Sentences with phrase «skillful manipulation of»

«Professional Renters» learn their «abuse - of - the - system» craft therein by the learned skillful manipulation of the bureaucracy that runs the boondoggle.

Featuring solitary, enigmatic subjects set against vibrant, but dramatically vacant landscapes, many of Oliveira's paintings possess an almost shamanistic quality that is at once melancholic and mystical and which is intensified by the artist's loose, but thick brushwork and skillful manipulation of gradations in light and color.

Pure and unembellished, the rich, burnt umber surface recalls the serenity and warmth that rises from the sun - scorched earth of his Basque homeland, while the artist's skillful manipulation of the material recalls the metalworking traditions practiced in the blacksmiths» workshops of his native San Sebastián.

Oliveira's works often have an almost shamanistic quality to them that is at once melancholic and mystical and which is intensified by the artist's loose, but thick brushwork and skillful manipulation of gradations in light and color.

With the skillful manipulation of his brush, Richter achieves a blurred image that moves in and out of focus, constantly shifting between its photographic source and painterly depiction.

This January, in his first exhibition with the Goodman Gallery, Gerhard Marx presents new works that are born out of his own self - designed processes, which involve skillful manipulation of materials collected as part of an engagement with the artist's physical urban context.

The big final - reel reveal — after so much anticipation and skillful manipulation of expectations — is a letdown, leaving too many questions unanswered and undermining what should be the kind of knockout emotional climax which «Starman» so gloriously delivered.

This denial is another example of the skillful manipulation of definitions, because there are evolution - based religions that embrace naturalism with enthusiasm.

By skillful manipulation of categories and definitions, the Darwinists have established philosophical naturalism as educational orthodoxy in a nation in which the overwhelming majority of people express some form of theistic belief inconsistent with naturalism.

Johnson says that «philosophical naturalism,» by which he means conventional science, has been imposed on this nation «by skillful manipulation of categories and definitions.»

There is limited scholarship focused on the artist's singular contributions, such as his skillful manipulations of the language of abstraction and explorations of the relationships between object and viewer.

Not exact matches

In a society pervaded by the goals of consumption, those who seek power for themselves can also, by skillful psychological manipulation, create new wants, which they then proceed to satisfy, at a profit to themselves.

The therapist seeks to balance contact (supportive awareness and acceptance of the here and now person) and «skillful frustration» of the person's aliveness - avoiding manipulations.

«Munger Road» does an efficient, skillful job of audience manipulation using the techniques of darkness and vulnerability, and the truth that a horror not seen is almost always scarier than one you can see.

Paintings like «Venetian Red Riding Hood» show mastery — skillful but non-fussy drawing, clever manipulation of light, beautiful color, and an expressive handling of paint.

Merging photographic media with skillful paper manipulation of ready - made and banal subject matter Tague cleverly, with irony and humor, drops the mic at Manifest.