Sentences with phrase «pointed critique»

He generally speaks highly of the Bloomberg administration, but offers a variety of pointed critiques of specific actions.

Celeste Dupuy - Spencer's cartoonish renderings of a Trump rally or an art collector's home offer pointed critiques of whiteness in America.

In terms of contemporary updates to conceptualism, few have provided as pointed a critique as Adam Pendleton's Black Dada series, which mines the artist's archive for material from which to create dense mediations on race and identity.

Through photographic series and filmic works, OKEANOS will engage Sekula's most pointed critiques of the maritime industries, namely globalization's deregulated liquid spaces, lax environmental policies and sub-par labor standards.

While the unending water balls and penalty strokes can get annoying, the more pointed critique of the course might be that it's only set up for one kind of golfer to succeed.

A consistently intelligent (or at least bright), coherently constructed comedy that is on occasion a rather pointed critique of the American education system in the early 21st century.

Influenced early on by Brecht's political satire, she addressed the trauma of the Vietnam War and created pointed critiques of mass - media manipulations of women.

«Review: Maria Anwander's pointed critique at Steve Turner Contemporary,» Los Angeles Times, March 6

Having devoted more than a decade to a collaborative practice that combines pointed critique of socioeconomic inequity with humorous détournement and rigorous formal experiment, (Jennifer) Allora & (Guillermo) Calzadilla are primed for their first comprehensive solo exhibition.

Set nearby the warehouse waterfront of Queens that is slowly being transformed into new urban developments, the SculptureCenter presents two exhibitions of equally grand scale that address pointed critiques of our postindustrial era.

For Fontana, this space represented the cosmos or infinity, if not a very pointed critique of western painting.

Perhaps the most pointed critique of the defendants» position came from Justice Abella, when she alleged that the defendants were arguing for the commercial certainty in the right to freely undermine another party, versus the certainty of knowing that every commercial contract assumes no bad faith (as in Quebec under the Civil Code).

Residents in a northwestern suburb of Stockholm predominantly inhabited by immigrants clashed with police officers yesterday — two days after Trump unleashed a vague but pointed critique of Sweden's migration policies.

Erma Tranter, executive director of Friends of the Parks, presented a 14 - point critique of the budget that, among other things, faulted the Park District for not providing clear information on the total funds spent in each park.

ALBANY — Republican state Sen. John DeFrancisco kicked off his gubernatorial campaign from a hotel in suburban Syracuse on Tuesday with a pointed critique of two - term incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo, calling him a «bully.»

And even a more self - effacing example, like Thor: Ragnarok, can still get in a pointed critique of colonialism.

by Barrett Hodsdon, follows the question mark at the end of its title all the way to a pessimistic conclusion, making it one of the most extensive and pointed critiques of any national cinema ever published.

(See, for example, Mark Bauerlein's pointed critique of some high school curriculum guides in New York City.)

Casey Jane Ellison is a comedian and video artist who is known for her dry, satirical humor and her pointed critiques of the art world.

By incorporating witty sayings and bold sweeping lines, Pettibon's works offer a pointed critique of American society and politics.

Don Porcella's Solo Exhibition, Everything Must Go, Is a Pointed Critique on Consumer Culture Noysky Projects is pleased to present Everything Must Go, a site - specific exhibition by Don Porcella that examines the intersection of consumer culture and the commodification of memories.

Smith's meticulously painted works — equal parts retro sci - fi, art historical romp and pointed critique — masterfully alternate glazes, smooth gradients and hard - edged precision, portraying this surrogate in ever - elaborate contexts.

Plenty of international artists appropriate the American flag for political commentary and pointed critique.

In seminal essays such as «The Function of the Studio» (1970), Buren provides a pointed critique of the artist's compromised and fixed position within the art system, in which the studio plays the fundamentally strategic role of a hideout, as well as of a privileged place where the work is produced and presented for the first time.

These works function in tandem with her sculpture to offer a pointed critique of sculptural machisimo and suggest a fluid awareness of gender and artistic identity.

In his first New York solo exhibition, Zevs (pronounced «Zeus») interweaves unconventional street art methods with a pointed critique on high finance to create dynamic works on canvas and sculpture.

Employing parody, pointed critique, and, in the case of Export's «Touch Cinema» (1968), radical self - exposure and provocation, these artists confronted normative assumptions of gender, race and the ways the mass media shape perceptions of identity.

Edson Chagas uses photography as a process in which he not only investigates daily life but also employs images in a pointed critique of consumerism.

Smith's meticulously painted works — equal parts retro sci - fi, art - historical romp and pointed critique — masterfully alternate glazes, smooth gradients and hard - edged precision, portraying this surrogate in ever - elaborate contexts.