Silas Inoue – Wash (2023)
Inoue’s work asks whether ecological systems can survive within industrial logic, or whether coexistence is merely a veil for extraction.
Demystifying modern and contemporary art by applying a human-centred framework that clarifies how and why art means what it does today.
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Inoue’s work asks whether ecological systems can survive within industrial logic, or whether coexistence is merely a veil for extraction.
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Introduction Some artworks push the boundaries of technique; others ignite profound shifts in a society’s values and beliefs, becoming turning
“Man is a perpetually wanting animal” – Maslow One of the greatest challenges we face in modernity is clarifying what
Rothko’s Seagram Murals are a rejection of the institutions that birthed them. Their scale, colour and architecture produce durational feedback
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