However, viewers of The Power of Pictures are presented with a dispiriting historical narrative of the project, as imagery shifts
from radical experimentation to overt state propaganda.
Not exact matches
The negative investment thesis seems to rest upon confidence that central bankers, and the Fed in particular, will steer a course away
from radical monetary
experimentation that will return to a normal structure of interest rates and robust economic growth.
What is clear is that a
radical programme for British and continental European social democracy is unlikely to emerge
from «ivory tower» blueprints, rather through a constant process of «bold, persistent
experimentation», in FDR's memorable phrase.
Gender, despite decades of protests
from the far right, has always been a fluid and limitless terrain of invention,
radical thought and
experimentation.
Renowned for his technical
experimentation, Degas (French, 1834 — 1917) exhibited just one sculpture during his lifetime, the controversial Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen, which startled visitors to the 1881 Impressionist exhibition with its unidealized physiognomy and
radical use of real materials such as silk slippers and a wig made
from human hair.
He cites André Breton's Surrealist term of «occultation»
from 1929, meaning that art should pursue
radical artistic
experimentation and not worry too much about mass appeal.
It is an aesthetic that links many of the women artists who feature in this issue, including Barbara Hepworth (1903 — 1975), whose forthcoming Tate Britain exhibition celebrates not only her long life of
radical experimentation (both in the creation of her artworks and also the way they were to be experienced by the viewer), but also how important an international figure she became, with exhibitions across the globe
from a relatively young age.
The exhibition will include key works
from 1963 to the early 1970s, encompassing a period of
radical experimentation for the artist and presenting the range of variation he was able to achieve in his constructions.