Sentences with phrase «cultural connotations of»

By stripping away the gloss, anonymity, and cultural connotations of car exteriors and leaving only their bulk, the ad brilliantly highlights why moving around in single - occupancy vehicles is so absurd in an urban context.

The materiality of Francesca DiMattio's works is also crucial to their meaning, and the cultural connotations of the paints, fabrics, ceramics and found materials she uses influence how we understand them.

The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw opens its new premises with a group exhibition (25 March - 18 June 2017) delving into the cultural connotations of the mythological siren.

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

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

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

It delves into the cultural connotations of Warsaw's symbol, and its universality in the context of creating a modern urban identity.

What are the cultural connotations of this image?

Apart from countless cultural connotations of the color — singing the blues, Picasso's Blue Period, blue sky (happiness, but also a knack for creating something from nothing)-- it signifies morality and strength, two of Blue's prevailing qualities.

(Although since GeHenna was also an actual place, it had cultural connotations of being a dump where they threw animals and criminals to rot in the open, where fire constantly burned, and it was «unclean» to visit).

Not exact matches

But within the limits set by the cultural background of the world, there are still considerable differences in the connotation the word has for each of us.

His main argument is as follows: «The word Hindu which had essentially geographic and cultural meaning began to acquire religious connotations» and communal overtones when missionary religious began converting the untouchables and lower castes of Hindu society with promise of their liberation from caste indignities.

Besides the ways Whitehead's theory of symbolic reference supports feminist attempts to purge cultural symbols from their sexist and patriarchal connotations, it seems clear from the following passage that Whitehead would applaud feminist hopes of producing symbols more faithful to women's experience.

It's no coincidence that many of the foods commonly touted as aphrodisiacs have sensual connotations: chocolate has a way of silkily melting in the mouth, oysters and red wine are common indulgences on a romantic date night, ruby - ripe pomegranates have a long cultural history that is often linked to eroticism and fertility.

Rather, using DQIV as a case study allows us to understand the challenges of adapting dialects into video games amidst a series of cultural connotations.

Lull seeks to embody and perform a delicate relationship between sonic harmony and dissonance, underpinning it with connotations of deeply felt memories of childhood as well as cultural traditions.

Drawn to the aesthetics or the cultural and political connotations of textiles, their work looks to the tenets of painting, applying notions of space, form, and color to their manipulation of fabric and thread.

Notably uninterested in either the cultural or philosophical connotations of colour, Rob Storr, in his essay for the exhibition catalogue that accompanied Herrera's inaugural exhibition of Lisson Gallery's 24th Street location in New York in May 2016, states: «Indeed it strikes me as impossible to disregard the existential aura of these latest compositions.»

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.

Compared with this formal purity, the title Coffin Paint — its Chinese title translates literally as «lacquer of longevity» — carries serious sentimental and cultural connotations.

«Both the color black and the number 13 are rich with cultural and historical meaning, so in these paintings the wealth of connotations is fused with a reflection of mood, emotion, and rational concepts on a simultaneous level... Jutta Koether emerged from the art scene in Cologne at the time when Martin Kippenberger and the German «Neue Wilde» painters, such as the artists of the group «Muelheimer Freiheit», first received international attention.

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.

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.

Continuing the tradition of the previous exhibits (Roux at the Houston Museum of African American Culture, Stir at Gallery M Squared, Mojo at Prairie View A&M University, and bās at Art League Houston), each artist used the word «sugar» to explore its historical, cultural and personal connotations while confronting the boundaries of experimental and traditional printmaking techniques.

His installations express a number of urgent concerns related to cultural identity, politics, and history, and deftly intermingle autobiography with larger cultural narratives, allowing poetic new connotations to emerge through the staging of meticulously selected images, objects, and documents.

Formed by pliable materials including rope, thread, string, and fabric, the works in Soft Power derive their presence and power from, on the one hand, the seductive textures, structures, and surfaces of textiles, and on the other, the evocative social and cultural connotations these materials provoke.

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

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.

Edwards» manipulation of industrial materials — and their cultural connotations — is emphasized with a selection of installations, wall reliefs, and free - standing steel sculptures on view.

Her large - scale paintings and works on paper have their genesis in textual sources, drawing upon fragments of speech with political and cultural connotations then incorporated into dramatic abstract compositions.

Although many of her materials may serve as a reminder of the intimate, daily acts that are commonly associated with women, such as applying make - up, her concern is simply with the physical merits of matter: its tactile, aesthetic appeal, rather than its cultural connotations.

Musical instruments can be seen as extensions of the body, and her works explores their structures, systems and cultural connotations as well as acoustic qualities.

The abstract painter's particular focus on the colour yellow is a cultural expression, a relationship to the Chinese connotation of the erotic, or in the eyes of the western viewer, one of cowardice or timidity.

Moreover, if Genzken's work exemplifies an older model of bricolage, in which found elements are treated as raw materials whose histories are incidental, then the more prevalent strategy since the 1990s has been to maintain the cultural integrity of the reused artifact — to invoke and sustain its history, connotations, and moods.

After a storm of public criticism about cultural appropriation and the racist connotations of the proposed name, the basketball team's owner has issued a swift apology and a promise to provide a new name.

There are issues of culture and cultural safety: universities and medical schools are not particularly culturally safe environments: a lot of education about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health has been framed negatively for a long time, so, for example, case studies are often fairly negative in connotation.

This has perhaps important cultural connotations, in terms of disseminating the concepts of positive psychology?