Word: abstracted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...PHOTOGRAPHY: "I have no interest in abstract expressionism. It's a kind of interior decoration, a kind of flower painting like the photographs of Robert Maplethorpe simplifying the complexities of sexuality--turning a penis into a lily, asses into pears...
...represented by the graduate student, they see reality as a matter of interpretation, with knowledge entirely subjective. The highest level concedes personal bias but assumes that inquiry can cut through to approximations of reality -- for example, accepting the preponderant physical evidence of evolution while not necessarily denying the more abstract claims of creation...
...recent official exhibit of young artists in Moscow included various artistic approaches: realism, surrealism, hyper realism, pop art, abstract art. Barriers have been removed from the development of jazz and rock music...
...interest" of the University derives directly from collective interest of the community. Students and alumni should have more than a consumer's or a beneficiary's voice in Harvard's affair and they should demand a primary role in formulating the ideals that govern it. Instead of worshipping the abstract principle of institutional grandeur and practicing institutional inertia, Harvard's administration might recognize that its legitimate authority derives from the community it serves. President...
...winter it becomes harder not to see them, tougher to avert our gaze as we pass them by. The brutal storms of January tear through the cloak of statistics, and once again an abstract problem -- discussed in terms of percentage increases and changing demographics -- becomes a shivering man or woman struggling for survival, a pair of eyes that painfully remind us of our human bond. In cities across the nation shelters overflow, leaving the spillage to cope on steam grates or in subway tunnels or wherever else warmth can be found. These street people are the most destitute...