symbolism

A representation of harmony and amity, the peace sign today is often correlated with anti-war beliefs. However, this signature icon would never have come to fruition if it weren’t…

Filipino-American artist Paul Pfeiffer has been asking audiences to question their relationship with cultural spectacles since the 1990s. In his first major U.S.

San Francisco-based artist Clare Rojas explores the motif of dots,…

Whether it be through the image of a mouth or the emotional resonance of color, British visual artist, Rachel Jones, wades into

Widely recognized as a symbol for love and affection, the heart shape has evolved over centuries.
Regardless of gender, ethnicity, creed, or political ideology, one thing for certain is we are going to die. Death is the inevitable fate in the plight of man and the great equalizer to all.…
The caduceus, constantly mistaken for the Rod of Asclepius, has been wrongly used as a medical symbol for a little over one hundred years. Although they are often used interchangeably in contemporary…
In this new body of work, Fallon—known for his striking images of ambiguous figures that both draw on and challenge existing traditions of portraiture—explores how the practice of collecting shapes…