Sentences with phrase «ordinary material things»

Not exact matches

So Whitehead's reply to Berkeley is, in effect, that matter really does matter in the ordinary sense of the word, since whatever acquires material existence is always capable of influencing by means of signs the becomings of subsequent «things.»

The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the Nominees being elected to the Board at the Special Meeting or otherwise being appointed to, and constituting a majority of, the members of the Board, (ii) the Board redeeming the «poison pill,» or our being satisfied in our reasonable discretion that the «poison pill» is otherwise inapplicable to the Offer, the BVF Group or any affiliates or associates of the BVF Group, and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of business.

The tender offer is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the BVF Nominees being elected to Avigen's board of directors at a special meeting of stockholders called for that purpose, or otherwise appointed, and constituting a majority of directors on Avigen's board, (ii) the Avigen board redeeming the poison pill rights issued and outstanding under Avigen's Poison Pill Rights Plan, or the Purchaser being satisfied in its reasonable discretion that the Poison Pill Rights are otherwise inapplicable to this tender offer, the Purchaser or any affiliate or associate of the Purchaser and (iii) Avigen not having authorized, recommended, proposed, announced its intent to enter into or entered into an agreement with respect to or effected any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, business combination, acquisition of assets, disposition of assets, alternative strategy or relinquishment of any material contract or other right of Avigen or any comparable event or capital depleting transaction not in the ordinary course of business.

And how does he make seemingly ordinary things of a completely different material?

Clearly she values the material out of which things are made and conveys a sense of otherness in ordinary things but that only gives one an inkling to the larger endeavor at hand.

By insinuating passion for ordinary material, the exhibition title (I like plastic) is intended to signal an attitude towards things rather than a specific medium.

Ordinary Things locates Lucas» works firmly in this history, with the works pointing to the canon of sculpture, ranging from third century Italian votives, Bernini's classical statuary, the figures of Henry Moore and the natural materials of Barbara Hepworth, to the Arte Povera strategies of Mario Merz and the found objects of Robert Filliou.

Ordinary Things offers a counter position: this exhibition of thirty sculptures turns to the sculptural rather that the sensational, positioning Lucas» work within an art historical lineage that addresses the materials and processes of sculpture.

A compulsive collector of things that intrigue her, Hiller amasses ordinary and readily available material from which she selects to construct a mise - en - sce ̀ne.

This exhibition will also present the recent works by Hu Weiyi, Liao Fei, Liu Ren, Liu Jianhua, Ni Youyu and Su Chang, which they trace the threads of the material world and use the ordinary and common things to broaden people's perception of objects, exploring the nature and essence of them, and evoking the metaphysical thinking.

The latter typically consists of ordinary or otherwise worthless things, such as scraps of newspapers, old clothes, earth, metal fragments and so on, although in practice quite elaborate and expensive materials are sometimes used -LRB-!).