Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
confrontations tendues
English translation:
tense (and fruitful) juxtapositions / confrontations
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confrontations tendues
"En complément de l’exposition, XXX établira ainsi une série de confrontations tendues et fécondes entre maîtres modernes français et artistes de l’avant-garde russe."
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Arts/Academic translator - Art historian
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tense (and fruitful) juxtapositions / confrontations
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ormiston
: so I read it correctly and my suggestion should be removed. Thought-provoking might cover the notion of a clash...
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Thanks ormiston. Yes, thought-provoking is the point.
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Guillaume Brownlie Pacteau
: My initial thoughts were of tense and fruitful debates as well... But I think this is more appropriate.
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Thanks, Guillaume
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Yvonne Gallagher
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Thanks, Gallagy.
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B D Finch
: As the artists are all likely to be dead, a debate or symposium would require ouija boards!
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Thanks, Barbara - well, that would be much more fun (or possibly not!).
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Yolanda Broad
: I like 'juxtapositions'
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Thanks, Yolanda, so do I.
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taut (and pregnant) confrontations?
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Prolific open symposiums .../or/... Open forum discussion
Prolific (or productive) open forum discussions/symposiums
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Note added at 55 mins (2016-02-01 09:54:39 GMT)
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Maybe "prolific" or "productive" should qualify "series", while open can be used to qualify the next noun, discussion or symposium etc:
"A prolific series of open forum discussions".
"Audiences are then invited to join in an OPEN FORUM DISCUSSIONS with the speakers on responsibilities of collectors as custodians of contemporary art."
"As a start for this collaborative process, we will have an OPEN SYMPOSIUM September 12th where we will present and discuss perspectives on present and future trends in design research."
http://www.yeoworkshop.com/projects/arnoldii-conversations-owning-contemporary-art-what-it-means
http://www.drs2014.org/en/about-drs-2014/open-symposium-september-12th/
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