Sentences with phrase «as iconoclasts»

Intellectuals like to think of themselves as iconoclasts, he says.

Both artists stand as iconoclasts in the history of painting and cut their teeth as countercultural figures; Dubuffet in his Parisian avant - garde and Poons in the rough and tumble downtown scene of New York in the 1960s.

As both an iconoclast and a spokesman for the value of play in human experience, Keen needs to be heard.

As the set configurations and collage works of von Bonin and Burr invert particular aesthetic styles and art historical doctrines — including the supposed neutrality of Minimalism, the circuitous heritage of negative aesthetics, and the role of the artist as iconoclast, among them — Sullivan and Zmijewski adopt different versions of what philosopher Alain Badiou has argued is constitutive of cinema, namely «a procedure of theatrical sampling.»

This show demonstrates that Duchamp harnessed the power of portraiture and self - portraiture both to secure his reputation as an iconoclast and to establish himself as a major figure in the artworld.

This fact is all the more poignant, as by 1970 he was actively scorned by critics and most artists as an iconoclast defying the New York School.

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So much so that when the band hired Shepard Fairey, a credentialed iconoclast, to design an anniversary logo for them, he described himself as «overwhelmed» by the responsibility.

Some claim spawn of satan (as if your are on gods side or satans side), iconoclast, adiamorphic, undogmatic...

To look upon those prayer wheels not (as some of us were taught) as instruments of «vain repetition,» but as outward and visible signs of the intention to pray without ceasing, can perhaps lead iconoclasts to more compassionate reflection on the sacramental impulse and on the place of objects — statues and stained glass and candles and altar cloths, beads, bouquets, and kneeling cushions in needlepoint stitched by some faithful woman as her own act of participation in the prayers of the church.

As our hampered socialistic world becomes more and more a stewardship of the emotionally transfigured iconoclasts in servile reciprocities, many emotive bases need to be covered.

I count Russell a Puritan iconoclast in his village atheism, with a positive evaluation of what he regards as essential, such as love and knowledge, and above all devotion to Truth.

As for the argument that the iconoclasts were docetics who denied the reality of the Incarnation, this rests on a cosmic conception of a realized Incarnation.

And because they gain so much visibility — take on such an aura of authority and religious «truth» — they lead people outside the church to conclude that Christianity really is irrelevant to the world and its problems, confirming them in their resolve to shun organized religion and go their way as humanitarians, free - thinkers or iconoclasts.

It seemed ironical to me that a Christian theologian who took seriously the ultimate unity of all things in God was regarded in the popular imagination as a Godless iconoclast.

But long before his performance at Oregon earned him the nickname «Big Balls Chip,» the iconoclast, Kelly spent 14 years as an assistant football coach at a school much better known for its hockey team.

An iconoclast with no one to answer to but himself (as far as the summer business is concerned) he is taking full advantage of his freedom to be... Arsene Wenger.

As always, it'll be fascinating to see both where Rick and I disagree AND where a liberal iconoclast and a paleoconservative can find surprising accord.

That sequence alone marks her as a bit of an iconoclast, a woman with strong opinions and a quirky, unusual, but well - expressed sense of humor.

Wang has never been much of an iconoclast, and though he has his Pollyanna lapses (as if an aristocratic politician would ever mistake the help for a socialite), it's uncharacteristic of him to be so wilfully ignorant as to consider Gone with the Wind an appropriate book for Opal to read to African - American Gloria.

Spurned first by the French New Wave iconoclasts as belonging to the «tradition of quality» and later for the extremist political views their director embraced as a member of the right - wing National Front, Claude Autant - Lara's wartime films are rarely seen today.

Shakespeare scholar Holger Syme was even less charitable, proposing in a blog entry that has since become an Oxfordian recruitment camp fronted by Orloff himself that the film's chief sin is not historical inaccuracy but its filmmakers» posture as courageous iconoclasts, railing against established wisdom.

In what would prove to be the culmination of a long and celebrated career, the late and legendary character actor Harry Dean Stanton stars as Lucky, a 90 - year - old small - town iconoclast and avowed atheist who, although surprisingly healthy despite his cigarette habit, nevertheless finds himself pondering his own mortality with a certain amount of unease.

Plenty of time is spent digging into the government practices that Snowden eventually blew the whistle on, but it's framed as information driving his personal growth (from Rand - reading government asset to ambivalent iconoclast) rather than as didactic boo - hiss fodder.

The art style of the game is essentially the same as TowerFall, with a purposefully low resolution that means it's nowhere near as pretty as something like Iconoclasts.

Or, we can just accept it as a movie whose every glorious frame is bursting with meaning, emotion and mystery, and which stands as the crowning achievement of one of Britain's true iconoclasts and masters of cinema.

H.L. Mencken, the American iconoclast, depicted Puritanism as «the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.»

Born in a rural village in 1940, Wangari Maathai was already an iconoclast as a child, determined to get an education even though most girls were uneducated.

A decorated Gulf War Air Force pilot known for speaking his mind, Grace's reputation for voting his own conscience rather than the party line — together with his growing romance with an African - American movie star — has earned him a reputation as a maverick and an iconoclast.

In Iconoclasts, you play as the renegade mechanic Robin to uncover the secrets of a dying planet.

Iconoclasts is available now on PC, as well as PS4 and Vita with Cross-Buy enabled!

Iconoclasts is the journey of young main character Robin, in her world of strict control and people who she wants to help, but also those who see her as malleable.

A playable alpha version of Iconoclasts is available, and while it's from 2012 and thus probably shouldn't be taken as representative of the final product, it's plenty playable.

In the world of Iconoclasts, each person is assigned a strict role; going against «Mother» and her beliefs would label you as a sinner.

When you think of scores that grabbed your attention when first play a game such as Super Mario Bros. and The Legend of Zelda, Iconoclasts does just that.

An iconoclast to the end, Mitchell defiantly pursued «visual» painting, holding firm against the rising tide of Pop, as if to declare: «This is what real painting looks like» (Ibid., p. 286).

Hailed as «British dance's true iconoclast,» Clark and his distinctive choreography combine technical rigor and experimentation through interpretations of ballet, punk, Dada, pop and rock.

In 2012, Israel's Freeway sunglasses became part of his signature look for As It Lays, a televisual talk - show made for the internet in which the artists asks twenty questions each to a series of LA residents he terms «groundbreakers, iconoclasts, eccentrics.»

Ryan McGinley: Whistle for the Wind, Rizzoli, 2012 You and I, Twin Palms, 2012 Life Adjustment Center, Dashwood Books, 2010 Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, Dashwood Books, 2010 Moonmilk by Mörel books, 2009 Interviews 2, Kunsthalle Wien, Walter Konig, 2008 Sun and Health, Galerie du Jour Agnès B., 2006 Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography, Phaidon, 2006 Thumbsucker, Iconoclast, 2005 The Photograph As Contemporary Art, Thames & Hudson, 2004 Ryan McGinley, New York, Index Books, 2002 The Kids Are Alright, New York, Self - Published, 2000

Iconoclasts of their respective mediums, artist Alex Israel and writer Bret Easton Ellis merged their personal and professional explorations of their native Los Angeles for an exhibit at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills as part of its annual Oscar show program.

In his definitive 1985 book, «Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945 - 1980,» the late critic Tom Albright described Mr. Smith as «an outgoing iconoclast with the disputatiousness of a born devil's advocate,» who picked up on elements of Still's craggy, lofty - minded abstractions but recast them as «mercurial, exuberant, sometimes flamboyantly improvisational events.»

However, unlike many of her peers, who fashioned themselves as romantic iconoclasts or misanthropic outcasts, Krasner adopted an approach to art - making devoid of ego, in that it was essentially opposed to objectified individuality.

Roberts» experiences as a musician, biker, and iconoclast flavors his personal work.

I have an instinctive distrust of claims that left / right divisions are outmoded — a line much favoured by such would - be political iconoclasts as Benito Mussolini and Oswald Mosley.

Or perhaps Australia is simply, as a friend calls it, a «nation of iconoclasts».