Psychological and social issues that dominate his works are constantly broken up
by ironic statements and the beauty he finds in the everyday life.
Not exact matches
That
statement is
ironic because delusional is belief with the lack of reasoning... you made a
statement without reasoning which is
by definition delusional.
«I'm not surprised Labour wants to drown out this
statement,» he said, only to be interrupted
by Labour's
ironic theatrical laughter.
Wind river... Renner and Sheridan specifically, are getting the axe and ignored for a single reasons; It was released
by the Weinstein company, the industry is making a
statement, a misguided and
ironic one.
Intent on making definitive, album - length
statements, spurred on
by his obsessive competitiveness with The Beatles («Rubber Soul» predates «Pet Sounds», and though Paul McCartney cited «Pet Sounds» as a primary influence on «Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band», the release of that album is often blamed for Brian Wilson's nervous breakdown), and sensing the opportunity in 1966 of being at the vanguard of the psychedelic movement with a follow - up album (the never - completed «Smile»), the story of The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson is as operatic and tinged with
ironic destiny as an Aeschylean tragedy.
Animation — New Digs, directed
by Martin Sen (South Africa, 2010) Jury
statement: «A charmingly
ironic tale about having faith in the people who love you.»
(It was an
ironic statement, because one heard it
by reading — all the more so for me, as I first read it on a Kindle.)
On the first floor, Ceal Floyer's wall of speakers blaring the engaged signal of a failed telephone call, Line Busy (UK)(2011), is both a minimal work of art and a note of restrained humour; Cory Arcangel's hacked computer game screens, MIG 29 Soviet Fighter Plane and Clouds (2005), could be either political
statement or benign dreamscape; while Allora & Calzadilla's Solar Catastrophe (2012) is a hard - edged abstraction made from solar panels, as well as an
ironic admission of the wreckage left behind
by this renewable energy source.
Although the works on display could echo random graffiti found on any city's walls and protest banners, the work emanates a series of
ironic and yet satirical
statements inspired
by the national and global political scene, while at the same time consciously ignoring prominent issues such as immigration, terrorism and war.
He cites Warhol's Marilyn, Richard Artschwager, and recent paintings
by Amy Feldman and Tatiana Berg as examples of how artists are making complex, slippery
statements that may be both sincere and
ironic at once.
Ventures in painting and sculpture are also evident in a suite of works
by Jack Pierson, whose text - based works — mismatched letters spelling out
ironic or vexing
statements that recall roadside signs and ransom notes — have become art fair staples, and favorites.
All the more
ironic is that in counseling us to «respect the facts», he should made several further errors of fact, not least in his translation of «Nullius in Verba», but also in his
statement of fact that» 15 — 40 per cent of species potentially facing extinction after only 2 °C of warming», omitting the fact that this is aworst - case scenario predicted
by just a single study.
However, it shouldn't be a big deal, Pearce misrepresents Schmidt (rather
ironic given the topic of the meeting), Schmidt writes a pretty moderate letter of complaint, hopefully Pearce appologises and agrees to run such
statements by Schmidt in future to make sure it doesn't happen again in the future.