Except for certain overt symbols of nature or religion, Gaudí's buildings became essentially representations of their structure and materials.
In the hands of Ansai and other Japanese Neo-Confucianists, the events of the "Divine Age" became metaphorical representations of the transformation of ri into the physical existence, the workings of the productive principles of yin and yang, and so on (Ooms, chapter 6).
More conventionally rewarding is Rachel O'Reilly's collaboration with PA/LA/CE Architects, a series of prints from what the artist calls The Gas Imaginary: a sequence of quasi-scientific charts and maps of mining projects that become schematic representations of repressed memories and desires.
He uses Marx, Levi-Strauss and Freud to strip away dinosaurs' cultural flesh, arguing that these extinct creatures have become mythic representations of the forces of capitalist production and state power, tapping into notions of racism and social Darwinism along the way.
In this system, they insist, flows of desire have become mere representations of desire, cut off from the body without organs and the extra-familial mechanisms of society.
If this philosophy is pushed to its fullest conclusion, only autobiographies will become acceptable representations of life.
My Slumscape paintings have become visual representations of what Schopenhauer describes as the worst of all possible worlds.
(2010) Suggested by hesbighesred, StevoKingoftheNewts and Chafariz "It should be on the list," says StevoKingoftheNewts of Fire in Babylon, the empowering story of how the West Indies cricket team became an unrivalled presence in the global cricket scene in the late 70s, ultimately defeating the English team in a series of matches that became a representation of racial tensions and power struggles.
The jar becomes a representation of Don Lollo's hold over the villagers, who must choose between saving Dima or preserving the Don's power.
He's mentioned only in passing in The Silence of the Lambs and yet – such is the stature of this character – he has become a representation of the troubled, lone investigator.
