Sentences with phrase «into sharper satire»

The occasional passages in which ironic observation shades into sharper satire may be seen as a direct engagement with those of his contemporaries who considered his practice too idiosyncratic, too wayward or whimsical, for serious consideration» (see exhibition catalogue, Howard Hodgkin: Paintings 1977, XLI Venice Biennale, British Pavilion, 1984).

Not exact matches

Handbagged is a fun, touching satire, yet it could be sharper and more dynamic — occasionally it slides into a history lesson.

Sure, his sharp bi-partisan satire was already segueing into lectures re a vast, astonishingly competent commie conspiracy.

But what The Campaign does best is pull into sharp relief exactly how incomparable — and incomparably bleak — a satire is Idiocracy and how good and brave a satirist is Mike Judge.

So rare is good satire in contemporary art that its appearance — as in the newest exhibition of William Powhida, a New York - based artist who is fast evolving into one of its sharpest practitioners — makes one inclined to stand up and applaud.