Sentences with phrase «by slick surfaces»

Alternatively called «Finish Fetish» or «Light and Space,» these works were influenced by the surf industry, custom car culture, and the legendary climate of Southern California and characterized by slick surfaces and dreamy, sometimes atmospheric color.

Not exact matches

The track will undergo a repave with the coarse asphalt being replaced by a smooth, slick surface with no shortage of grip, which will bring with it high speeds that are expected to exceed 200 mph entering Turn 1 and likely less compelling racing.

Surface slicks may account for as little as 2 per cent of the oil now spilling into the Gulf of Mexico, according to a study of a controlled deep - water spill conducted in 2000 by the US Minerals Management Service and a consortium of oil companies, including BP.

Dispersants are mixtures of solvents, surfactants and other additives that break up the surface tension of an oil slick and make oil more soluble in water, according to a paper published by the National Academy of Sciences.

Assuming oil needs to be at least 1 micrometer thick to create a visible sheen, he explains, and assuming that an oil slick that thin has a 72 - hour lifespan at the surface, a leak of 14 gallons per day could only create a visible sheen 1.6 kilometers long by 91 meters wide.

The slippery - liquid - infused porous surfaces (SLIPS, above) was inspired by the pitcher plant (below), whose slick leaves capture insects and escort them to a watery demise.

SLIPS technology, inspired by the slick lip of a carnivorous pitcher plant that sends insects sliding down to their doom, take advantage of the fact that it is very difficult for an organism to attach to a liquid surface.

But the grip provided by the soft compound Firestone slicks (as denoted by their red sidewalls) on Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca's surface was breathtaking.

At the sea surface the seeps are marked by oil slicks, and in places, bubble froth.

Another safety concern — the slick road surface — has been addressed by polyurethane grout and resin, which were injected into tunnel cracks and joints to control the water seepage.

Works by both Chung and Enright include visually arranged found materials — netting, yarn, and a wall hook, for example — set upon alternately crisp and fuzzy surfaces - a slick horizontal shelf (Chung) or felt (Enright).

Prominently on one wall, beside the exhibition title, a paragraph states: «Sometimes called Finish Fetish or Light and Space, this movement is characterized by works with slick surfaces and atmospheric colors influences by surf culture, custom cars, and the legendary climate of Southern California.»

Reviewing the latter exhibition in Artforum's October 2003 issue, art historian Michael Lobel noted that «the large scale of much of Rosenquist's work was initially intended to offer the viewer some critical perspective on commercial imagery by calling attention to its numbing blankness,» and that «the hallmarks of Rosenquist's mature style — the slick rendering, the vibrant Pop colors, the sustained attention to the surfaces of commodity objects ---- are brought together to imbue [his smaller] works with an uncanny psychological resonance.»

In the second gallery, Mosaic Study IV and V (both 1978) both infuse oil into the graphite - and - beeswax retinue, the former featuring an intensely etched grid and the latter a slick, mottled surface contained on three sides by steely blue - gray paint.

Roads can be made more slippery after rains by leaves, antifreeze or oil, and crosswalk lines or other painted surfaces can become slick as well.

Google has already perfected the sales pitch, it already knows how to talk and appeal to its customers — but that slick sheen on the surface has to be backed up by a trustworthy operational backbone.