Sentences with phrase «transience of life»

In images when the body does not appear, objects such as dead flowers, a mirror, two clocks, soiled underwear, or a string of lights serve as a series of memento mori, reminding the viewer of the abject frailty and transience of life lived during the plague years of the AIDS crisis.

The omnipresence of poverty promotes awareness of the transience of life, the dependence of individuals and nations on God, and distrust of the secular order.

Aregbesola said, «One clear lesson is the transience of life itself.

«His death, coming just as we were getting ready to celebrate his unassailable lead at the polls, is a sad reminder on the transience of life.

It highlights, as the program explains, «the transience of life.»

And when the model walked the catwalk, the blooms fell off her dress to the floor, exposing the transience of living things.

Wong depicts the transience of life and reveals that nothing is permanent in the worlds he creates.

Being aware of the transience of life and how quickly time passes can motivate people to seize the moment while it's unfolding; however, Bryant says that time «makes savouring a rich and complex process» because it doesn't simply mean mindfully appreciating a positive experience in the immediate present.

Tony Feher, the American sculptor whose low - key work involving everyday objects captured the transience of life, died today of cancer - related causes.

Continuing her exploration of the transience of life and the inevitability of death, this installation creates a harmonious and quiet place for visitors to contemplate their existence, reflect on the passage of time, and think about their relationship to the outer world.

Of course it's about «exploring issues which affect us all... around ageing, memento mori, the transience of life,» and «themes around gender, masquerade, performance and the idea of the self.»

In On Reflection Gersht examines the subjective and immutable power of photography, the fragility and transience of life, and the fluid relationship between creation and destruction.

Using «found and repurposed objects,» Errazuriz creates innovative artworks that engage and surprise the viewer in order to «confront the transience of life, and question the status quo.»

The intent of those works was to remind the newly - enriched merchants of the transience of life, and...

Barlow reveals that sculpture can accurately capture the joyfulness, absurdity, and transience of life.

Project Room Series # 2 This simple, untitled installation — John Scott's sincere - biker - esthetic memento mori — invited reflection on the transience of life, virility, and fossil fuels.

Once - living parts of flora and fauna are recombined and rearranged into works of art that address the transience of life, and all that is elegant and alarming about the natural world.

Gluk's photographs bring the Dutch vanitas tradition into the contemporary, alluding to the transience of life, the futility of pleasure, and the certainty of decay.

The exhibition highlights related themes such as the transience of life and the enigma of being through twelve sculptures and photographs, including Plank Piece I — II, 1973, in which the artist famously pinned his body to a wall with a flat timber, and the more recent life - size aluminum woman.

In dialogue with examples of vanitas in 17th - century Flemish still lifes in the adjacent gallery, Invisible Mother will remind visitors about the transience of life.

Through sound and silence, movement and stillness, these new compositions explore the passage of time within broader narratives of existence and transcendence, creating spaces for reverie that encourage a deeper reflection on both the course and transience of life.

Taken from the Latin meaning emptiness, these still life paintings usually incorporated skulls, burning candles, cut flowers and other objects that mark the passage of time and the transience of life.

As for this show, the work is said to: «glorify the transience of life on the road, with each piece a snapshot of a person, conversation, place, time or mood in Mosshart's continuously mobile life.»

This exhibition will resonate with underlying narratives on the transience of life, loss, and grief, as well as with particular 19th - century sensibilities which are inherent to Brompton, one of London's oldest Victorian Cemeteries.