Sentences with phrase «notions of mortality»

Playing on the contradictory associations of speed and power as suggested in the title, Running Thunder conveys notions of mortality and passage of time, very much like a vanitas painting containing symbols of life and death.

But Bove expands the reflective surface with its serial notchings over and above the quality of their light refractions and spatial extensions with notions of mortality that is symbolised in many cultures by the mirror (mirrors are covered when someone dies), and in doing so she opens it up for a layer of meaning extending beyond ZERO.

Other artists employed everyday items to address existential notions of mortality.

He deals with the notion of her mortality by dealing with the gruesome, decomposing «remains» of her.

When faced with impossible questions, the notion of mortality or dire situations, many people turn to unconventional means or practices for answers, respite or foresight.

Not exact matches

Although I did show many studies showing the correlation of glucose on aspects of health and even mortality, it was done to disprove the notion that only glucose above 140 is detrimental, which they did, including in context of studies pertaining to insulin and leptin.

The combined elements create a mesmerizing effect, through which Kentridge offers an informal lesson on changing notions of time — from the celestial model in antiquity and Newton's mathematical view to Einstein's theories of relativity — and suggests the idea of time being «refused,» whether to resist the impact of colonial forces or to deny the simple truth of human mortality.

The ninety - minute video unravels Niesłuchowski as a perpetual guest, a nomad without a home, while exploring notions of hospitality, mortality, vulnerability, and resistance.

Examining notions of immensity, nature, mortality and freedom, this exhibition will include work by Irish and international artists such as: Agnes Martin, Robert Gober, William McKeown, Vivienne Dick, Vija Celmins, Mary McIntyre, Félix González - Torres, Nan Goldin, Andrew Vickery, Ana Mendieta, and Dorothy Cross, amongst others.

The exhibition will examine notions of immensity, nature, mortality and freedom.

Dearest Montien (2013), which we reprint in full, describes the Thai art scene since the artist's death more than a decade ago, and the impact Montien, as artist, teacher, mentor and friend, has had on the tight - knit art community, particularly his sociopolitical, and later spiritual, approach to art making, which combined local, everyday materials to explore topics ranging from Thailand's industrialization to Buddhist notions of impermanence and mortality.

Long - time gallery artist Vernon Fisher takes a similarly abstruse approach, presenting an uncharacteristically small work, APrIL, which entreats the viewer to contemplate T.S. Eliot's notion of springtime as it relates to mortality.

While the rich iconography of flowers in the tradition of still - life painting does indeed subliminally allude to mortality, Warhol's Paris show seemed to expand on the notion of transience that flowers also embody.