Sentences with phrase «ironic reference»
An ironic reference is when someone uses words or actions that seem to be praising or referencing something, but they actually mean the opposite or intend it as a joke. Full definition
It was, however, as a figurative artist that he achieved the greatest success, combining ironic references to old master prints and paintings with the direct, bold imagery of popular culture, culled from newspapers, advertising and comics.
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Cantona's ironic reference clearly beyond you.
Kevin Beasley's Nike Air Jordans with a purple geode growing out of them seem like a flip ironic reference to who knows what.
Perhaps the old adage is true: if you can dodge an ironic reference to a famous Dutch painter, you can dodge a ball.
: Play my lord is an ironic reference to one of the worst video game advertising I have ever seen on the internet.
The exhibition title «+ «has to be understood as an ironic reference to the rich exhibition history about swiss art at home and abroad (Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer, Swiss Made - Präzison und Wahnsinn, Beispiel: Schweiz, Saus und Braus etc.).
The figurative installations devised by de Jong, which are anchored in the (often mysterious) history or meaning of a location, combine an ironic reference to the Old Masters with a large dose of the present.
The gallery announced on Thursday that it had bought the artwork, a 3D self - portrait cast by Emin in 2002 as an ironic reference to the autobiographical nature of her work.
The central Black Madonna is surrounded by many collaged images that resemble butterflies at first sight, but on closer inspection are photographs of female genitalia; an ironic reference to the putti that appear in traditional religious art.
The title The Krautcho Club / In and out of Place combines an ironic reference to a well known London media / art world members club with the process of contextualisation launched in a «forgotten» German bar.
The title The Krautcho Club / In and out of Place combines an ironic reference to a well known London media / art world members club with the process of contextualization launched in a «forgotten» German bar.