and Tanis S’eiltin, Tlinglit installation artist challenges fixed ideas on Indigenous culture.

   This entry was posted on December 20, 2012 and is filed under art criticism, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, democracy, Feminism, Feminism, Gazelle Samizay, indians, Iran, Iranian Women, Photography, Women Artists.

   Tags: Annu Palakunnathu Matthew, Contemporary Photography from South Asia, feminism, Gazelle Samizay, Manjari, Priya Kambla, Shadi Gadirian, Tanis S'eiltin, Tlinglit Artist, Women Artists

2. “Elles” and Beyond: Women Artists Take on the World

   Art by Women everywhere in Seattle provokes us to think about what they are saying about themselves and the world.

   This entry was posted on November 25, 2012 and is filed under Art and Activism, art criticism, Contemporary Art, Feminism, Iranian Women, Israel Palestine, Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Seattle Art, Seattle Art Museum, Shirin Neshat, Uncategorized.

   Tags: "Elles, "Pompidou Center, "Touba", Adrian Piper, Bauhuas, Christa Bell, Dorothea Tanning, Florence Henri, Paris in the 20s and 30s, Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Shirin Neshat, Sonia Terk-Delaunay, Suzanne Valadon, Yayoi Kusama

3. Sonic Time: Speech Sound Silence at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens

   Classic conceptual art, Greek contemporary Conceptual Art and their shared concerns.

   This entry was posted on October 31, 2012 and is filed under Contemporary Art.

   Tags: Ana Kafetsi, Antarctica, Bia Davou, Bruce Nauman, Chryssa, climate change, Conceptual art, Danae Statou, Gary Hill, Greek Conceptual art, John Cage, Lawrence Weiner, Makis Faros, Sol Le Witt

4. Negar Farajiani Puzzles of Meanings

   Contemporary Art from Iran in Seattle, Nagar Farjiani as cultural peacemaker

   This entry was posted on October 25, 2012 and is filed under Contemporary Art, Uncategorized.

   Tags: Iran, Negar Farajiani

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