Sentences with phrase «connotations of»

While the noun form of «smear,» a horizontal drag of a substance across a surface, seems to be evoked by the eponymous work's composition, the painstaking technicality of its execution belies the connotations of ungoverned abandon that accompany «smear» as a verb.

They used all different kinds of techniques and materials to get away from the connotations of the brush.

The spiritual connotations of the word «revival» are also intended, as artists strive to decipher the meaning of this world through imagery that often links life and death.

One hot New York summer, it looked to me like every woman's underwear was flying out of her pants on the street... G - Force plays on the connotations of extreme speed implied by the flying thoughts in the installation.

The reflective and sometimes harsh nature of metal, combined with its connotations of technological progress in the postwar period, made it a material of interest among sculptors and painters alike.

Marianne says sheis intrigued to see how the artists and curators she meets in Helsinki will respond to her project, and what she can learn from them about the cultural and social connotations of shyness and showing off, here and elsewhere.

The assemblage and connotations of these materials exhibit Bailey's poetic, experimental approach and his thoughtful consideration of the intersection of his personal narratives within the larger collective history of the African diaspora.

Her aim was to reclaim and celebrate that mark of women's «otherness,» replacing connotations of inferiority with those of pride, and to create a «new visual language» with which to express women's experience.

In these new works, Beirut and its connotations of failed utopianism provide context -LSB-...]

The presence of fire in the making of Fuses more directly connects the works subject with connotations of fire as a symbol of passion and creation.

However, despite the overt connotations of this subject matter, the somewhat mythical manner in which Olowska depicts the orangutans and their surrounding habitat also infuses as sense of amaranthine resistance.

A handicraft, it has connotations of femininity, domesticity but also of reparation.

from the figurative depiction of the woman's body in Rampant Vulnerability, the vein - like structures of Strange Labor, to the connotations of the vaginal form in Bombyx Travels.

The reason why is because of the connotations of the colour of sunset.

In her current exhibition at the gallery, «Domesticated Landscapes,» Shin investigates the history and cultural connotations of flatware.

Yet historically, flatware has become loaded with divisive cultural significance, evoking associations embedded with connotations of class, etiquette, and privilege.

The spiritual connotations of the title were soon eschewed for a radical materiality: «It is what it is, and it ain't nothin» else,» he famously once said of his work: «everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered.»

«Here was a craft material with no art historical background that carried connotations of beauty,» says Lou in an e-mail.

Despite the ambiguous connotations of the artist's search for Lenin, the absurd, at times seemingly naive dialogues throughout the film epitomize the nonsensical lens Niwa turns upon society across his practice.

This paper explores lost installations by both artists, where the effigy's connotations of volatility challenged biopolitical systems of control as well as the reduction of individuals to stereotypes.

This deftly denies any notion of race and focuses our attention instead on figure's pose and its connotations of sexuality, masculinity, athleticism and the ideal body.

The title of the exhibition not only refers to the term transference in a psychoanalytic context with its meaning of a trauma transferred from patient to analyst, but serves as an analogy to the changing connotations of forms seen within different contexts.

Sharing the corridor is Jean Shin «s Grafted Settings (Tree), which investigates the historical and cultural connotations of flatware.

All of this gets at one of the critical points of the piece, which is the contentious historical relationship between white men and black women, one that is loaded with connotations of abuse of power.

Emphasizing the monastic connotations of poverty, the book examines the work of prominent couples within Arte Povera, including Mario and Marisa Merz and Alighiero and Annemarie Sauzeau Boetti.

However, texture and brush - stroke carried connotations of the «handwriting» of Abstract Expressionism for Reinhardt.

She describes her Pink Power project as a «tough and aggressive emotional project» that subverts the girly connotations of pink and perceptions of the hue as «naive and sentimental.»

«Taste» is a word in bad odor lately, bearing connotations of rank snobbery.

The illustrations look like something inspired by grisly roadkill, possibly presenting spiritual connotations of the animals» spirits rising forth in death or their bodies wilting away naturally into the soil.

Just as we prepare ourselves for International Women's Day this week, a new exhibition of work from Alessandra Genualdo and Bijou Karman hopes to add to the theme by turning previously negative connotations of the phrase «Like a Girl» on their head.

The image of «one hand clapping» also suggests connotations of solitude and the ability of artists to put forth a singular perspective and to challenge prevailing beliefs, stereotypes, and conventional power structures.»

It forged a gorgeous union with Noa Ginzburg's Safe Room; constructed out of 10 kilometres of knitted red «safety» tape, a clever play on the dichotomous aspects of the material itself — physically weak but symbolically strong — and its contradictory connotations of protecting / confining.

Mabb's interest in Morris stems from the social and political connotations of Morris» work, the continued relevancy of Morris» politics and the continuing market for Morris» designs.

The Panthers» photo and the Throne of St. Peter are two distinct frames of reference for engaging with Beasley's work, both evoking strong connotations of power.

In each case, this precious material not only brings a sense of luxury to the work, but also ushers in connotations of the historic and cultural value various societies have placed on this rare element.

Reclaiming artifacts and iconographies to critique the museum and speak about Black cultural history and identity, he bridges the gap between «high art» and «the street» to question connotations of race and class.

Subverting connotations of the sacred, Rachel Dease's installation, «Black Mass», inducts the spectator into a dimly lit space rife with reversals, copies and under - explored taboos.

By working in the medium of marquetry, typically associated with wealth and power, to portray dystopian scenes of everyday life, Taylor creates tension between the luxurious connotations of the material and a certain abjectness in subject matter.

Hoda's treatment and selection of materials intentionally prompts classical and modernist associations — the art historical connotations of each medium supersedes the legibility of the object.

stood in place of an actual closing date), I asked Farkas if I could use the piece below, being drawn to how it called attention to the connotations of a given font: the delicate and graceful Chancery for «feelings», clumsy and awkward Comic Sans for «the lonely sad girl» and dark Gil San Ultra Bold for «Other».

I want to explore how the color blue, as well as the historical connotations of the cyanotype process, play a role in transforming how the images» content is perceived.

In this context, Kelly's pure formalism resonates as strongly as the social and racial connotations of the shades — as they operate in the first part of the display — or their links to formations of cultural identity seen in the final room.

These innovators collectively challenge singular connotations of the term, «women's art.»

In English, cathedra also has connotations of a dead certainty, as in ex cathedra, or speaking from a pulpit.

In doing so, Lynes subverts connotations of slenderness and suppleness usually attendant on depictions of the female nude.

He will explore these ideas using a deliberately varied aesthetic that pitches the industrially made against works that meditate on the devotional connotations of folkloric objects.

Adopting the role of alchemist, the artists in Between Spaces reform and shift the aesthetic and cultural connotations of their materials.

Trockel questions the gendered connotations of materials, as well as the distinction between «fine» arts, such as painting, and craft.

Developing in prominence, subcultural connotations of the car have evolved.

Paintings without content have taken on dubious connotations of overwrought interiority.