Sentences with phrase «cultural movements such»

Becoming Imperceptible is the largest solo presentation of the artist's work to date and it features works that layer aesthetic and cultural movements such as Minimalism, Dada, concrete poetry, and Black Lives Matter.

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For yet another, there are movements within the UCC, calling for a Barmen - like commitment to classical Christian faith contra cultural accommodation» such as the fifteen - year - old «Confessing Christ» movement and the Craigville Theological Colloquies celebrating this year their twenty - fifth anniversary.

While the character of certain movements and groups is to a large extent defined by sociological criteria, such as the earlier so - called Frontier religion or now the Buchmean (Oxford group) Movement, which Allan Eister has recently analyzed in his book Drawing Room Conversion, we find that the more definitely a religious group is a religious group — as distinct from an economic, political, or cultural association — the more important, both for members of the group and students of it, will become its worship and its theology.

We do not know the cultural background and ethnic origins of the tribes that took part in the movement which we know best as Joshua's conquest of Palestine, yet the influence of the Arabian Desert was strong upon them, if we may judge from such information as we possess of their social life in the immediately following period.

Viktor von Strauss, the first to notice the ancient cultural change that was later named the Axial Period, described what he observed as «a strange movement of the spirit [which] passed through all civilized peoples».3 Such «movements of the spirit» may be the key to our understanding of the next phase.

Should there be greater movement toward such neoevangelicalism, conservative churches can continue to grow by serving those near the conservative end of a moving cultural spectrum.

Because of the complex interaction of religious broadcasting with other social characteristics such as broader religious and cultural movements, changing social uses of mass media, and changing historical circumstances, it is unlikely that a simple cause - effect relationship between the viewing of religious programs on television and individual faith and church interaction could ever be isolated.

Tendencies that have come to define modern Western societies include the existence of political pluralism, prominent subcultures or countercultures (such as New Age movements), and increasing cultural syncretism — resulting from globalization and human migration.

For example, historical, economic, language and cultural ties all play a part — population movements with former colonies had particular influence; such as Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya with the UK, and Mali, Niger and Chad with France.

Zoolander and Hansel are veritable Rip Van Winkles, but — distinguishing the film from its Austin Powers template, as well as Zoolander 2's immediate predecessor — it's the cultural innovations they encounter that are held up to ridicule, such as phones that are bigger than Zoolander's (redeeming his microscopic cellphone from the original), hipster patois (although «hashtag» has for some reason penetrated Derek's vocabulary), and a gender - neutral model (Benedict Cumberbatch) whose name, All, and uncanniness mock the trans movement at a particularly precarious moment in our history.

Yet such is the power of the stunted fanboys and clickbait movie «journalists» fueling discussion of popular cinema in 2015: a depressing forum in which a perceived unsatisfactory Marvel film must be analyzed like the coming of the cultural holocaust, rather than simply being ignored for the unremarkable — and completely familiar — corporate bowel movement that it is.

Featuring a boyish animatronic figure reminiscent of literary and pop cultural characters such as Huckleberry Finn, Howdy Doody, and Alfred E. Neuman, the mascot of Mad magazine, the work is suspended with heavy chains from a large mechanized gantry, which is programmed to choreograph its movements.

Black Mountain's legacy continued however, with former students such as painter Robert Rauschenberg, publisher Jonathan Williams, and poet John Wieners bringing the revolutionary spirit of their alma mater to the forefront of a number of other cultural movements and institutions.

Recognizing the Bronx's cultural contributions — including the birth of artistic movements such as hip hop, graffiti art and Latin Jazz, that served as inspiration to many contemporary artists — in 1999 the Museum expanded its collecting practice to include works by artists for whom the Bronx has been critical to their artistic practice and development.

Much of his work relates to abstract expressionism and minimalist painting, remixing formal characteristics to highlight the cultural and social histories of the time, such as the civil rights movement.

«While it is perhaps not surprising that artists have found the night such a compelling subject for centuries, Night Vision sheds new light on the technical complexities and personal meanings embedded in its depictions, as well as how the period's unique cultural and social climate influenced subsequent artistic movements.»

By pulling from art movements, such as Pop Art, Conceptualism and Art Brut, Ortiz spontaneously blasts both humorous and dramatic Tex - Mex cultural realities.

The intervention artworks will speak to themes both present and absent from the exhibition, such as NASA's lunar landing, the legacy of iconic post-war artists like Joseph Beuys and Robert Morris, the rise of collaborative artistic practices, and the cultural and political affects of the Civil Rights movement.

It has since become an iconic document chronicling cultural movements of the 1950's and 1960's, and the voices of the Beat generation's most innovative and influential thinkers such as Antonin Artaud, Charles Brittin, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Jean Cocteau, Allen Ginsberg, Walter Hopps, Larry Jordan, Michael McClure, and John Wieners.

From cultural interventions such as happenings and the Artists Against the Expressway movement, to legislative initiatives such as the AIR (Artists in Residence) re-zoning and historic district designation, the panel will consider how activism and community engagement impacted this neighborhood.

Such as: What did women's liberation, primarily a white, middle - class movement, have to offer African - American women in a country where, as late as the 1960s, de facto slavery still existed; a country where racism, which the movement itself shared, was soaked into the cultural fabric?

Women Art Revolution elaborates the relationship of the Feminist Art Movement of the 1960s anti-war and civil rights movement and explains how historical events, such as the all - male protest exhibition against the invasion of Cambodia, sparked the first of many feminist actions against major cultural institutions.

Glenn Ligon's intertextual works examine cultural and social identity — often through found sources such as literature, Afro - centric coloring books, and photographs — to reveal the ways in which slavery, the civil rights movement, and identity politics inform our understanding of American society.

In thinking about this time / space relationship of patterns and movement I became interested in the affinity of postmodern dance to works such as «Single Strand, Forward Motion» that also forge a relationship to cultural activities such as walking meditation, marching bands, and line dancing.

His rich improvisational explorations of subjectivity, identity, and history can be linked to modes of black cultural production, such as the jazz ensemble, which encompasses a search for freeform movement among order.

Richmond - Edwards and Robles - Gordon, parlayed a series of conversations about personal experiences in the art world, the cultural influence and legacy of Howard University, and the examination of artist group and movements such as Spiral, Black Artists of DC, Africobfra and the Black Arts Movement to build a contemporary art cannon.

Much of his work relates to abstract cxpressionism and minimalist painting, remixing formal characteristics to highlight the cultural and social histories of the time, such as the civil rights movement.

Deeply involved in the legacy of Post-War American art, «Glenn Ligon» highlights the cultural and social histories of the time, such as the civil rights movement and features many major figures such as Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock and Chris Ofili.

While his works have often been compared to those from other key figures of the pop art movement, such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, Rosenquist's pieces were unique in the way that they often employed elements of surrealism using fragments of advertisements and cultural imagery to emphasize the overwhelming nature of ads.

The retrospective in the Neue Galerie Graz focuses on Pistoletto's early works, which were groundbreaking at their time and to be seen in context with movements such as Pop Art, Minimalism, or Conceptual Art, as well as socio - cultural changes in Italy.

Influenced by the cultural landscape of the early sixties, particularly the burgeoning Pop Art movement, these works pre-date more familiar works such as the non-site objects and the seminal, outdoor earthworks.

The catalogue consists of a series of essays by British and American scholars who consider such themes as the critical reception of the Vorticists» exhibitions, the impact of World War I on the cultural politics of the movement, the reception of Vorticism in the United States, and the leading role of Ezra Pound in shaping the movement.

The real issue and taboo is what cultural do all of these groups have in common that create such a willful blindness that existed in the AGW movement and reaction?

From a purely marketing point of view, it's great to see local movements like this embracing mainstream cultural heroes, rather than remaining in the usual hippy ghetto that is so often the domain of such initiatives.

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