Sentences with phrase «from elaborate constructions»

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Most creationists avoid the evidence from biogeography because construction of elaborate and implausible myths is required to explain it away.

These numbers spring from an elaborate, but slightly shaky, construction for understanding atomic nuclei.

The other significant change over that period was the use of the revers in the construction of the lapel, as the Victorians used elaborate three - part patterns to cut a fold of cloth from the lining into the front of the lapel, a universal consideration of frock coats and dress coats of the period, but abandoned in favor of the current single - piece lapels at the same time as the switch to morning coats and lounge suits.

Two such stars are the sculptor Satoru Abe, who makes elaborate metal constructions in all sizes from a range of materials with the precision of a jeweller, and the painter Tadashi Sato, who progressed from architectonic or cubist - like compositions to more evanescent forms and the spiritual.

The construction of elaborate exchange systems for the circulation of commodities has generated a level of abstraction, which mostly prohibits its participants from picturing themselves outside this specific economic sphere.

In the upper gallery, from across a darkened expanse a single, illuminated large - scale installation becomes an archaeology of its own: an elaborate concave assemblage seemingly captured in a moment of either construction or ruin.

In her elaborate, large - scale paintings, Mickalene Thomas (born 1971) has engages the tension between a personal investigation of eroticism, beauty, and black femininity and a critique of the overt sexual imagery prevalent in popular culture and media — from Blaxploitation film heroines like Cleopatra Jones to the construction of middle - class, African - American taste in Ebony magazine.

Another market behemoth, Pace Gallery, opted for a solo presentation of sculptures by post-minimalist Keith Sonnier (b. 1941), whose elaborate constructions including neon, mirrors and wire are instantly and comfortingly recognizable, setting the long - living light - art pioneer apart from the younger creators of cookie - cutter neon slogans, ubiquitous at the fair and elsewhere.

Two of Wiley's constructions from the 1970s are also included in the show, the most elaborate of which is Hard Lesson for the Dunce (1977), which incorporates a tree stump, a carved wooden head, a spindly branch decorated with strung together metal lettering, and a chalkboard all accompanied by a watercolor of a dunce - capped log.

Gioni elaborates that, «The construction of the show itself is not traditional, in the sense of chronological presentation, and in fact, within each thematic we have created to present Pettibon's work, we present the works from different moments in his career and history, so you have this strange confrontation [where] the more graphic work is next to the more painterly work, going through his work, in a sense, vertically rather than horizontally.»

Since Beckie's fireplace facade is flush with the wall it sits on, there's not really an opportunity to do anything that sticks too far out from the wall unless they want to dive into a pretty elaborate construction project - which they do not.