Sentences with phrase «on irreverence»

Morris has worked with Crumb since 1999 and says the artist, who built his reputation on irreverence and countercultural comics, remains pertinent, highlighting the potential influence of his output on American painters including Lisa Yuskavage and John Currin.

It might even play better today to adults than to children, especially if the latter have been weaned on the irreverence and sarcasm of today's talking animal comedies like Beverly Hills Chihuahua and the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies.

His credibility rests in part at least on his irreverence, and online he has appeared unwilling to play it safe, sharing near - the - knuckle gags about the lack of racial diversity in this year's Oscars race with his 13 million Twitter followers.

The most brazen of the bunch may be Im Sang - soo, whose work is founded on his irreverence toward national sacred cows.

Not exact matches

«Marissa is the type of boss that makes you feel like you're disappointing her at all times, so I always feel like I'm on the verge of being fired,» said Mr. Bonforte, who is widely respected for both his talent and his irreverence.

In a country where so many seemed to show irreverence or indifference to their faith tradition, a crowd of thousands fell on its knees and struggled to sing the Salve Regina beneath the Mater Ecclesiae mosaic.

on the base of his atheism: «When I come to my own beliefs, I find myself quite unable to discern any purpose in the universe, and still more unable to wish to discern one» — as if that nondiscernment by his own sole self was sufficient for his sweeping, voluminous irreverence.

Mike Judge's comedy Silicon Valley takes on the often self - serious world of big tech business, start - up culture and moonshot thinking with gleeful irreverence and sharp parody.

If you're looking for the CliffsNotes version of Kennedy's Catholicism, that anecdote touches on the key themes: the pious Irish mother, the light - hearted irreverence, the ever - present prospect of death.

But while the film does insist on its own irreverence a bit too much at the outset — it opens with a group of birds inspirationally singing, «You're only as small as your dreams,» before they get abruptly knocked out of the sky — it offers plenty of lively fun once it settles down, and wisely keeps the pandering to a minimum.

Yet another entry in the British «Carry On» comedies, this zany parody takes aim at the popular»60s espionage films — complete with outrageous disguises, double - crosses and other such irreverence.

This defiance of expectations, done with bold - faced irreverence, allows Lucy to work on its own terms.

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.

The serene, nostalgia - tinted drama, based on Joyce Maynard's novel, has none of the director's trademark sardonic irreverence.

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.

There's also the fact that, fueled by the character's signature irreverence and meta commentary, Tim Miller's take on the Merc with a Mouth is easily the funniest comic book movie out there.

Add the irreverence of inter-dimensional antics, an incompatible buddy dynamic and an offbeat branch of law enforcement, and the parallels are further cemented; so too, in the threatening of the world's fate by an intricate occult scheme, and the need to protect the Earth's ordinary inhabitants from both the knowledge and consequences of such unusual goings on.

Perched somewhere between the relentless goofiness of 21 Jump Street and Starsky and Hutch and the slightly more serious - minded Spider - Man and Batman franchises, Michel Gondry's decidedly odd take on the radio / TV / comic classic mixes dark vigilante justice with candy - colored irreverence.

Romantic comedies - and this is one, in spite of its phony irreverence - turn largely on star power, and theirs is transcendent, whether they're casually trading one - liners on the streets or doing running commentary on their sexual escapades.

by Bryant Frazer Very early on in Blue Streak, as Miles Logan, the character portrayed by a fast - talking Martin Lawrence, co-opts Dr. Martin Luther King's famous «I Have a Dream» speech to describe his own civil rights movement upon getting released from the joint after serving time for his role in a botched jewel heist, it's clear the film is aiming for giddy irreverence.

In which David Wain, he of Wet Hot American Summer fame, takes on the life of Doug Kenney (played by Will Forte and, in his omniscient - narrator state, Martin Mull), a Harvard man who'd co-create the National Lampoon, co-write Animal House and inject much - needed vulgar irreverence into American comedy before mysteriously falling off a cliff in 1980.

This is despite a storyline that could've, in better, more talented hands, been employed to relatively compelling effect, with the movie's emphasis on silliness and irreverence undoubtedly designed to evoke its similarly - themed 1980s brethren.

A darkly comedic attack on the cozy pieties present in most teen flicks, Heathers — an even more wickedly canted take - down of adolescent social cliques than its most recent descendant, Mean Girls — assayed popularity, teen suicide and downright sociopathic behavior with equal, cold - water - to - the - face irreverence.

Although the Spirit Awards are the indie film community's response to the Oscar — the ceremony usually features a healthy irreverence for the Academy Awards — several Independent Spirit Award nominees and winners have gone on to win Oscars, including last year's best - actress winner, Charlize Theron, for Monster.

«I, Tonya» At turns hilarious and heart - breaking, this gonzo retelling of the circumstances leading up to the 1994 attack on Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan opens with the claim, «Based on irony free, wildly contradictory, totally true interviews with Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly,» suggesting a toxic kind of irreverence toward the scandal it depicts.

VIZ Media's Perfect Square imprint focuses on delivering original comics, manga (graphic novels), pop culture and children's books with an emphasis on strong storytelling, eye - popping graphics, empowering themes, and a dash of irreverence, that captures the imagination of a whole new generation.

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.

For starters, congrats on retaining your self - effacing humbleness (and refreshing irreverence) in the face of such life - altering success.

The trendy boutique hotel is set on a secluded property with lush tropical gardens and features 14 beautifully appointed guest rooms, including five suites, six poolside bungalows, and three luxurious studios that blend an Old World grace and charm with the irreverence of iconic muses and modern amenities.

Welcome to our personal well of sins and irreverence, the section where we dare to comment on games that are not developed by Rare Ltd..

Richard Riley, curator of the British Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, discusses the «standout» talent of Sarah Lucas, and her show, I Scream Daddio, that focuses squarely on the body (both male and female), and serves up a blend of «classicism, irreverence and toughness».

Consistent with their comment on the authorial aura, the works are made by assistants, and they veer close to the black - and - white irreverence of ones by Christopher Wool and Albert Oehlen, although those painters may also be intended targets.

«Abandoning deference for playful irreverence, Sommers draws on her interests in renaissance and baroque art, toying with staid motifs and trading solemnity for nose - thumbing whimsy.

Ultimately, Mr. Polke's antic irreverence was picked up by legions of artists working in all mediums on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond, among them Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Richard Prince, Michael Krebber, John Bock and Lara Schnitger.

The EP's lead single, Avant Gardener, was named Best New Track by Pitchfork, which noted, «Barnett's music builds on the wordy irreverence of mid -»60s Bob Dylan and a Byrds - ian blend of psychedelia, folk and country.»

The choice in title also attempts to suggest a conceptual curatorial style on the part of Gouzer, or an experimental irreverence toward his function at the auction house — an approach gleaned, we can imagine, as a winning stance from some of the artistic careers listed above.

Drawing on art historical references, cultural stereotypes, and tabloid culture, Lucas's works embrace ambiguity and paradox and take a demonstrative stance against puritanism, conformism, and misogyny with distinct irreverence and wit.

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

Pop Goes the Revolution harnesses artworks from The New Church collection that focus on notions of Pop art and its engagement with satire and irreverence.

2016 The Pattern Keeps Repeating: solo exhibition by Bob Corish Vaporwave.exe: group exhibition curated by Marvin Watkins & Emma Hutner CorpografÍas: group exhibition curated by Batubalani Art Projects WORK IT: group exhibition by Your Beautiful Collective Blossom: Chrysanthemum: solo exhibition by Camilla «Mica» Daniel POWER: consumerism & the culture of excess: exhibition curated by Tim Gomersall TECHNICOLOURED IRREVERENCE: exhibition by Jackson Payne & Zandism Don't Even Ask: group exhibition curated by Rebecca Wilcox RAP ART: Exhibition & Event curated by Marina Antonova Drawing On Therapy: Therapists Who Draw: group exhibition curated by Anna Green Tropical Safari: group exhibition curated by Jo Cheung & Emily Bakes OPEN: group exhibition curated by A-side B - side Parallaxis: group exhibition by The Red Room Creatives Paper Artist Collective: group exhibition curated by Sam Quinn Inkling: solo exhibition by Thundercunt Critical Mass: solo exhibition by Chairman Kato

His daughter Gabrielle says in a 2014 interview that while he «came out to Berkeley just as Pop and Conceptual Art were ascending on the East Coast,» Selz turned away from these popular movements and instead «identified with the irreverence of styles like Funk art,» seeking to highlight the work of «ceramic artists like Peter Voulkos [who] were barely considered fine artists then» or Nathan Oliveira, «a figurative artist who did not follow the prevailing east coast trends.»

Using the book as a symbol for knowledge, Benes conceals the information inherent to the object's purpose either as cheeky irreverence or as a commentary on American cultural values.

Even in its abstractness, it has a touch of chutzpah, a quality that subsequent generations of artists adopted and evolved into irreverence, self - awareness and topical meta - commentary on art and contemporary life.

The astounding range of creativity, irreverence and abstruseness that resulted was bracketed between endpapers with wide - angled views of masses of humanity: The first showed the 1963 March on Washington, the last the 1969 Woodstock festival.

Offering a look at Grotjahn's formal irreverence and incorporation of diverse threads of historical abstraction, the exhibition is on view through October 29th.

During the 60s, with Robert Rauschenberg, Johns introduced everyday objects on to the canvas, enabling the elements of chance and irreverence to undermine the aura of the masterpiece.