Word: abstractedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...invented constructivism? The question might once have seemed academic. But in the past decade as art has trended ever more sharply in the direction of hard-edged abstract geometry - in color-field and op painting, in kinetic and minimal sculpture, constructivism has been increasingly recognized as a wellspring of ideas that many of to day's artists find congenial and espouse as their...
Tatlin's constructivist ideas were inspired by a visit to Paris, where he saw Pablo Picasso's cubist collages. He returned to startle Moscow in 1915 with an exhibit of totally abstract collages made of tin, piping and paper. "Scandal!" cried the critics. Tatlin responded by coining the word constructivism, indicating that his art was essentially creative rather than destructive. Malevich, Gabo and others thereupon declared themselves constructivists...
...lecturer was talking about mixtures of molecules. He pointed out that if you have a bunch of apples, pears, and bananas all mixed up, that's different from just having a bunch of apples. This was good for one hiss from our audience expressing a preference for more abstract thinking. The lecturer's stern reply: "If you don't like fruit...
...floating sculpture is particularly pleasing for Grosvenor because he has had long experience with the sea. Born rich and raised in the rich stretches of Newport's Ocean Drive, he sails his own 20-ft. gaff-rigged sloop. After studying architecture in Paris, he experimented with abstract expressionist painting and junk sculpture in a Manhattan loft. Then one day he stepped into an elevator that wasn't there, and the fall broke both his legs. In the course of his six-months' hospitalization he meditated and discovered his true bent. Today he first sketches his ideas...
...leasing and remodeling of a ramshackle storefront, teachers' salaries, books, and the expenses of street workers, who roam the ghetto, "rapping" (talking) with dropouts and actively recruiting them for the academies. In turn, the corporation receives a shingle with its name in front of the school and the abstract benefit of a presence in the ghetto...