Sentences with phrase «strange apotheosis»

In Untitled (de Kooning), Prince has taken two seemingly opposed images and, together with his own artistic subversivness, has created a new image of strange apotheosis, smuggling «low» art into a «high» art and ravishing us with pure visual pleasure.

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Oblivious to her glaring lack of talent, the wealthy soprano was the source of rampant ridicule, her folly reaching an unmitigated apotheosis following a sold - out Carnegie Hall performance in an instance of truth being stranger than fiction.

Though my fragmented image was only a byproduct of the glass protecting the photos, for a moment I glimpsed an apotheosis of Baudelaire's «strange abominations»: As I walked through the gallery I was suddenly aware of how I, or rather my unintended reflection, added another layer of obstruction to the works in the exhibition.