The phrase
"to challenge the viewer" means to present something in a way that encourages the viewer to think deeply, question their assumptions, or consider different perspectives. It aims to provoke thought and engage the audience intellectually or emotionally.
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Whether you're interested in contemporary sculpture and illustration or cutting - edge graphic design, this exhibition will
challenge viewers with fresh perspectives and visual structures.
By examining the political and social implications of technology through a diversity of media, his
work challenges the viewer to redefine perceptions of audience and performer.
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film challenges its viewer on many levels, perhaps being the reason why its been negatively and unfairly bombarded by critics, and audiences alike.
Her sculptures, photos, videos, and installations vary greatly in form but
consistently challenge the viewer to contemplate what we experience as the human condition.
Each artist focused on their subjects as a means to discovering their truth in a complex series of questions that directly and
comfortably challenge the viewer.
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series challenges the viewer to engage with an artist's work by removing familiar viewing elements such as comparison and contrast from the traditional exhibition format.
Moving fluidly between media, Nawa's work explores issues of science and digital culture
while challenging viewers» sensory experiences.
Despite a seeming familiarity with the objects» figurativeness there is a sense of disquiet and subtle uncanniness inherent in Jaeger's work
which challenges the viewer's relationship to their own physicality, their surrounding and their consciousness.
His films routinely
challenge the viewer through visceral images: the amputated legs of Marion Cotillard's orca trainer in Rust and Bone; the vicious rite - of - passage razor blade attack carried out by Tahar Rahim in A Prophet; the body of Niels Arestrup discovered by his son, Romain Duris, bloodied and lifeless, slumped against his bedroom wall in The Beat That My Heart Skipped.
An artist whose mixed media work is highly conceptual and who constantly challenges himself to work with a wide range of materials, Ryan Gander
also challenges his viewer to engage with his environments instead of playing the «lazy spectator.»
When the first trailer was released in later 2017, he and production designer Hannah Beachler unveiled a world crafted with progression in mind, one that
actively challenged viewers» perceptions of what Africa could and should look like on screen.
Much like the themes of Gattaca, Predestination is meant to
challenge the viewer not only with plot but in self - reflection.
The common thread that unites the two otherwise different exhibitions of the artist, is that Esteve, succeeds
in challenging the viewer into a world that while is an image and metaphor of nature, at the same time is airy, dragging him in the dream.
Like the Western landscapes for which Misrach is best known, these
photographs challenge viewers with environmental, political and social concerns while engaging them with evocative and lyrically beautiful large - scale prints.
With this exhibition, Holzer will marry past and future,
simultaneously challenging viewers with her installations whilst also engaging with the historical precedents that have cemented Blenheim Palace's enduring legacy.
Indeed, Islam's works are profoundly sophisticated films wherein manipulations of light, color, movement, and abstraction
continuously challenge the viewer to recognize and contemplate the «illusion of film.»
Sampling images from pornographic films and fashion photography, Liz Neal's paintings and
installations challenge viewers with frank and livid depictions of carnality.
The movie is not a heavy - handed commentary on supernatural apologetics but it
does challenge the viewer to consider that there is so much we don't know, and so much more for all of us to learn.
In different ways, then, each of the artists in this show is concerned with signature residue: their works
challenge the viewer into believing in the artistic aura of their gestures, however minimal.
This work, a group of de - and reconstructed cats and dogs suspended from the ceiling by wires exemplifies Nauman's ability to place the audience off - balance,
thus challenging the viewer's preconceptions.
Worst's
paintings challenge viewers with these questions while at the same time simply allow us to savour their beauty, opulence and richness of detail, all perhaps a meditation on human desire.
Though we mourn the loss of a great artist, we celebrate with much joy his impact on art and culture at large, knowing that his work will continue to touch, inspire, and
challenge all viewers who come across it.
These thought - provoking works of art will not
only challenge the viewers» preconceptions about written language and cultural identity, they will also invite them to interact with the art.
Jenkins's work is generally performance - based, and he
often challenges the viewer by questioning what it means to be an artist; indeed, he recently gave an artist's talk which included employing hecklers to shout him down.
Together, they reveal an innovative artist whose style is distinguished by partial images, unexpected juxtapositions, harmonious collisions, and a dynamic modernist aesthetic that continues to inspire and
challenge viewers today.
Along with the blog posts and IG pics of Rose Quartz and Serenity, the How I Wear MY team of Jill and
Adrienne challenged viewers to submit photos of how they are or would be wearing these colors which they would then showcase in their monthly HIWM feature.
Arrival challenges viewers to a brainier sci - fi conundrum than they're used to, which makes for an intellectual breath of fresh air.
The gallery presents art that
challenges viewers on multiple levels and diversifies dominant understandings of modern and contemporary art.
Willem Dafoe plays a wholly evil man occupying a wholly evil world in Lars Von Trier's «Antichrist,» a new film that
challenges its viewers so boldly that some have fled from the theater.
His eagerly awaited follow - up is larger in scale and budget than Ex Machina, but the way he toys with genres and
challenging the viewer remains the same.
Codemasters has released a new «rally reality» trailer for their upcoming dust kicker Dirt 2, which
apparently challenges viewers to spot the difference between real rally clips and in - game footage.
The
collection challenged viewers with the beautiful and the bizarre in a wide range of paintings, sculptures, design pieces and photographs, all fluidly grouped by associations and themes.