Sentences with phrase «confrontational political»

On Artfcity, Whitney Kimball observed, with some justification, that young artists these days seem broadly reluctant to incorporate confrontational political content into their work.

Coogler and his collaborators, chief among them cinematographer Rachel Morrison, costume designer Ruth E. Carter, and production designer Hannah Beachler, behind and in front of the camera elevate Black Panther into serious commercial art, commercial art with provocative, confrontational political, cultural, and social themes rarely seen in or out of the genre — because Hollywood studios prefer playing it safe with potentially lucrative IP (intellectual property) in their possession — in turn delivering the first great film (genre qualifiers unnecessary) of the new year.

The annual lobby day is hosted by the New York City Charter School Center and Northeast Charter Schools Network, two groups that maintain a decidedly less confrontational political posture than Moskowitz's Success Academy and a group that lobbies on its behalf, Families for Excellent Schools.

For months, a group of Vancouver pastors have raised concerns about Graham's «contentious and confrontational political and social rhetoric,» particularly his characterizations of the LGBT community, Muslims, and immigrants.

Not exact matches

Backbenchers and political journalists piled the praise on Eagle after today's performance, while a shadow cabinet member suggested that many Labour MPs preferred Eagle's «confrontational» style to Jeremy Corbyn's «calm» approach.

«This is more like the old politics than the new,» says a disgruntled Lib Dem source who believes that Clegg, like Tony Blair in his pomp, will strike a confrontational pose at the party's annual conference in Liverpool and face down activists unhappy with the Budget and his political marriage with the Conservatives.

In fact, it is rather symptomatic of a larger problem in American political culture — a confrontational approach towards rising powers and the desire, expressed by both President Obama and the Republican candidates, to keep America stronger than all the rest.

But this victory against fracking belongs to the ordinary people of New York state who stood up to the gas industry and organized creative and confrontational grassroots protests, despite those who called for supporting industry - backed politicians in the name of «political expediency.»

Her close relationship with the mayor was a break with the political tradition she grew up in ---- as head of both the Housing Justice Campaign and the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, as a protégé of Duane, who was an outspoken critic of Giuliani while on the Council, and as a top deputy to former Speaker Gifford Miller, who often adopted a confrontational approach toward Bloomberg.

The Circus: Inside the Wildest Political Show on Earth, Season 3, Episode 4: In this bonus scene, John Heilemann sits down with former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton, Jack Quinn, as they discuss Rudy Giuliani's legal tactics and Trump's confrontational approach to his impending legal issues.

Rather than take a familiar path well - traveled, it heads down unexpected roads, at once seductive and melancholy, occasionally confrontational and political.

But it heads down unexpected roads, at once seductive and melancholy, occasionally confrontational and political.

A New York Times article from 2004 outlined her «aggressive, confrontational style» and said her «ambitions exceed her political skills.»

The show is political without being in your face confrontational and covers subjects from LGBTQ rights, green issues to his well - documented campaign to stay in the European Union.

With the material sourced directly from a South African security company, «T.W. Exported» was explicitly political and confrontational.

Laden with complex and deep political implications, it is challenging and confrontational.

Her subjects are political and personal, feminist and confrontational.

Despite their confrontational temperament, the duo is widely known for their conservative political stance and their occasional statements of praise for Margaret Thatcher and royalty.

Throughout his confrontational and challenging work, Serrano unpicks the hypocrisies and highlights similarities within religious, political and social constructs.

Acconci has been a vital presence in contemporary art since the late 1960s; his confrontational and ultimately political works have evolved from writing through conceptual art, bodyworks, performance, film, video, multimedia installation and architectural sculpture.

Sometimes confrontational or sexually provocative, Emin's work resonates with the «personal is political» legacy of feminist art while at the same time maintaining a universal accessibility that speaks to relationships in general.

Tino Sehgal's performances, or those of Sharon Hayes, make us think; Hayes's confrontational performances sometimes mimic political demonstrations, a mix of theatre and protest.

Sometimes confrontational or sexually provocative, Emin's art resonates with the «personal is political» legacy of feminist art, while simultaneously speaking to relationships in general, as well as exploring spirituality, cultural identity, class and celebrity.

With reference to concrete examples from his native Holland, and in a unique personal mode that is as engaged as it is confrontational, van Lieshout investigates the relationships between the public and the political spheres and between the -LSB-...]

He has been addressing issues of racism and of political and cultural struggle in sculptures, drawings, and assemblages that can be complex, confrontational, and beautiful.

New thinking and directions are needed relative to public engagement and they do not include becoming more political and confrontational.

The new direction is not to become more political and confrontational on the national stage, but to seek opportunities for greater public interaction, dialogue, and partnerships in communities across the country.