Sentences with phrase «effacing portrait»

There was no better moment for him to tell a story that dismantles the concept of The Great Maker, a self - effacing portrait that thumbs its nose at any mythology that justifies poor behaviour with artistic output.

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If Reynolds does stand in for Anderson, the second hour of Phantom Thread plays as an oddly self - effacing self - portrait, one that is less interested in aesthetic perfection than in emotional honesty.

Heather Morgan is known for her expressive, sometimes self - effacing self - portraits that toy with notions of intimacy and exhibitionism at once.