As contemporary art shifts its focus from form to identity, does it still challenge the viewer, or has it become a closed loop of self-referential politics? Elias Diwan PO ’25 argues that contemporary art’s fixation on representation has turned inclusion into a substitute for communication, sidelining quality and meaningful engagement with the work itself.
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From waste to wonder: Nancy Macko’s ‘Decompositions’
Decompositions, an exhibit featuring Nancy Macko at Scripps College’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery invites viewers to see beauty in decay.
To look from above: ‘The Instrumental Image: Aerial Photography as Problem and Possibility’ at the Benton
The exhibit “The Instrumental Image: Aerial Photography as Problem and Possibility,” on display at the Benton Museum from August 2023 to January 2024, examines the historical use of aerial photography in war, imperialism and surveillance.
Art21 Screening: The tangible process of art
The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College recently hosted a screening of two documentaries by Art21, a nonprofit organization dedicated to contemporary art. The documentaries, “Everyday Icons” and “Bodies of Knowledge,” highlighted the artistic processes of Rose B. Simpson and the Guerrilla Girls, respectively.
Border Art beyond violence: Corina Silverstein’s artistic summer research
Corina Silverstein SC ’25 spent the summer working for the El Paso Museum of Art and helping the curatorial staff design an exhibit on Latinx womanhood depicted in art.