Sentences with phrase «working against convention»

The gallery materials state that «Working against convention, these artists are putting into practice an «abject expressionism» in respect to materials, composition, color and form, sharing a rogue sense of what constitutes beauty.

There were also plenty of right - leaning groups that aren't associated with organized labor who worked against the convention, notably the state Conservative Party.

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Game company Looney Labs is winning customers against giants like Hasbro Games with the help of the Mad Lab Rabbits -500-plus fans who volunteer to work their tails off at trade shows, conventions and local appearances.

The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular

I commute to work on the NYC subway system every day, a routine no longer subject to the provisions enumerated in the UN Convention Against Torture owing to a jurisdiction dispute.

The struggles include fighting for the rights of the child (International Convention of 1989) and in particular the right to organise and educate the growing number of children in work, for the freedom of trade unions, the right to strike, against company closures due to the search for greater profitability.

Baby Milk Action and all IBFAN groups support the IBFAN - GIFA office in its work with the various human rights treaty bodies that meet in Geneva: the Committees on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Human Rights Council.

Which means Cuomo has his own Democratic gubernatorial primary (against Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout, who gave him a scare by lining up support from a substantial chunk of Working Families membership before the party's convention) and Hochul her own, against Wu.

But a new tableau was emerging this weekend from the Working Families Party convention, where Mr. Cuomo scored the labor - backed party's endorsement as he seeks re-election against an underfunded yet feisty Republican: Mr. de Blasio the savior, swooping in from City Hall to convince a party of disgruntled liberals that Mr. Cuomo, champion of corporate tax cuts, should be their gubernatorial candidate.

The leaders of the Republican, Conservative and Working Families parties all have come out against the referendum to hold a state constitutional convention.

The Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt had on Feb. 17 affirmed Sheriff as the national chairman of the party against a resolution of May 2016 national convention that sacked the party's National Working Committee (NWC).

In «Shaun of the Dead» and «Hot Fuzz,» the genre conventions not only worked in conjunction with the comedy, but thrived because of it, but here, they seem to be working against it, and that's not just because the jokes flow fewer and farther between.

Business travellers and companies conducting meeting and incentive conventions will have a plethora of facilities to choose from; 37,000 square feet of planned function space and the largest convention centre on the island, ensuring those working can experience contemporary business service against a backdrop of a picturesque tropical bay.

The shotgun is not a bad weapon at short to medium ranges, and is generally nice to have against the regular guards, but ammo is quite difficult to come by for it (it is Nazi Germany, after all) and it doesn't work too well against the zombies, in complete defiance of established zombie game conventions.

Gerhard Richter extensively explores the possibilities of the historic medium of paint, demonstrating his ability to change, and in large part works against the artistic conventions of any given time.

Outside of the norms and conventions of an object - based art world, Willats has developed work which reacts against what he sees as the historical determinism within art.

Three gallery shows that exemplify the trend — and a fourth farther uptown — are of work by artists who share elements of the same profile: the bad - boy avant - gardist with machismo to spare, rebelling against aesthetic conventions, social norms or both.

On view thru Sept. 27, America Is Hard to See — drawn entirely from the Museum's collection — reexamines the history of art in the United States from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present and examines the themes, ideas, beliefs and passions that have inspired American artists in their struggle to work within and against traditional conventions.

Rooted in the literary - with particular nods to the conventions of horror and romance - and yet aborted from traditional narratives, his work seeks to explore the corporeal and tactile through high spec digital technologies, highlighting their deadness and flatness as jarring against the human story.

Assertively pushing against the safety of cultural conventions, Rhoades broke accepted rules of public nicety and expanded the frontiers of artistic opportunity through unbridled, brazenly «Maximalist» works.

I don't want readers to think that I am some kind of romantic Neomodernist looking for originality or genius in a work of art; in fact, I have written and spoken extensively against such a view on my blog and at this year's SECAC convention in Savannah, among other places.

Selected Solo Exhibitions: 2006 Gallery Oda, Istanbul Selected Group Exhibitions March 2018 Euroexpo Art Fair, Italy March 2018 Aysel Gözübüyük Art House, ARTANKARA Art Fair, Ankara November 2017 Aysel Gözübüyük Art House, Tuyap, Istanbul October 2017 art shopping, Köln - Germany August 2017 Bozcaada Art Gallery, Bozcaada July 2017 Atatürk Culture Art and Convention Center, Eskişehir March 2017 «Artsy», Nişart Gallery Bebek, Istanbul February 2017 UPSD Art Gallery, Istanbul November 2016 Galerie Du Colombier St. Honoré, Parice - France January 2016 La Capitale Galerie, Paris - France October 2015 Niş Art Maçka, Istanbul March 2015 Outsider Art Exhibition, Londan February - March 2015 Studio 83, Londra Parallax Art Fair December 2014 - January 2015 Gallery Kent, Istanbul October 2014 «unforgettable», art bridge 9 July 2014 Bozcaada Art Gallery, Çanakkale April 2014 Alte Feuerwahre, Köln - Germany March 2014 «Art - I Istanbul», Cemal Reşit Rey Convention Center, Istanbul February 2014 «Love is Everywhere», Festival Love 360, Istanbul December 2013 - January 2014 ART212, Istanbul May 2013 Candid Arts Exhibition, London 2013 Address İstanbul 2013 Marjinart Gallery Istanbul 2012 Almelek Gallery, Istanbul 2012 Interkulturelle Woche Köln / Art Bridge 7 3 - 5 August 2012 Parallax Art Fair, New York 2012 Artboshorus, İstanbul 2012 Art Bridge 6, Köln - Lindenthal Art Gallery 1 October2011 Arte Fiere di Emio Reggio / Marjinart Gallery / Italy 11 January2011 Niş Art Gallery, Istanbul 2011 Istanbul Summer Exhibition 2011 Artbosphorus 2011, Atölye83 2011 İzmir Bienal, Marjinart 2011 Arezzo Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, ARTEXPO, Italy 2011 «Violence Against Women», UPSD 2011 KSD, Istanbul 2010 Contemporary İstanbul 2010, Atölye 83 2010 20th Art Fair,Atelier - Galerie NY TN, Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany 2010 «Treffpunkt - meeting point» Galerie NY TN, Koln, Germany 2010 Bozcaada Art Gallery, Istanbul 2010 Art Bosphorus Contemporary Art Fair, Atölye 83, Istanbul 2009 TUYAP, Atölye 83 2009 «Art Bridge», Gallery NY TN, Köln - Germany 2009 KSD Exhibition, Bodrum 2009 Marjinart, Istanbul 2008 Bodrum Municipality Art Gallery 2008 Art - İst 2008, Atölye 83, Tüyap November 2007 Das Fachwerk Kunstler in Bad Salzufken E.V., Germany October 2007 Association of International Plastic Arts, Tuyap - Istanbul March 2007 «86 Women 86 Art Works», Çekirdek Art Workshop, Istanbul March 2007 Islington Art Fair, London October 2006 Islington Art Fair, London October 2006 Naval Forces, Military Museum, Harbiye - Istanbul March 2006 «69 Women 69 Works», Çekirdek Art Workshop, Istanbul October 2005 Isva, Ankara Art Biannual October 2005 Naval Museum, Çekirdek Sanat March 2005 Gallery Artist Çukurcuma, Istanbul 2005 Aladoğan Art Gallery, Istanbul 2000 Atölye 83, Istanbul

The riots waged against the WTO convention in Seattle in 1999 protested the use of corporate sweatshops, where low - wage laborers have literally worked their lives away while creating commodities for Western capitalist markets.

Each of his works possesses a distinct provocation; a protest against playing by the universally accepted rules or conventions that exist as an inseparable part of the world that surrounds us.

I try to do my best in all cases that we have and, in the past, I was a member of the Work Meeting with the OECD Evaluation Team, at OECD invitation, regarding Portugal's evaluation process within the context of the OECD Convention against the corruption of Foreigner Public Agents, but I believe Portugal has enough legislation to prevent economic crime.

Among these are the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, CEDAW, (2004), the Hours of Work (Industry) Convention (1982), and the Equal Remuneration Convention (1996).

Maddie received the American Gateways 2015 Access to Justice Award in recognition of her work leading a coalition of law firms representing a Mexican politician and his extended family seeking political asylum and withholding under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

work with the government to advance ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the establishment of a national system of regular inspections of all places of detention (as required under the Protocol)