It can be displayed alongside his earlier black - and - white portraits of individuals and almost unbearably
frank depictions of family groups, or with his serene, unpopulated New Pictures from Paradise jungle images of the 1990s, but each of these also deserves proper consideration.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., in 1989, canceled a Mapplethorpe retrospective that was partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, fearing political backlash because of the exhibition's
frank depictions of homosexual behavior.
Gustave Courbet may have drawn on
frank depictions of nudes and landscapes, and wars gave photography a greater urgency.
Below Her Mouth attempts provocation and
frank depictions of lesbian sex, but it forgets the emotion in its love story.
Given its Brooklyn setting and
frank depiction of sex, the specter of becoming «the next Lena Dunham» shadows Desiree Akhavan, the 29 - year - old Iranian - American filmmaker behind «Appropriate Behavior.»
Yet somehow, despite
the frank depiction of PTSD, the film is also more fun than almost anything else in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The final instalment in Noel Clarke's «hood» trilogy arrives 10 years after the first, 2006's Kidulthood, which earned praise and caused controversy with
its frank depiction of drugs, guns and...
Fifty years after Guess Who's Coming to Dinner jolted moviegoers with
its frank depiction of interracial romance, moviemakers still find potency in the topic, with new films Get Out and A United Kingdom exploring the ramifications of diverse love.
But I was surprised at the movie's daring, at
its frank depiction of the Bush - like president as the clueless puppet of his staff.
Five years later, her release from jail forces him to confront the past in
this frank depiction of sexual abuse.
«[Commissario Guido Brunetti] is the perfect hero for Leon's minimal, almost lyrical writing style... As usual in Leon's novels,
the frank depiction of the darker aspects of life in modern Venice sits right alongside some of the most enchanting descriptions of the city in contemporary fiction.»
Instead, her images are raw and candid in
their frank depiction of a community devastated by the AIDS crisis.
When photographer and film director Larry Clark published his first photobook in 1971, it wasn't Tulsa's
frank depiction of drug - use, sexuality, and violence that caused a stir.
«Irreverent: A Celebration of Censorship» details around a dozen international episodes of erasure and exclusion over the past half century, in which
the frank depiction of queer people and sexualities rubbed up against church, state, and individual bigotry, resulting in physically and psychologically violent acts of censorship.
Not exact matches
For a film that was apparently intended for families or all - age audiences, this one is surprisingly
frank in its
depiction of early teen sexuality.
The series created by and starring Frankie Shaw is smart, sexy,
frank about sexual abuse, and sharp in its
depiction of a struggling single mother whose ambitions and wit try to push through the burdens, realities and confinements
of her working - class Boston life.
They also praised Mr. Levine's unabashed use
of poetry as a vehicle for radical social criticism, noting his
frank explorations
of the nature
of masculinity and his cleareyed
depictions of working - class lives and the immigrant Jewish experience.»
Although this film contains no
depictions of sexual activity beyond some brief kissing, there are frequent,
frank and often lengthy discussions on self - pleasuring, sexual arousal, the inappropriate manhandling
of women and the intention to copulate.
Set in 1991 amidst the beginnings
of civil war in Yugoslavia, this is a brutal film, in every right way: an antidote to the CNN - ification
of war news, here is a
frank, realistic
depiction of total, practically apocalyptic war, one in which civilians and journalists are targeted and an entire nation is laid ruin.
The portraits are provocative and
frank, and are also linked by their expressionistic
depictions of flesh and skin.
It is a startling piece — the blocky, almost childlike writing clashing with the
frank nudity — and could be read, perhaps, as a
depiction of digital space at its most brusque, clogged with pornography, comments, and orders.
Sampling images from pornographic films and fashion photography, Liz Neal's paintings and installations challenge viewers with
frank and livid
depictions of carnality.