Sentences with phrase «throwaway materials»

In addition, throwaway materials like tires, glass, plastic containers and aluminum cans are incorporated into construction, along with minimal construction materials like cement, for example, to create structures that are more easily reproduced.

Linked by the use of simple, poor and occasionally throwaway materials that are magically and marvellously transfigured, the famous artists of Arte Povera are unique: on one side for their techniques all different, but all far from the painting tradition; on the other side for a radical and happy transformation and metamorphosis.

She creates ethereal sculptures using throwaway materials — such as toilet paper and newspapers — to explore the frailty of identity, position and social standing.

If optimism fueled the impulse to create large, permanent works in the «60s and «70s, the artists in this exhibition are more likely to rechannel that optimism into collaborative and collective experiences; to dwell on memory and the ephemeral by charting the traces of the just - happened; and to embrace the rich social, cultural and political meanings of their throwaway materials.

Where's the fleet - footed throwaway material?

The contrast of such formal imagery on a basically throwaway material seems to make the paintings very approachable, even viewer - friendly.

A free show of throwaway material may sound lightweight, but it's brighter and breezier than the heavy - handed hype

In a radical act of transformation, Grotjahn takes the most casual throwaway material, the cardboard box, and turns it into the most solid and noble of art mediums: the pedestal - mounted bronze sculpture.

Not exact matches

The movie's so - called sex scenes are throwaways, and, ironically, it presents biblical material with the literal - mindedness of a fundamentalist preacher from Oklahoma.

Choose throwaways made from compostable material.

First, you need to appreciate that in today's social climate, the regular, everyday relationship between male and female tends to be shallow and almost throwaway like the material things in our society.

A silly, throwaway cue consigned to the end of the album but clearly indicative of Beltrami having a bit of fun with the material.

The X-Men duo — Colossus (mo - capped with Stepan Kapicic) and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand) from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters provide sufficient materials for more throwaway gags.

Whereas such labels are usually printed on throwaway cardboard materials, in a scale that is meant to be detected but not too visible, Elmgreen & Dragset's labels are over-sized and made in some of the most art - historically time - honoured materials, such as marble, paint on canvas, charcoal on paper and enamel paint on metal.

The image represents a mock up of a magazine cover and can be seen as a bold feminist comment on the sexualization of the female body on magazine covers, referencing many of the elements used in the artist's 30 year career - throwaway objects, mannequins, material debris, assemblage, painting, photography and her distinctive irreverent approach to sculpture and materiality.

Waste can make for great materials and great buildings — the only issue may be our dim view of so - called «waste» which our throwaway culture says should be discarded, rather than remade into something new and useful.

The production, processing, and disposal of materials in our modern throwaway economy wastes not only materials but the energy embodied in the material as well.

Rethinking the materials economy — Our current «throwaway economy» is not only disrupting our environment, it is also wasting valuable energy and resources.