Sentences with phrase «reflect street culture»

His works are emblematic, bold and brash visual statements that reflect street culture, the syncopated rhythms of jazz, and the unbridled optimism enmeshed in the American Dream.

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Growing public pressure for a tougher approach to curb the UK's «handout culture», as highlighted on Channel 4's Benefits Street series, is reflected in a policy switch Labour is set to announce this week.

Offering inspirational vistas of Barcelona's most famous street, Las Ramblas, the Deluxe Ramblas View rooms are decorated with pieces inspired by the work of Antoni Gaudí and reflect the city's rich culture.

18th Street's origins reflect a turbulent time when the mainstream of art and culture was being called into question for exclusionary tendencies and an attraction to the ever - present lure of money.

Rarely do these commissions make any kind of larger statement about American art, but last fall, when Barack Obama selected Kehinde Wiley — a figurative painter who deploys the techniques, poses and patterns of the grand tradition of Baroque European paintings to portray contemporary black and brown men he finds on the street — to paint his official portrait for the Smithsonian, it at least reflected the Obamas» well - developed connections to the world of culture.

Summarised by curator and critic Norman Rosenthal as «manifestations of a joyful acceptance of American culture», Koons's work — which here fills Newport Street's six, expansive galleries — challenges and teases in equal measure, reflecting as much on the profundities of our existence as the banalities of daily life.

In America, street, city, and state names often reflect the Native American cultures that lived there before colonial settlers, yet this heritage is often ignored or completely forgotten.

Working across charcoal, gouache, ink, felt and collage, Shomali's dynamic works on paper directly reference images created by well - known African photographers — Sammy Baloji, Samual Fosso and Seydou Keita — in a bristling, energetic style which reflects the chaotic street culture of Kinshasa, the hustling and bustling Congolese capital.

Centerfolds, cartoon creatures, commercial facades and strange street characters populate my work, reflecting Mexican culture's condition of colonization and its customization of American icons; all with the purpose of conveying a personal baroque narrative that resembles an abstract urban, chaotic sediment reminiscent of Tijuana, Mexico, the city I come from.»

Street food often reflects traditional local cultures and vendors offer an endless variety of encompassing meals, drinks, and snacks that is appealing to many travelers — especially those on a budget or short on time.

Our memorials, statues, street names and community celebrations largely reflect an Australia post-1788 — a whitewashed story — rather than honouring our ancient past, commemorating frontier wars and embracing the ongoing cultures of our First Peoples.