Sentences with phrase «of irreverence»

Today, it remains a model of artists getting - by - and making - do with few resources, a «pop - up» venue before such a thing became a marketing tool and, above all, a space with a healthy sense of irreverence towards arts institutions.

I have confidence, perspective, and a healthy dose of irreverence.

You and Jon and others who can take their religion / church / etc with a bit of irreverence help keep me sane.

Lady Spencer said that she also likes «bold colors and fun jewelry, or just something that adds a touch of irreverence,» which is evident from her fun Dolce & Gabbana look at Paper Magazine's Beautiful People party during New York Fashion Week in 2017.

Art on the Line recreates Turner's prize with a nice combination of irreverence and scholarship - and some amazing pictures.

Don't forget the National Day of Irreverence tomorrow.

Unfortunately, that humor comes in the form of profane, self - referential epithets typically traded between 15 - year - olds while playing video games online, which means if you've actually used bad language in a public setting or are older than 15, the mileage may vary on Wade Wilson's particular brand of irreverence.

Unlike Documenta's officious art - historical exercises in comparative viewing, their approach rather conveyed a commitment to very particular people whose work has remained difficult to place, not least because it epitomizes a certain spirit of irreverence.

The Infinite Absurd, Hall's one - night solo exhibition of his own work, premieres an immersive sound piece and the first - ever presentation of all 1,355 of his ink drawings, a mingling of irreverence and mysticality in which it becomes impossible to decide which is which.

I am amazed at how many people have resonated with these attitudes and thoughts of irreverence.

But, without a trace of irreverence, can we not also say there is something genuinely comic about Easter?

Even in the context of a career of irreverence, there was little to suggest that Bem would end up defending the possibility of extrasensory perception, or ESP, which most mainstream scientists consider unworthy of serious inquiry.

Band of Brothers could use a little more humor, a bit more of the irreverence and profanity that frequently arises in groups of men alone, to break up its almost unrelievedly somber atmosphere.

So this summer's big - screen debut of Judy Moody - the spirited, red - haired third - grade heroine of Megan McDonald's wildly popular tween - lit series - brings on a wave of nostalgia accompanied, unfortunately, by a great big yawn that will surely be experienced by parents hoping for a spark of irreverence à la Pippi or the broad comic appeal found in most theatrical family fare these days.

What do you get when you strip Tropico of its irreverence and plant what remains onto the iron oxide of the red planet?

The sense of irreverence gives Pan some much - needed personality for its genre, and for a good hour or so, the film genuinely feels like anything might happen.

The three - minute toon sends up the official «Justice League» Comic - Con Sizzle Reel with masses of irreverence, silliness and a small splash of cartoon violence.

He seems to have looked at the genre, decided that it's too boring and stuffy, gave it the finger and set out to deliver an epically rambunctious spy movie that flies in the face of convention, all the while maintaining most of the irreverence offered up by the source material from bad boy comics creator Mark Millar.

Heading into the sequel to the original 2016 smash, the core returning team of screenwriters Wernick, Rhett Reese and star and co-writer Ryan Reynolds — who plays the foul - mouthed, fourth - wall - breaking antihero — knew that they couldn't get away with just replicating the same blend of irreverence, ultraviolence and demented and raunchy R - rated comedy.

Elliott carries himself with such gravitas that the slightest hint of irreverence can score him a laugh — especially if it's carried off with that shit - eating grin he flashes at The Dude in The Big Lebowski.

So before we get there we're indulging in our own celebration of irreverence, noise, fury and fire: Aventador Roadster and Countach QV from the UK to Milan, via Reims, the Autobahn and the Alps.

Serve this cocktail to a cocksure, suave, independent gentleman in your life — or sip it to shore up your own measure of irreverence.

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (novel), a book full of irreverence and bombast — about a pack of teenage beauty contestants stranded on a desert island.

Here's hoping the rest of the staff at 1UP will continue Crispin's legacy of irreverence, tomfoolery and top - notch journalism.

Lively sports commentators call out moves as players execute them, and darkly comical finishing moves add a level of irreverence that contributes to the game's unique tone.

In the nearby Crystal Palace Museum, signs written in Comic Sans — not out of irreverence or neglect but the sheer opposite: volunteerist enthusiasm — describe the Palace's struggles with unprofitability; its degeneration into disrepute, and the fire that eventually destroyed it in 1936.

Introversion's Chris Delay introduced us to the indie upstarts fresh from their success with Uplink, Seamus Blackley began his monthly column of irreverence with a tirade against E3, and we relocated the Develop pub to the US for an Uncle Sam - themed chew of the fat.

With lots of irreverence and no standards of good taste, the next South Park games looks pretty funny.

Larrikinism, quoting Wikipedia, is «the name given to the Australian folk tradition of irreverence, mockery of authority and disregard for rigid norms of propriety.

But here, amongst the familiar architecture and style of Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear mythology, the impact of the irreverence is trebled.

From the first performance pieces created in Cal Arts, the famous Los Angeles art school, to the amazingly rich graphic work, including the spectacular systems in which the artist uses all techniques (video, photography, odd objects...), Mike Kelley's work, scholarly with a tinge of irreverence, spreads out in a striking visual and sound itinerary.

How do you honour a champion of irreverence or enable the audience to experience work as provisional, essentially undogmatic, even though it will now for ever be unchanging?

Riffing off of classical compositions — most notably Spanish masters Velázquez and Goya — the Dresden - born artist takes an attitude of irreverence along with impressive skill and respect for traditional technique.»

With a mixture of irreverence and sincerity, artists John Baldessari and Meg Cranston tackle nothing less than the question of God in this exhibition.

Echoing this sentiment in a grand gesture, Reames has created a sculpture of a trampoline with an American flag jumping mat - an object intended for recreation or exercise transformed into a symbol of irreverence and futility.

Into this collection of trophies, hard won and at immense cost, Paine's «Bad Lawn» brought a contemporary - art sense of irreverence and provocation.

Our brand is built on authenticity and a healthy dose of irreverence, but balanced, at all times, by consistency and discipline.

«The owner wanted something classic and grown - up but with a touch of irreverence,» says Henriette, who has answered the brief with immaculately.

In a characteristic act of irreverence, the artists have transposed their own faces onto these two primordial bodies, casting their likenesses in the image of our primitive ancestors, and provocatively positioning themselves at the dawn of creation.

He was moved to violent physical action by the combination of irreverence and black - marketeering which was corrupting what was meant to be the center of worship — the Temple in Jerusalem.