And Now the Good News

The exhibition begins with paintings that challenge authoritarian regimes’ political propaganda at the turn of the twentieth century. It is followed by post-World War II artistic responses to media fuelled by a developing consumerism culture during which the peace movement arose. Finally, the theme of the exhibition covers the digital era discussing the evolution of media and its results of manipulation of the facts. One can observe how paintings, through an ironic approach, can question the reliability of the media and highlight the overlooked realities. Topics including ethnicity, gender, religion, and social media are also explored in terms of the series of changes they underwent. The theme demonstrates how while looking back in time, we learn that our perspectives on the present also expand. Displaying the signs of the vivid shifts in the art world in the last two centuries and, in particular, after the emergence of the widespread use of printing techniques, the selection of artworks enables us to observe the interchanging creativity throughout the last 150 years. Through the utilisation of magazines and newspapers in almost all the pieces, we are also reminded of significant political and social changes that occurred. We can also observe a wide variety of mediums, materials, styles, and even movements that mirror the transformation of art in the modern era, in which artists directed their focus on the idea rather than the visual element in their artwork while experimenting with materials, shapes, colours and unconventional techniques.