Sentences with phrase «often political works»

Working primarily in assemblage, Los Angeles - based artist Betye Saar has been creating challenging, often political works that interrogate assumptions about race and gender for 50 years, and at 90 she shows no signs of slowing down.

Hatoum creates poetic and often political works that comment on the state of the world at large.

His often political work has been shown at the Istanbul Biennial, Turkey, the Centre Georges Pompidou and Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, dOKUMENTA, Kassel, Germany, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA and the Tate Modern, London, UK.

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«As the EU by its nature brings so many countries together, it often jointly bats above its weight by working as a group... This helps to reinforce the political will needed to deliver aid and keep delivering,» said the statement from Bond and the U.K. Aid Network.

Many people point to the National Flood Insurance Program, which was created to boost financial resilience in flood zones, but has been criticized from just about every political and technical vantage point as too often working to subsidize, instead of mitigate, vulnerability.

It is pretty clear that in the often fractious environment of Canadian federalism, Canadians do better when multi-levels of government and political parties work together to put people's well - being first.

In the Reform Bill proceedings, the House of Lords and the monarchy are often mutually augmentative; the political unions and the Reform Whigs work in tandem; Brougham and Russell and Palmerston enhance each other's roles.

He explained: «At the core of our work is the children themselves who are very often, never the cause of violence - especially of a political nature but always the victims.»

As I thought about how to apply these teachings practically, a lot of strategies came to mind — putting the needs of others before my own, buying less and giving more, humbling myself when engaged in political or theological debates, embracing rather than complaining about those «one - way relationships,» praying for others more sincerely, saying «yes» a little more often, working on that ubiquitous sense of entitlement and pride that keeps me from going the extra mile.

Employers often find that political discussions adversely affect productivity, work relationships and customers» dining experiences.

Often a more effective way to use a large budget is to work with a firm like DS Political that does voter - file targeted display ads.

One of the most striking aspects in the current debate on devolution in the North of England is that the main actors (local governments, leaders» boards, political parties, business organisations, etc.) seem to work in isolation — each devising their own plans, often irrespective (or wary) of the positions of the others.

Campaign consultants are often accused of lagging behind their counterparts in the commercial marketing world and even the political issue advocacy world, but a major reason is that they HAVE to use methods that are known to work — when you have very little time to get your candidate elected, you're going to be biased toward tactics that you know you can trust.

«I would happily, there's no question,» de Blasio said at the news conference, when asked if he would work with Cuomo, a fellow Democrat but often the mayor's political nemesis.

It does not matter how often Corbyn and his allies mouth platitudes about political solutions or diplomatic work.

The tradition of MPs taking on extra work, often for much higher salaries than their parliamentary income, has long been criticised by political reformers.

So why did so many Labour supporters and progressive people reject him and work against him, intensely and passionately and often at high political and even personal risk?

After a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white NYPD officer in the death of Garner, a black Staten Islander, last year, critics in political and academic circles charged that local district attorneys, who often work closely with the police to prosecute crimes, are too close to law enforcement to consistently bring charges against them when they run afoul of the law.

Cunningham, who thanks to her years of widely respected lobbying and consulting work in state politics is often referred to as the most powerful woman in Albany, first became known as a prominent labor strategist, serving as political director for the 1199 / SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the most politically potent union in the state (and perhaps the entire Northeast).

Writing speeches is too often seen as not real civil service work, too political, too much about the person rather than the policy.

A little more than a week ago, actress Cynthia Nixon stoked intrigue in political circles when it was reported that she had formed a staff of operatives who worked on the first mayoral campaign of Mayor Bill de Blasio, with whom Cuomo often feuds.

The second category are party political peers (often known as working peers).

Michael Dawidziak, a Bohemia political consultant who works primarily with Republicans, said Mondello understands a critical lesson of county politics — that friendships and loyalty must often take a back seat in the name of victory.

The Working Families Party (WFP) is a progressive political party that often endorses Democratic candidates in New York elections.

Mr. Espada, a native of Puerto Rico who was once the highest ranking Hispanic lawmaker in New York, relied on the same defense in his trial that he so often turned to during his three decades in public life — maintaining that the allegations were the work of political enemies.

This will require not only international agreements, but working - level relationships between scientists and engineers from countries that are often political and economic rivals.

In research that has taken her to the shade grown coffee plots of Mexico and the communities of indigenous Maya who work in them, she has discovered that this seemingly altruistic concept often has unforeseen impacts, and complex political origins.

He says that's a lesson from his work on climate change doubters, whose real driver often isn't their beliefs about the role of carbon dioxide but rather their conservative political views.

Since its inception the MRC Centre for Genomics and Global Health (CGGH) has maintained a strong focus on creating ethical frameworks for undertaking genomics research, often working with international networks including researchers in the developed and developing world who are in turn working with communities in diverse political and cultural landscapes.

We are often most impressed by applicants who have the ability to maturely and articulately discuss their work on a deeper level by connecting it to broader social, cultural, historical, political and economic forces.

This allows us to appreciate Harrelson's work and that of the supporting cast, without the burden of the tangled and often confusing narratives present in many political movies.

Oddly enough, it might be what initially seems to be a failing of his work: despite his political commitment, Güney's films often lacked the discipline to lay out or support any specific ideology.

The goal of the study was to highlight the work of teachers unions, which often goes beyond traditional collective - bargaining duties and includes advocacy and political lobbying, said Dara Zeehandelaar, one of the co-authors.

In social justice work, marginalized youth are often positioned as change agents; people whose critical awareness can be harnessed in the service of political transformation.

On one hand, since teachers» work lives often leave little time for professional reading and professional community, social media may serve important functions by providing teachers with quick access to current events in education and crucial access to professional communities or political action campaigns that otherwise might not be available through their local schools, communities, or teacher education programs.

Like the work of other recent Nobel winners, Llosa's writing often has a political angle — not surprising, considering his interest in the subject ran deep enough for him to launch an unsuccessful bid for the Peruvian presidency in 1990.

Vartanian, whose intense political engagement I often admire, writes, «I'm not happy to hear that the Venetian authorities closed the «Mosque» project, but I'm also not surprised, considering the artist cut corners and didn't do the essential legal and community work required to realize his vision.»

Artist Deborah Kass has made her name by adopting the style of iconic male artists and making works that carry her own witty, punchy, often political content.

Ballengée wears three hats: he's an artist, biologist, and environmental activist, so his work often gets political and scientific.

Art fairs are often associated with abstract painting (much of it looking the same), stunt pieces (almost instantly forgettable), and neon sculptures (brightly and, in many cases, annoying), but, at this year's Armory Show in New York, some galleries had on offer works that explicitly addressed the political situation in the United States.

Her work is socio - political in nature, and often explores themes of violence inside and outside our borders.

Running counter to this first mainstream are the works of Duchamp, John Cage, and Picasso: expressing beauty transformed, ugliness, startling juxtaposition of images, primitive power, the subconscious of Freud, art as idea, art as found object, art as part of everyday life, non-art transmuted into art, and often an emphasis on social and political issues.

Although the forms of his work are abstract, Kapoor's public installations have often provoked responses and debates around cultural, social, and political questions.

His framing of the art works is opinionated, informative, often political and somewhat subversive.

Then the show turns to work by the second group, an imposing cadre of trained artists working in Los Angeles like Betye Saar, John Outterbridge, Senga Nengudi and Noah Purifoy, who worked for decades at the margins of the mainstream, exploring aspects of assemblage and found materials as well as political expression in often abstract forms.

Describing his work as «long - form, visual, comedic poetry» and «glorified political cartooning,» the artist continues to use his unique background to create heroically - scaled installations, most often anchored by wall - sized, photorealistic drawings utilizing charcoal, graphite and colored pencils.

Engaging a diverse range of media and drawing inspiration from political theory and postcolonial studies, Bourouissa often works within and in collaboration with communities to create works in which documentary and fiction coalesce.

Simultaneously poetic and political, personal and global, his work often explores larger biographical experiences.

As installation is inextricably tied to an engagement with space — which is accentuated by the fact that most readings of contemporary African art, which in itself is a fraught notion, are often unfortunately homogenous and geographic — how is there a differentiation between museological, topographical and socio - political spaces in making post-black work?

Both artists have extensive backgrounds with site - specific work, often addressing the history of a place and its cultural implications by illuminating its political and social context and exploring relationships among artist, audience, and institution.