Sentences with phrase «from urban realism»

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Perhaps the current dissolution of democratic patterns in our industrial and urban society can be checked by shifting our ideology away from rationalism to biblical realism.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

In its pages, you will find science fiction: from near - future, sociological soft SF, to far - future, star - spanning hard SF — and fantasy: from epic fantasy, sword - and - sorcery, and contemporary urban tales, to magical realism, science - fantasy, and folktales.

It discards themes from religion and history, in favor of urban realism or stark personal expression.

Even his own remarkable amalgam had a long investment in other subjects and other genres, from the landscapes of the American West to urban realism.

His steady output of far - flung series has ranged from street photography to landscapes to interiors, black - and - white to color, regional to foreign, closeup to panoramic, wealthy to homeless subjects, urban to desert terrain, and from stark realism to formal near - abstraction.

His works embody variegated and often contradictory range of styles, interests, and approaches, from pointillist figuration to a kind of urban realism to brushy or geometric abstraction.

The Affichistes Pioneers of new realism, early pop artists, street art trailblazers — on their rambles through postwar Paris, the artists who would become known as the Affichistes collected fragments of the weathered and tattered posters, they came across that were often peeling and several layers deep, carried them back to their studios and created original artworks from them, in doing so elevating this ubiquitous aspect of everyday urban life to the status of a fine art.

Over the years, artists shifted their focus from Realism to Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Urban Art and other transformative styles.