Sentences with phrase «of consumerism»

They were being inducted into the culture of consumerism in an atmosphere that can only be described as exuberant and fun.

The age of consumerism really took off in the post-World War Two period, when «wedding gifts were meant to be used — and treasured — for life.»

Edson Chagas uses photography as a process in which he not only investigates daily life but also employs images in a pointed critique of consumerism.

«Through a variety of surreal, often grotesque sculptures he examines the rapid rise of consumerism in modern - day China and the fraught relationship with its more austere Communist past.»

While the global nature of consumerism thanks to the internet and stiff competition means buying local is often worse value, Colu has seemingly revealed an untapped market.

John Feodorov is a conceptual artist whose work addresses contemporary issues of consumerism, the environment and identity.

Giving consumers the ability to «buy back» an increasingly scarce resource — their time — is the future of consumerism.

But misgivings were soon forgotten as cheap products started pouring into the US, and people were zombified by a whole new level of consumerism.

The backbone of our work has been rooted in addressing patterns of consumerism, connecting people to planet and place, and offering resources that promote sustainable solutions.

These appear as inspirational sources for the construction of neatly orchestrated displays of miscellaneous artefacts, which combine elements of consumerism with symbols of tradition.

The works thus comprising Alvi's oeuvre not only reconsiders the worth of disposed paper products, but it also points to the importance of neglected quotidian objects — logs, tree trunks, and coins, among other items, combine with the collages and subsequently meditate on themes of consumerism, economy, desire, and commercialism.

Every year, crappy Christmas presents are literally ruining the planet.A Waste of Christmas You see, every Christmas, or that ol' American orgy of consumerism, as I like to call it, just about every resident of our great nation spends an average of $ 800 on Christmas presents.

«Drugs, as well as pornography and other forms of consumerism which exploit the frailty of the weak, tend to fill the resulting spiritual void».

Like the British who turned a blind eye to slavery in the name of consumerism, tens of millions of Americans seem content to tune out the human suffering tied to how we spend our money, as long as they get what they want.

Today's experimentation takes the form of incorporating materials such as plastic, polyurethane and other industrial materials to create soft sculptures which reflect also, on the fast - changing Chinese society and the impact of consumerism on people's daily lives.

East of Eden, of course, could also be a rejection of consumerism in the midst of the nascence of our consumerist wonderland — a reaction to our plutocracy's values and a further case for Dean as the sainted figure of rebellion that would fuel the generational schism of the»60s.

When word was out about the chimera on Ohayo Mountain, the artist began receiving swarms of visitors and with them came assorted donations of urban debris («it made our parents feel better about their junk — by - product of the consumerism which remains America's first and foremost addiction.

I'm not going to just sit here and let the world of consumerism dictate how I feed my child.

Mostly interested in politics of consumerism and the history of popular design, in this project, Perry processes the emotional investment people make in things they choose to live with.

If my challenging the norm of consumerism begat that..

This exhibition features 58 color photographs from Brian Ulrich's Copia series (2001 - 2011), a three - part project that confronts viewers with an in - depth examination of consumerism in American culture.

However, in other ways, the works may also be viewed as subverting that same attitude: through their creative approach to recycling these materials, and repurposing them as art objects, both artists successfully assert their own artistic identities through the raw materials of consumerism.

Just keep the above strategies in mind and you can keep up with the changing hearts and minds of customers as this new era of consumerism takes shape.

It may well be that Shiferaw's own status as someone coming from far away is being referred to, but the title also refers to the tidal wave of consumerism that follows the day after Thanksgiving.

That is the danger of consumerism: the measure of life, indeed the consuming of life, by consumption, the discontent bred by the feeling that yesterday's anticipated enough is never enough.

Bases of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian Orthodox Church's official document outlining its position on social issues, calls grave social ills, such as alcoholism and drug addiction, «a retribution for the ideology of consumerism, for the cult of material prosperity, for the lack of spirituality, and the loss of authentic ideals.»

The widespread promotion of the products of western capitalism, coupled with increased availability of goods and the sustained cultivation of desire through commercial media, has led to a profound influence of the philosophy of consumerism in western societies and increasingly in developing countries as well.

It rarely confronts the evils of consumerism head - on with much clarity or force.

k) He criticizes the phenomenon of consumerism, and of the creation of artificial demand especially by the media.

Sparks work pays homage to Pop Art, highlighting the ever - prominent discussion of consumerism and over-indulgence that plagues many American artists.

Singh exhorted his countrymen to abandon the «wasteful» Western model of consumerism and learn from the frugal ways of Gandhi, which he claimed were a «necessity» in India.16 The invocation of Gandhi by a Western - style technocrat sounds rhetorical.

He was a fierce anti-communist who was also wary of consumerism, a long - time supporter of the Green Party who favored state action against global warming, and a skeptic of ideology who supported civil unions for same - sex couples.

Plus I hate the stories about customers getting trampled in store runs — don't like to support that kind of consumerism.

It felt like a vicious cycle of consumerism.

His work features imagery of everyday and consumer objects, such as paper clips, light bulbs, and champagne flutes, found in desolate urban settings as a reference to his upbringing, but also to broader universal ideas including desire, luxury, and the influx of consumerism into South African society.

Illustrating sweatshop conditions and the abuse of human workers, the exploitation of animals and the environmental - degradation that can come with the mass - commercialization of cheap consumer goods, Banksy attempts to show the ugly side of consumerism.

Critics Consensus: Repo Man is many things: an alien - invasion film, a punk - rock musical, a send - up of consumerism.

We've been chomping our way through the buffet of consumerism using false teeth — credit — to gobble up any and everything that's caught our eye.

The myth of consumerism's «easy exchange», the idea that I can buy the embodiment of rebellion against a system I can't control, and fulfill the yearning for alterity through cultural «placebos», these products, has sort of dissolved, and is now supplemented with a culture of nostalgia and an economy that preys on your attention.

This generalized formal quality reflects the mobile nature of the objects themselves, discarded remnants of consumerism within a rapidly expanding global economy.

Working in thematic series since the early 1980s, Koons has explored notions of consumerism, taste, banality, childhood and sexuality.