With more lighthearted subjects like pictures of animals, the pieces at the fair are also less expensive: Starting at $2,000, they go up to $30,000.
When you start connecting with people you know, you don't talk about the meaning of life or how your life was affected by your grandmother's death right away; you first ease into a more serious relationship by talking about lighthearted subjects and getting to know people little by little.
Most of her lyrics chronicle her relationships and partying; the lighthearted subject matter of the latter and her unfiltered language saw many critics criticizing her for releasing frivolous and crass music.
UPLiNK utilizes a scan of a lighthearted field image, a way to provide onlookers a direct access to the piece and subject matter familiarity.
Victor Wishna, the author with Ken Collins of "In Their Company: Portraits of American Playwrights" (2006), said Ms. Jacker's work "could be very lighthearted, but the subject matter was certainly serious — things like divorce, the death of loved ones, living with terminal illness, petty differences that can define and also destroy relationships".
"Shilpa's practice addresses intriguing and difficult subjects through lighthearted yet critical observations," June Yap, a curator at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, said in an e-mail.
He toggles seamlessly between dark subject matter and lighthearted attitude: "In the mirror I just smile at myself/ You think you fly?
The series of three press adverts takes a lighthearted look at the subject, implying that those who've left it too late to make ethical changes will be reincarnated as an insect.
Each of the slickly produced short videos features Mr. Bugnah on camera, narrating the reports and interacting with his interview subjects in a lighthearted but impassioned style not unlike that of the American filmmaker Michael Moore.
The Animations use a lighthearted approach to tackle tough subjects like the effects of plastic waste on marine ecosystems, dwindling marine wildlife populations, oil spills and habitat destruction, and the need for shark conservation efforts.
Hollywood often had a lighthearted approach to this serious subject.
