Sentences with phrase «of pop cultural»

To create a vintage American 1950s theme in your bedroom, find colorful fabrics for bed linen and pillows, and adjourn large prints of pop cultural icons from the era on the wall, such as Marilyn Monroe or Elvis Presley.

It has put out a great deal of pop cultural icons, and it is widely known as being the most population dense state in the union.

Paul McCarthy's major new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth is a joyous sprawl of pop cultural reference, creaky robotics, and splayed legs.

Rendered in bright colors and with acute precision, these works suggest a core sample of pop cultural references that have been manipulated just short of illegibility.

Paul McCarthy's energetic new London exhibition at Hauser & Wirth does not disappoint, turning out to be one of 2011's «must - see» shows Paul McCarthy's major new exhibition at Hauser & Wirth is a joyous sprawl of pop cultural reference, creaky robotics, and splayed legs.

Celebrating the importance of role models and icons in combating the legacies of racism and discrimination, Afro Supa Hero provides a snapshot of a childhood journey to adulthood, shown through Jon's personal collection of pop cultural heroes and heroines of the African diaspora.

Her extensive collection of pop cultural source material — stuffed animals, chairs, toys — serves as a collection of totems.

Hovering between photography, collage work, and watercolor, Rafferty's portraits examine the hangdog undertones of the humorous and the hilarious overtones of the mournful; the presence of the gendered body in actions ranging from the quotidian to the extraordinary; and the ability of pop cultural artifacts to generate not just nostalgia, but a comment about the here and now.

The Bunny Lakes are Coming is a melange of pop cultural melancholy and terror that is as sensitive as a fresh bruise.

But she bucks this value judgment, focusing instead on the psychology at work behind the interplay of interaction and confrontation between wildly different materials that relate to a confusing set of pop cultural references.

Fisher's latest body of work presents a wide range of pop cultural, literary, and scientific references that highlight the artist's play with imagery, association, and possible meaning.

Vernon Fisher: Flaubert's parrot Schrodinger's cat hey look monkeys throwing shit The celebrated painter unveils a new body of work with «a wide range of pop cultural and literary references that highlight the artist's play with imagery, association, and possible meaning.»

Bringing together the dynamism of Picasso (particularly the captivating polemic tableau Guernica), Robert Colescott's acerbic historical reimaginings, and an incisive distillation of pop cultural and socio - political content, Abney's work presents the figure in stunning and curious detail.

A mercenary by trade, he's frequently apathetic, utterly self - obsessed, fairly unhinged (he talks to the voices in his head, and they often respond), and a veritable encyclopaedia of pop cultural references.

The US has a colorful history of exporting some of its pop cultural icons to oddly rave reviews in foreign markets.

The feature adaptation of Ernie Cline's» Ready Player One» brings the beard back to basics as he tackles a fantastical joyride of a story that infuses humour, adventure, and a big - ass bowl of pop cultural coolness.

Not exact matches

Iovine went on to criticize Sony and Bose as being out of touch with pop culture, and was clearly glad for the increased brand exposure resulting from his competitors» lack of cultural awareness.

Hillsong New York pastor Carl Lentz is quickly becoming one of the most influential pastors in America, and along with drawing thousands to the church's weekly services, regular visitors include everyone from ministers to pop - stars, athletes and high - profile cultural figures.

The band's self - described sound («baroque harmonic pop jams») weaves together various threads of musical and cultural nostalgia — Beach Boys pop, Appalachia fireside folk, Romantic painting, Gothic literature, etc. — to effect a musical mood that is both classic (albeit anachronistic) and stunningly fresh.

I am probably the only Baptist on the planet that looks forward to the pop cultural pronouncements of the Vatican's daily newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano.

Pop music critic Simon Reynolds, in his book Retromania, and style - writer Kurt Andersen, in his «You Say You Want a Devolution» essay, have their finger upon a certain pattern in our contemporary cultural scenes of recyle - ment, repetition, and lack of forward motion.

The French who occasionally have expressed strong fears of US cultural imperialism have received «this shrine of American pop culture» enthusiastically despite some critics describing the Disney invasion as a «cultural Chernobyl» (Marguerite Duras).

The cover of the August 1996 Atlantic Monthly announced a Christian cultural revolution: «Giant full - service churches are winning millions of customers with [their] pop - culture packaging.

And yet, whether they choose to withdraw or stay, believers should be wary of overstating either the horrors of the present era or the virtues of the American pop cultural landscape gone by.

The tide had turned from a Lewisian seeing of celestial beauty in the jungle of filth and imbecility that is Myth to a marketable spotting of Christian symbolism in every pop cultural artifact imaginable.

Another venue in which to foster cultural communication is the concept of pop - up restaurants that use plug - and - play equipment, a concept that exists now in micro-restaurants and action stations.

just find it odd that some of the most notorious figures end up becoming American cultural pop icons

Lincoln Center announced that David Geffen, the entertainment mogul who has shaped cultural tastes in pop music, art and movies, will donate $ 100 million to renovate — and rename — Avery Fisher Hall, home of the New York Philharmonic.

But she earned her celebrity and fortune through a pop cultural product, «Sex and the City,» that promoted a vision of New York that stands entirely in opposition to her professed values.

While turmeric has been used in Southeast Asian for centuries and vegans have been using turmeric powder to turn their scrambled tofu yellow for decades, it's only recently become a trendy «superfood» in the U.S.. From the cultural appropriation of «turmeric lattes» to popping turmeric supplements, it seems this colorful root is the latest anti-inflammatory craze among Westerners.

The music that Wyclef Jean has written, performed, and produced — both as a solo superstar and as founder and guiding member of the Fugees — has been a consistently powerful, pop cultural force for over two decades.

There is a cultural and cosmic buildup this time of year, like the steam that makes a kettle whistle or the pressure that encourages a champagne cork to pop.

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But back to the concept of Classic style, I think despite those «10 Items» wardrobe lists that keep popping up on Pinterest, cultural notions of style have also evolved in recent years.

From pop - stars to monster trucks, My Little Pony to Power Rangers, the act of taking cultural motifs and, literally, sticking them to our belongings is a fond childhood memory for millions, including Hindmarch.

A pop cultural happening extraordinaire, the Potter movies took uncertain flight in 2001 with Harry, then an orphan of 11, home alone with his grotesquely unloving relatives.

It doesn't occur until about a third of the way into Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, but when the recorded voice of L. Ron Hubbard outlines a key part of Scientology doctrine involving a tyrannical galactic overlord named Xenu, the story sounds nothing like the pop - cultural punchline it's become in recent years.

While the movie includes narration (by Charles Osgood) drawn from the book, it also allows the stars opportunity for topical pop - cultural references as well as narrative detours, as when the mayor goes in for a Who - Root Canal «Sticking» «Who» in front of everything,» he gripes, «doesn't make it hurt less») or Horton's clover lands in a field of clovers, whereupon he sets out to locate his speck - adorned lower out of the thousands stretching before him.

Bulworth notes that rap music is a powerful cultural voice, and is a great example of how a serious pop soundtrack can sustain a film's here - and - now mood — and its credibility.

(That Stewart's source novel may have itself been plundered for other pop - cultural properties is suggested when Mary catches a glimpse of another novice student, a boy in floppy robes and round eyeglasses, as he fumbles through a spell.)

And, anchored by gorgeous production design and the pop naturalism of its performances, How to Make It in America dramatizes this particular cultural moment with uncommon style and a little grace as well.

So how could a cheap little movie that is in many ways, as our Todd Ramlow pointed out, a commercial for «what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas» debauchery, become one of 2009's biggest pop cultural movements (apart from Twilight of course)?

This collision of skate punk and pop - culture archaeology is the most entertaining slice of cultural history I've seen in years.

There are clever pop - cultural nuggets scattered throughout: a Mac Plus that is condemned as a «devil box» and smashed with a shoe; a gatehouse between the lands of the living and the dead that bears a distinct resemblance to the entrance to Disneyland; a hilariously avant - garde stage show put on by a deceased Frida Kahlo.

The Farrelly Brothers — Providence, Rhode Island's answer to global intellectual depreciation — have long been accused, pointedly at times, of intentionally «dumbing down» American cinematic and pop - cultural values.

A group of New Jersey friends chase their rock»n' roll dreams across the pop - cultural universe of the 1960s in this kaleidoscopic, quasi-autobiographical tale based on the youthful experiences of its director, David Chase.

There's still not enough of the Jackson that his collaborators saw and loved — he's still a little distant, even in the behind - the - scenes footage — but Bad 25 does make the case for the album as more than a cultural phenomenon but a pop masterpiece, as underrated as any album that sold 30 million copies could ever be.

Chase is also interested in the cultural upheaval of rock & roll, as well as the fallout: liberation without a rule book, long - haired kids turning into mentally unstable dopers and a generation gap embodied by James Gandolfini's perplexed blue - collar pops.

Littered with pop songs, a tendency towards cultural and generational stereotypes initially threatens to undermine the authenticity of The Young Offenders.

The Glorious Bullshit of Reservoir Dogs, 25 Years Later Tom Shone The New Yorker «Tarantino's influence became so wide that it influences the very notion of influence: What had hitherto been an unconscious borrowing or homage was now flushed out into the open and worn as a badge of one's pop - cultural savvy — intertextuality hits the multiplex.