But gold - present at P.S. 1 as paint, foil, gilt or leaf - also heightens awareness of value, and today most artists use it with subversive intent.

In marked contrast is the work of the younger generation - rough, ready and rife with subversive intent, at least as far as art was concerned.

History may not ultimately judge Mr. Gonzalez-Torres as great, but the subversive intent of his art has perhaps never been more evident.

And what subversive intent, what wicked wit, was at work here?

Mr. Bartlett's work is enigmatic, but one looks in vain for subversive intent.

His literature took a more radical perspective on life, and featured lyrics with subversive intent:

The art itself might be defined as a kind of rematerialized Conceptualism that attempts to give Conceptual art's often subversive intent a physically and visually more robust manifestation.

Because I was from Memphis, I was a subversive intent on embarrassing Ford County.

Donald Moffett, an artist and a partner in Bureau, a design company in Manhattan, entered into the valentine derby with subversive intent.

By imitating the language of the powerful, with however subversive an intent, they in fact pay homage to it.