Sentences with phrase «reflect upon themes»

Flora and fauna will illuminate how contemporary artists re-contextualize representations of plants and animals to reflect upon the themes of sexuality, gender politics, and the abject.

It reflects upon themes that had long preoccupied Duchamp, including the erotic as a doctrine, and the aesthetics of realism and illusion.

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As I commented earlier these buys reflected upon the general theme of people and their demographic shift.

Reflecting upon the poverty in London leading up to 1943, especially the treatment of poor homeless street children, the film's other themes includes celebrating with food, festivities, dance and drinks, opening ones heart to embrace those less fortunate and the spirit of giving.

Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.

After setting the stage with some philosophical analysis of the themes and techniques of Expressionist art, Foster engages his main subject — how «the work of several young artists reflects critically upon the language of Expressionism.»

This symposium will address these themes and concerns in Golub's art and seek to raise questions about the role and effectivity of the contemporary visual arts in investigating and reflecting upon the intersections of the aesthetic and the political.

Original artworks and commentary by Mark Tansey (b. 1949), whose large scale monochromatic allegories reference the art of photography, a pivotal technology in the reproduction and dissemination of popular images; John Currin (b. 1962), who has referenced the art of Norman Rockwell, and whose provocative figural paintings reflect upon domestic and social themes that were prevalent, though differently portrayed, in the mid-twentieth century; Vincent Desiderio (b. 1955), whose dark intellectual melodramas re-imagine scenes of crime and adventure from pulp fiction; Lucien Freud (1922 - 2011), the painter of deeply psychological works that examine the relationship of artist and model; and Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946), son of noted painter Andrew Wyeth and grandson of illustrator N.C. Wyeth, whose images convey stories real and imagined, among other artists, will be featured in the exhibition and its accompanying catalogue.

Conversations with the Collection: Memory I September 12, 2015 — January 10, 2016 As the University of Chicago reflects upon its 125 - year history, the Smart presents an experimental installation on the theme of Memory that explores art's relationship to the recollection of personal and cultural histories, nostalgia, and other facets of memory.

The curator of this 8th edition has brought together artists from Quebec, Canada and abroad who will reflect upon the meaning of this theme, The Art of Joy.

Having reflected that Poole's words were as much about late style itself as about the author, I decided upon late style as my theme.

Manif d'art 8 — Quebec City Biennial brings together artists from Quebec, Canada and abroad who reflect upon the meaning of the theme, «The Art of Joy».

Building upon the themes and techniques explored in previous solo collections including Multiplied (2016), Overlapping View (2015), An American Trilogy and Turneresque (both 2014), Cánovas» latest exhibition at Halcyon Gallery sees the artist reflect on the complex connection between past and present, along with an examination of colour and form.

Artists today continue to reflect seriously upon religious traditions, themes, and institutions, suggesting a new approach to spirituality that is more considered than confrontational.

The choice of works is very deliberate with the exhibition broken down into seven themes: Beauty, Power and Space, which looks at each artist's engagement with the sublime, a theme central to English Romantic art but which survived through the modernist movement and is a key feature of Twombly's paintings; Atmosphere, which considers the ways in which the three artists paint land and sea through a filter of atmospheric conditions; Naught so Sweet as Melancholy, named after a phrase in Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, where the theme of loss and memorialisation are central concerns; The Seasons which reflects upon the passage of time; Fire and Water where all three artists evince the power of the elements; The Vital Force which brings together works of a sensual or erotic nature; and finally A Floating World where each artist contemplates mortality and external events that impact on their lives.

His practice reflects both upon the political and his own personal experiences of growing up in Apartheid and Post-Apartheid South Africa, with central themes which revolve around violence, labour, security and ritual.

Standardisation is the central theme, reflecting upon the impending age of digitalisation and syntheticism.

Day's work explores themes of feminism and sexuality, while employing various suspension techniques reflecting upon popular culture.

An anthropologist may study and conduct research on a variety of topics and themes such as languages, cultures, origin, social development of humans and other species etc. the resume objective of an aspiring anthropologist must reflect upon his / her area of specialization and the goals he / she has set for himself.

The school participants will be able to reflect upon the different theories concerning the development of emotion, and to investigate related themes like emotion regulation, affective social learning, the role of imagination, play and humor in our affective education, the development of social and moral emotions, the role of emotional learning in the shaping of our evaluative outlook, and psychopathologies of emotion development.