Sentences with phrase «of mythical»

The problem at the upper bound is what concerns Kerry Emanuel; I am arguing that the way to address this is NOT through considering a fat tail that extends out to infinity of a mythical probability distribution.

The function of «science», in what follows from environmental logic, is the search for «evidence» of the status of this mythical balance.

But I disagree that we force it out because of some mythical AGW: the free market will move away from oil as it becomes too expensive and move to alternative sources.

The continuing abysmal failure of climate models is likely associated with the lack of the mythical, hypothesized hotspot.

you name them, they're here — have gathered to dance on the smouldering ashes of the mythical beast ManBearPig.

Well so far, they only dirt they seem to have dug up is hurricane forecasting funded by an energy company, devastating criticisms in the blogosphere by the likes of Thingsbreak, and the possibility of some mythical relative with an involvement with a right wing think tank.

For the pro-AGW side, I get this sense of a mythical time when human beings lived in harmony with nature.

I think she is calling them deniers because they entertain ideas which may be seems as outside the definitive conclusions of the mythical 97 % of scientist who agree in detail on all things relating to climate, energy, politics, economics...

For the sceptics, more the sense of mythical dominance of rationality leading to control of the present, and the direction of the future.

Evan Ackerman at the engineering publication IEEE Spectrum sees few impediments to building one within a decade instead of the mythical 30 years:

They will not get serious consideration in the face of the mythical solutions on the table, these being plug - in cars and the «smart» grid, and perhaps CO2 capture and sequestration.

9 & 10 Mr. Know It All trying, yet failing, to sound intelligent and mathematical says all kinds of mythical garbage.

From Jan van Eyck's innovations with linseed oil to Robert Smithson's landscape interventions to Matthew Barney's fictional universe of mythical, genetically mutated weirdos, the concept of the artist / scientist is one with art - historical legs.

Many of the works on display feature narratives that recur throughout the two decades, like the stories of the mythical opponents the Mounds and the Vegans, and the superhero Torpedo Boy (invented when Hancock was a fourth - grader).

In his upcoming exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery, «Unbranded: A Century of White Women, 1915 - 2015,» Thomas directs his attention towards the evolution of the mythical white woman, packaged and sold by advertisements throughout the past hundred years.

We are delighted that this presentation of recent works by Lee provides the European public for the first time with insight into her geometrical abstract drawings of mythical radiance.

In a recasting of this mythical triumvirate, the Everson introduces three contemporary artists from New York — Polly Apfelbaum, Tony Feher and Carrie Moyer — whose spectacular abstract works embody these qualities.

«Come Midnight», the show's title, was a reference to the ephemerality of the mythical midnight hour (or zero hour) and explores notions of transition, a key theme in Akakce's practice.

Here within the gallery space, audiences can enjoy these contemporary visual reinterpretations of mythical themed works, while familiarizing themselves with tales that inform our understanding of constructed belief systems and help facilitate a greater appreciation of our cultural differences.

These snapshots capture the charisma and energy of this mythical learning environment.

The vivid imaginary world of his childhood, fuelled by childhood fears and a passion for making things, led to the development of mythical stories, in which his teddy, Alan Measles, is the super hero, and also to his transvestite alter ego, Claire, who collected the Turner Prize in 2003 in a Bo Peep - style dress.

When David Zwirner — whose gallery has dug deeply in recent years into the works of Minimalist and»60s and»70s West Coast artists — included a Wheeler piece in a show several years ago, Mr. Zwirner said, he considered Mr. Wheeler a «kind of mythical figure.»

Yashua Klos» multifaceted works are steeped in memory and biography, filtered through the lenses of mythical Blackness and masculinity.

Hancock's drawings, installations, paintings tell the epic story of a group of mythical creatures called Mounds.

Trenton Doyle Hancock's works tell the story of the Mounds — a group of mythical creatures that are the tragic protagonists of an unfolding epic.

The head of the mythical figure was wrapped in a bandana, referencing the mammy archetype.

Lam's work had many influences over the course of his life including Matisse, Picasso, African Tribal art, Cubism, Caribbean art and an exploration of mythical images.

Presented by world - leading galleries, highlights include Thomas J Price's (Hales) startling triple portraits of men of African origin; Reza Aramesh's (Leila Heller Gallery) metamorphosis of mythical animal and subjected figure; and a six - metre - high ubiquitous toy - human figure by KAWS (Galerie Perrotin).

«Pileus» seems to invoke the ceremonial creation of a mythical image that, in spite of the unending chaos of our visual culture, conceives of painting as an act that gives new substance, as in Barnett Newman's early paintings whose titles originated from the Book of Genesis.

Continuing to embrace his Jungian philosophy, Engel incorporates archetypal images of the collective unconscious via the use of mythical, mystical and dreamlike images in his figures and faces.

In this special diptych edition, we experience an intimate portrait of this mythical creature, set against a warm and ethereal re-imagined landscape.

These works depict sea creatures, of the mythical undersea world of Drexciya, which were the progeny of slaves who had drowned.

Furthering his investigation, Roosevelt has considered the experiential nature of his mythical bar.

Bronze fish sculptures incorporate themes of mythical iconography and personal associations.

9/9 Matthew Barney, «Facility of Decline» Through 10/22, Gladstone Gallery Everyone's favorite occasional portrayer of mythical man - goats will have seminal»90s works like Blind Perineum on display.

Maksymowicz's exploration of the relationship between the description of the grave of the mythical goddess Persephone and the real caryatid figures at the Erechtheion in Athens is as still as any sculpture, but its eccentric bounty of ornamentation immediately suggests motion.

Since the mid-2000s, Fraleigh has explored power dynamics related to gender, sexuality, and class through depictions of mythical and historical female figures.

Reflecting on these codes and their distinctions from commercial space, Stewart has created a series of objects that imagine the personal affects of a mythical occupant.»

Bernstein draws from medieval bestiaries, the journals of world explorers, and descriptions of mythical animals in Pliny the Elder ’s

The Whitney Studio was remodeled between 1918 and 1923 by the decorative artist Robert Winthrop Chanler (1872 — 1930), who used molded plaster to transform the fireplace and ceiling into an exuberant composition of sculpted flames and low relief figures of mythical and real creatures.

Bernstein draws from medieval bestiaries, the journals of world explorers, and descriptions of mythical animals in Pliny the Elder's Natural History to create her sculptures.

In a gigantic Plexiglas box, we see the organized chaos of mythical creatures (werewolf, birdman), animals, insects and plants that form his world.

We're reminded of the mythical character of the Western landscape, of Jackson Pollock and the American sublime.

Expanding the idea of what constitutes an exhibition or event, «Celebration Park» embraces a wide range of references, including puppetry, community gatherings and a journey to Antarctica in search of a mythical albino penguin.

So many great things here: the all - business headshot; the Coney Island hometown; the Renaissance - style murals of mythical creatures; the taxidermied sea rabbit; and the conjoined twin Mona Lisa with an added Takeshi Yamada head.

Hancock's prints, drawings, and collaged - felt paintings work together to tell the story of the Mounds — a group of mythical creatures that are the tragic protagonists of the artist's unfolding narrative.

The title of this energetic group show is lifted from Conrad's The Secret Agent, in which an anarchist bookseller intent on blowing up civilisation describes his co-conspirator as having «Hyperborean manners» — those of a mythical Greek people who inhabited a land where everything was perfect.

The forms can read as representations of the immutable rock of mountains and simultaneously as the lightness itself of mythical floating forms.

Presented by world - leading galleries, highlights include Thomas J Price's (Hales) startling triple portraits of men of African origin; Reza Aramesh's (Leila Heller Gallery) metamorphosis of mythical animal and subjected gure; and a six - metre - high ubiquitous toy - human gure by KAWS (Galerie Perrotin).

And this conspires to give the work time to grow in the imagination, to take on a kind of mythical, distant weight.