The provoked notion of contemporary art as an arena of sadomasochism is just cogent enough to chill, a trifle.
According to the artist, the piece "seeks to provoke notions of national identity, iconography and curatorial practices within museums".
He notes that the first element of Bilröst bil (meaning "a moment")—"suggests the fleeting nature of the rainbow," which he connects to the first element of Bifröst the Old Norse verb bifa (meaning "to shimmer" or "to shake")—noting that the element provokes notions of the "lustrous sheen" of the bridge.
There was also this thought-provoking notion: * "Come on, folks--'Josh' is an obvious ruse.
One can imagine such notions provoking Ozawa's dissent, even irritation.
We are in Marcus's office at Columbia University where the 46-year-old teaches creative writing, trying to instil in his students the notion that provoking a response in the reader – "the goal of getting them to care" – is, as he says drily, "really tricky".
Most Europeans barely know that Taiwan exists, and when their governments do mention that embattled island, it is to chide it for "provoking" China with dangerous notions like democracy.
When the Kimbell first proposed an addition, in the late 1980s, the notion provoked a national outcry.
Fortunately the many existential twists provoked by this notion and their resolutions are always inventively engineered, and the gripping suspense truly makes time fly.
They are creators of the image who risk the image, creators of experience who provoke the very notion of experience, creators of worlds who fill them with divergences rather than unities, questions rather than verities.
Although some notable men became Muggletonians, the group's notions provoked much opposition.
