Sentences with phrase «commercial culture as»

While Pop artists like Andy Warhol with his Brillo Boxes and Campbell's soup cans may have introduced the idea of a basic consumer brands as fodder for fine art, it wasn't until the»80s that artists began using commercial culture as an artistic medium in and of itself.

Not exact matches

The cult television favorite Portlandia gently satirizes a commercial culture full of artisan - obsessives trafficking in such esoterica as $ 68 handmade light bulbs.

He stressed that our common language and business culture will ensure Ireland's continued role as a key U.S. commercial partner and bridge between the U.S. and the rest of Europe after the UK has left the EU.

During this time Egypt continued to be a center for continuing cultural and commercial emigrations from neighboring Arab countries as well as a crossroads for the infiltration of Western culture — an infiltration which remained within the bounds imposed by the desire to maintain the Arabic and Islamic character of the culture of Egypt.

While the cultures» propensity towards spicy food has become a stereotype, reinforced through a commercial push for «Latino» products such as hot sauce and salsa, it remains true that the flavor of the culture's cuisine is influenced by hot chiles of all kinds.

Some people suggest using fruit, such as grapes; vegetables, such as cabbage; or even commercial baker's yeast to help start a culture.

However, commercial yogurt doesn't have as many bacterial strains as a good probiotic or purchased culture.

U.S. Wine Brands Dominate 2015 Top 10 List: The wine industry as we know it today owes an inestimable debt to European knowhow and culture, but in commercial terms today's axis leans in a very different direction...

It's the culture at the club and it starts with the owner... you got to held people accountable & be about winning not about turning around profit (which by the way if you win gets bigger as you attract more commercial deals & bigger players that wants to win / play for the best)!!

Such reasons are cited by the manufacturers of two leading brands of commercial infant formula, Enfamil and Similac, as why their products still have a place in a culture of increased breast - feeding.

«However, as a minister of state at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport you now have ministerial responsibility for areas in which George Osborne and his new employer have a commercial interest.

Tom Watson, the Labour deputy leader and shadow culture secretary, wrote to Hancock asking him to recuse himself from any policy discussions about the Evening Standard or its commercial interests given his history of working as Osborne's chief of staff.

Although the bulk of the commercial manufacturing uses cultures of bacteria, such as Escherichia coli or Chinese hamster ovary cells, a few biotech companies are trying to produce therapeutic proteins in the milk of transgenic mammals (such as GTC Biotherapeutics, which is using goats; PPL Therapeutics, which is using sheep; and BioProtein Technologies, which is working with rabbits), transgenic chicken eggs (such as Avigenics or Vivalis), or even in transgenic crops (such as ProdiGene or Meristem Therapeutics); but it is early days for these «pharming» methods.

If you are still having trouble, make whey out of already cultured milk (yoghurt or kefir) or with a top brand of commercial whole milk yoghurt, such as Seven Stars Farm or Brown Cow.

✓ Fermented raw milk such as kefir or yogurt, but NOT commercial versions, which typically do not have live cultures and are loaded with sugars that feed pathogenic bacteria

A relatively inexpensive way to produce homemade yogurt is to use commercial plain yogurt as your starter culture.

The benefit of freeze - dried yogurt cultures such as the ones above is that this type of yogurt starter often contains a greater selection of beneficial bacteria than most of the commercial probiotic yogurts.

I am wondering what kind of yogurt you use... do you use starter (from somewhere like cultures for health) or do you use commercial yogurt as your starter?

An advertisement film (variously called a television commercial, commercial or ad in American English, and known in British English as a TV advert or The principle of Yin and Yang is a fundamental concept in Chinese philosophy and culture in general dating from the third century BCE or even earlier...

«With such a successful body of work as a commercial and video director, he is ready to take the next step forward and make this incredible film that will be on the cutting edge of youth culture.

Not only does the ethnically correct cast prove to be effective, as we'd expect, but it's putting the culture of Africans in a strong, powerful light rather than what you've seen on sad commercials and all of Blood Diamond (which I love).

Scripted by leading lady Sylvia Chung — who co-stars with Chow Yun - Fat as the secretly entangled, openly warring bosses of a major import - export company — To's film has much more to say about workplace politics, commercial culture and the roots of the financial crash than its gaudy, giddy exterior might suggest.

As for the commercial disappointment, you can cushion the blow by acknowledging that the film makes no effort to appeal to Americans, instead delving into hooligan culture and a fandom that means nothing to them.

«We need to move away from an expensive and time - consuming culture of proliferating external examinations - modules, re-sits and retakes - towards fewer high - quality qualifications overseen and conferred not by commercial organisations but by institutions of academic excellence such as our best universities,» said Mr Gove.

We live in a culture so dominated by a commercial mentality and its tenacious faith in the power of the purse as the decisive motivator of human behavior that, even when the evidence shows that this conviction is wrong, many refuse to let go of it.

As corporations vie more and more aggressively for young consumers, popular culture — which traditionally evolves from creative self - expression that captures and informs shared experience — is being smothered by commercial culture relentlessly sold to children by people who value them for their consumption, not their creativity.

- Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master's Son «The Alaskan Laundry plunges the reader into the heart and soul of a unique commercial fishing culture and the story of Tara Marconi, as she struggles for respect, love, inner peace, and a place to call her own.

Wheelhouse represents commercial and literary fiction in the general areas of inspirational, historical, contemporary, military, as well as biography / memoir, sports, political, current events and pop culture non-fiction — all with a values - friendly approach.

Susan Raihofer has been an agent at the David Black Agency since 1993 and focuses on commercial fiction and non-fiction, including memoir, pop - culture, music, inspirational; as well as thrillers and a selective amount of literary fiction.

What she wants to read: Literary and commercial fiction, especially upmarket and women's fiction, as well as select memoir, narrative nonfiction, cultural studies, and pop culture.

So, I guess it's okay for publishers and distributors to do whatever they want, break whatever commercial laws they want as long as we maintain a «rich literary culture».

The walled city of Tulum was one of the most important centers of the Mayan culture as a commercial port, a home to kings, and a site of ceremonial rituals.

While Alert Bay's economy is still influenced by commercial fishing, it has gained a reputation as an «off the beaten path» tourism destination emphasizing First Nations culture, its natural environment and eco-tours.

Mrs. Juthaporn Rerngronasa, TAT Acting Governor and Deputy Governor for International Marketing (Europe, Africa, Middle East and Americas) said, «We're pleased that these commercials were so successful at the PATA Gold Awards, as they showcase all that is wonderful about Thailand's culture — the wonderful friendliness of the Thai people that keeps visitors coming back year after year and the huge range of unforgettable experiences our guests have when they enjoy the destinations and culture that make Thailand unique.»

She took the plunge and transitioned from the corporate world as a commercial law attorney towards devoting her time to discovering travels and cultures.

In other words, it suddenly becomes a cultural object (i.e. a social object that articulates the company culture), as opposed to just a usual piece of commercial, «Here's - why - you - should - give - us - your - money» messaging (You know, the kind that nobody actually cares about).

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN January 29 - May 8, 2011 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX July 23 - September 18, 2011 Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ October 8, 2011 - January 1, 2012 Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC January 14 - March 18, 2012 Inspired by artist Mike Kelley's observation that «the mass art of today is the folk art of tomorrow,» The Spectacular of Vernacular embraces the rustic, the folkloric, and the humbly homemade as well as the crass clash of street spectacle and commercial culture.

Donegan's interest in the lived experience of commercial culture continues in this series, which reflects her earlier videos, as well as her paintings and her recent clothing line.

These works use motifs found in popular and commercial culture, often presenting them in a way that challenges our perception and acceptance of these everyday goods and services, as well as everyday lives.

Artists adopted the sources and techniques of commercial culture, such as comic books and billboards, sometimes with little transformation.

The two characters» different personalities and dispositions cause a succession of miscommunicated and misconceived ideas as the dialogue unfolds, revolving around foreign cultures, commercial production, allegory, religion and so on.

Andrews translates her Los Angeles movie - set references to a New York context — playing on the neighborhood's industrial and commercial past as well as its current associations with popular culture and advertising.

And this all took place against a background of a fearsomely efficient commercial culture, the one that had employed a young Warhol as illustrator, in which denials grow harder to hear anyhow.

Josephine Meckseper, born in Germany, uses commercial forms of presentation such as vitrines, window displays, and magazines, to demonstrate inextricable influences of consumer culture on society.

Delia Brown is an L.A. - based artist whose work explores desire as an individuated experience that connects the personal to the collective unconscious, often mediated through advertising and commercial culture.

McGinness» work, taking inspiration from skate and surf culture and graphic design, has been characterized as «equal parts Pop, Baroque, commercial and street.»

This exhibition presents Warhol's book work, from early student - work illustrations of the late 1940s, through to his careers as a commercial artist in the 1950s, Pop fine artist and underground filmmaker in the 1960s, and photographer and Pop culture icon of the 1970s — 80s.

Works on canvas use enamel housepaint, much as Ruscha worked in commercial art, but they do not point to Hollywood pop culture or Pop Art.

Her projects transform the remnants of dysfunctional commercial culture, revealing the inherent problems as well as the latent aesthetic potential within inner - city ruin.

This exhibition — again at the Whitechapel — established Richard Hamilton & Eduardo Paolozzi as the leaders of a group of artists fascinated by advertising, commercial design, and other manifestations of popular culture.