shock tactics
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They became known for their entrepreneurial spirit and bold use of unconventional materials, with some at the time saying they used "shock tactics" to create their art.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Garner’s sculpture borrows the ’90s installation shock tactics of artists like Mona Hatoum, Robert Gober and Pepon Osorio, but it also conjures battles over the Covid-19 vaccine, and modern-day inequities in medicine.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2021
British payments company Wise tried shock tactics in its early days, with anti-bank ads and flash mobs across the City of London.
From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2021
Louise Wilson, head of MA fashion at St Martins and one of his tutors, maintains that the shock tactics on the McQueen catwalk are nothing more than dramatic conceits.
From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2020
It was early evident that the Navy intended shock tactics, while the Army favoured a system of elastic defence.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 24, 1920. by Various
