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Paul Klee's childlike drawings and abstract paintings of colorful dots and shapes made him, without doubt, one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Underneath the vibrant, tongue-in-cheek surfaces of his work, Klee created a parallel universe, one in which he tried to capture and interpret almost every aspect of human existence, including its dark side. He once famously claimed: "I cannot be grasped in the here and now. For I reside just as much with the dead as with the unborn." While the quote might suggest he preferred to dwell in - and paint from...
...Mystery Science Theater 3000 Cable's first and coolest nerd-genius hit, MST3K elevated a derisory premise?a guy and two robots riff on cheesy movies?into glorious comic art. This 20th anniversary edition contains four episodes (the best: Werewolf) and enough goofy extras to make any MSTie mist...
...name Nadia Boulanger may not ring a bell for many of us; in fact, many people may not know that she was one of the most influential forces in classical music during the 20th century, instructing famous composers such as Aaron Copland, Elliot Carter, and Philip Glass. This weekend, an exhibit will open in her honor at the Edna Kuhn Loeb Music Library. Its opening coincides with the “Crosscurrents” conference, which takes place from Thursday, Oct. 30 to Saturday, Nov. 1. “Crosscurrents” will explore the musical interactions between America...
...culture. Citing his own topic of interest—Warhol, film, and sexual politics–keynote lecturer Douglas Crimp of the University of Rochester emphasizes this point as well. “Anyone interested in culture and in American culture in the second half of the 20th century and into the present would be interested because Warhol continues to have an enormous influence on contemporary art production and on thinking about the relation of art and culture,” he says.In this vein, Buchloh hopes that undergraduates will walk away from the conference with a fuller understanding...
...bulk of the exhibit.All four walls of the vast room that houses the collection are lined by photograph upon photograph of Karsh portraits. What is amazing about all of these images is not only the fact that their subjects almost form a Who’s Who of the 20th century, but that each and every one manages to capture some je ne sais quoi of their subject, effortlessly revealing in a single frame either some private moment of the public persona, or some prominent, popular understanding of the individual. The signature element to the Karsh images is the interplay...