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confrontations tendues

English translation: tense (and fruitful) juxtapositions / confrontations

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French term or phrase:confrontations tendues
English translation:tense (and fruitful) juxtapositions / confrontations
Entered by: tatyana000

08:58 Feb 1, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
French term or phrase: confrontations tendues
From a description of an exhibition featuring late 19th-early 20th century French paintings and the Russian artists they influenced:

"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."
tatyana000
Local time: 01:26
tense (and fruitful) juxtapositions / confrontations
Explanation:
This is about the hanging of work not meeting of people. Chances are all the artists are dead since they are referring to modernist masters. So they are setting up confrontations or juxtaposing them in ways that create contrasts or complement one another fruitfully.
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Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:26
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5tense (and fruitful) juxtapositions / confrontations
Helen Shiner
3 +2lively/heated debates
ormiston
4Prolific open symposiums .../or/... Open forum discussion
Lara Barnett
3taut (and pregnant) confrontations?
Parrot


Discussion entries: 4





  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
taut (and pregnant) confrontations?


Explanation:
just a thought (for "highly suggestive")

Parrot
Spain
Local time: 01:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 18
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Prolific open symposiums .../or/... Open forum discussion


Explanation:
My offer:


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".

Example sentence(s):
  • "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."

    Reference: http://www.yeoworkshop.com/projects/arnoldii-conversations-o...
    Reference: http://www.drs2014.org/en/about-drs-2014/open-symposium-sept...
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:26
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PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
lively/heated debates


Explanation:
might work if these are live events (i.e. presuming 'confrontation' is not metaphorical and merely an add-on exhibition)

ormiston
Local time: 01:26
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Janice Giffin
38 mins
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
6 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
tense (and fruitful) juxtapositions / confrontations


Explanation:
This is about the hanging of work not meeting of people. Chances are all the artists are dead since they are referring to modernist masters. So they are setting up confrontations or juxtaposing them in ways that create contrasts or complement one another fruitfully.

Helen Shiner
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:26
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 348
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ormiston: so I read it correctly and my suggestion should be removed. Thought-provoking might cover the notion of a clash...
11 mins
  -> Thanks ormiston. Yes, thought-provoking is the point.
agree  Guillaume Brownlie Pacteau: My initial thoughts were of tense and fruitful debates as well... But I think this is more appropriate.
16 mins
  -> Thanks, Guillaume
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Gallagy.
agree  B D Finch: As the artists are all likely to be dead, a debate or symposium would require ouija boards!
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Barbara - well, that would be much more fun (or possibly not!).
agree  Yolanda Broad: I like 'juxtapositions'
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Yolanda, so do I.
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