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gesture

[jes-cher] / ˈdʒɛs tʃər /


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The Whitechapel Gallery show “Action, Gesture, Paint” unravels the American myth of “AbEx” in 150 gestural paintings by 81 women artists from all over the world.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Gesture and movement express the passion and fury beneath the play’s words.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2022

Gesture controls are notoriously finicky — often better in concept than execution.

From The Verge • Apr. 26, 2022

And two in particular: Tommie Smith and John Carlos, whose podium protests at the 1968 Olympics are the subject of a timely and vital new film, The Stand: How One Gesture Shook The World.

From The Guardian • Aug. 31, 2020

Gesture with the whole hand like a fish merchant?

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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