deconstructed
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The art that he created there embodies a kind of deconstructed narcissism; Samaras is fascinated with himself, but mostly as—to paraphrase the photographer Garry Winogrand’s choice of subjects—“something to be photographed.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
Searching for comparisons, I flashed back to the theatrical work of Peter Handke, who in unclassifiable performance pieces like “Offending the Audience” forcefully deconstructed the spectator-spectacle relationship.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2025
Along with Carnival and the city’s festivals, Bourbon taught me what a crowd of strangers could be good for: My everyday self could be deconstructed, connected to others, and then put back together, somehow nourished.
From Slate • Jan. 7, 2025
A deconstructed hazelnut dessert with a melody of different textures finished with a salted caramel ice cream.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024
On the other hand, Adams possessed a congenital affinity for deconstructed interpretations of history, of his own life, indeed of practically everything.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
